Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
ISSN 1088-8705 · eISSN 1532-7604 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1998
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 192 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 57 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Human-Animal Interaction Studies and Primate Behavior and Ecology, together about 51.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (JAAWS) publishes articles on methods of experimentation, husbandry, and care that demonstrably enhance the welfare of nonhuman animals in various settings. For administrative purposes, manuscripts are categorized into the following four content areas: welfare issues arising in laboratory, farm, companion animal, and wildlife/zoo settings. Manuscripts of up to 7,000 words are accepted that present new empirical data or a reevaluation of available data, conceptual or theoretical analysis, or demonstrations relating to some issue of animal welfare science. JAAWS also publishes brief research reports of up to 3,500 words that consist of (1) pilot studies, (2) descriptions of innovative practices, (3) studies of interest to a particular region, or (4) studies done by scholars who are new to the field or new to academic publishing. In addition, JAAWS publishes book reviews and literature reviews by invitation only. Peer Review Policy: All articles in this journal are initially screened for appropriateness for the journal by the editor and are then assigned to the appropriate section editors who oversee refereeing by two reviewers. Readership: Researchers, students, organizations, and regulators in animal welfare.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary25.2%
- Human-Animal Interaction StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
- Primate Behavior and EcologyPsychology5.9%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences4.2%
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
- Veterinary Practice and Education StudiesHealth Professions3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SSCIWeb of SciencePubMedEmbasePsycINFOCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, AGRICOLA, OCLC, CABI, Wildlife Review Abstracts, SwetsWise
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.4LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.37Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.69Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 520OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 56LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 166,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,161 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 7 | 6 |
| 2025 | 57 | 20 | 65 |
| 2024 | 39 | 16 | 128 |
| 2023 | 34 | 14 | 158 |
| 2022 | 56 | 26 | 402 |
| 2021 | 72 | 14 | 598 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
192 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 139 days – 324 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (88 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 207 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (94 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 84 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- articleManuscripts of up to 7,000 words are accepted that present new empirical data or a reevaluation of available data, conceptual or theoretical analysis, or demons…Length not stated
- book reviewIn addition, JAAWS publishes book reviews and literature reviews by invitation only.Length not stated
- brief research reportJAAWS also publishes brief research reports of up to 3,500 words that consist of (1) pilot studies, (2) descriptions of innovative practices, (3) studies of int…Length not stated
- literature reviewIn addition, JAAWS publishes book reviews and literature reviews by invitation only.Length not stated
- research reportare science. JAAWS also publishes brief research reports of up to 3,500 words that consist of (1) pilot studies, (2) descriptions of innomain text ≤ 3,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the d…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review policy: initial editor screening, then section editors oversee refereeing by two reviewers. Model summary
All articles in this journal are initially screened for appropriateness for the journal by the editor and are then assigned to the appropriate section editors who oversee refereeing by two reviewers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1088-8705
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-7604
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
What CAS zone is Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.4; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 70.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 192 days (interquartile range 139–324 days); authors report an average review time of over 36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists SSCI, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .