Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
Journal of Livestock Science
ISSN 2277-6214
Journal of Livestock Science: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); fully open access; 79 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Livestock Science is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Animal Nutrition and Physiology and Livestock Management and Performance Improvement, together about 28.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Animal Science and Zoology and Agronomy and Crop Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Livestock Science aim to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on current developments in the field of livestock science. The emphasis will be on publishing original, peer-reviewed research and review articles covering all aspects of this broad field rapidly and making them freely available to researchers worldwide. The journal invites submissions on livestock genetics, breeding, growth, reproduction, nutrition, management, health, production, systems, and also on areas of genetic resources, tropical livestock farming, welfare, ethics, ethnoveterinary, behaviour, translational science and One-Health research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Sumant VyasPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.8%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Livestock Management and Performance ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.1%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Agricultural Economics and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Agricultural Systems and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, HealthAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, CABI, EBSCO, Cross refPublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 15Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 55.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 94.05%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 93LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 524 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 88 | 1 |
| 2025 | 79 | 79 | 21 |
| 2024 | 56 | 56 | 58 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | 96 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 121 |
| 2021 | 56 | 56 | 127 |
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
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 400 words
- Templates
- Word
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7
- book reviewsTypes of contributions 1. Review articles 2. Original Research papers 3. Short Cominications 4. Book ReviewsLength not stated
- lettersWe would like to invite you to submit research articles, reviews and letters to Journal of Livestock ScienceLength not stated
- original research papersTypes of contributions 1. Review articles 2. Original Research papers 3. Short Cominications 4. Book ReviewsLength not stated
- research articlesWe would like to invite you to submit research articles, reviews and letters to Journal of Livestock ScienceLength not stated
- review articlesTypes of contributions 1. Review articles 2. Original Research papers 3. Short Cominications 4. Book ReviewsLength not stated
- reviewsWe would like to invite you to submit research articles, reviews and letters to Journal of Livestock ScienceLength not stated
- short cominicationsTypes of contributions 1. Review articles 2. Original Research papers 3. Short Cominications 4. Book ReviewsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Copyright of the article is owned by the author. Model summary
Copyright of the article will be owned by author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access An open access journal
Open access publication with high international exposure and citations Model summary
Science For All is new entrant in the field of scientific publication with an aim to publish Open Access Journals and books devoted to various disciplines in science and technology. The Journal of Livestock Science is first in this series. Science for All follows the open access policy i.e. Open access journals are freely available via the Internet for immediate worldwide open access to the full t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Open access journals undergo the same peer-review and quality control as traditional subscription-based journals. Model summary
Open access journals are same as traditional subscription-based journals in the sense that also undergo the same peer-review and quality control as any other scholarly journal.
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
- ISSN
- 2277-6214
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Livestock Science
What CAS zone is Journal of Livestock Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Livestock Science is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 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 Livestock Science?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 13.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Livestock Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 400 words; Templates: Word; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journal of Livestock Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Livestock Science is indexed in ESCI.
Is Journal of Livestock Science open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Livestock Science is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .