Journal profile · Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Reproduction in Domestic Animals
ISSN 0936-6768 · eISSN 1439-0531 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 1990
Reproduction in Domestic Animals: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.64; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,520; median 90 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 173 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Reproduction in Domestic Animals is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 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 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Reproductive Biology and Fertility and Sperm and Testicular Function, together about 53.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal offers comprehensive information concerning physiology, pathology, and biotechnology of reproduction. Topical results are currently published in original papers, reviews, and short communications with particular attention to investigations on practicable techniques. Carefully selected reports, e. g. on embryo transfer and associated biotechnologies, gene transfer, and spermatology provide a link between basic research and clinical application. The journal applies to breeders, veterinarians, and biologists, and is also of interest in human medicine. Interdisciplinary cooperation is documented in the proceedings of the joint annual meetings. Fields of interest: Animal reproduction and biotechnology with special regard to investigations on applied and clinical research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 6, United States 5, Italy 5, South Africa 3, Japan 2 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences19.9%
- Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine18.7%
- Sperm and Testicular FunctionMedicine15.2%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8%
- Animal Genetics and ReproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary3.6%
- Veterinary Medicine and SurgeryVeterinary3%
- Ovarian function and disordersMedicine2.9%
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 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Reproductive Biology | Zone 4 |
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 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Reproductive Biology | Zone 4 |
| 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 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Reproductive Biology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA
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
- 1.64LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,931OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 23.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 127LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 125Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 433,990Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,477 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 138 | 70 | 20 |
| 2025 | 173 | 96 | 211 |
| 2024 | 252 | 138 | 669 |
| 2023 | 222 | 133 | 1,054 |
| 2022 | 251 | 55 | 1,697 |
| 2021 | 197 | 37 | 1,713 |
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
90 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 61 days – 130 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (119 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 160 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (349 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 111 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,520 / EUR 3,740 / GBP 3,030 | — | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- editorialThe acceptance criteria for all papers is the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, man…Length not stated
- letters to the editorLetters to the Editor – comments should be confined to the substance of the paper and the authors of the paper referred to will be offered the opportunity to re…Length not stated
- original articler of different article types including: Original Articles – 5,000 words, including figures, tables and references Review Articles –main text ≤ 5,000 words
- original articlesOriginal Articles – 5,000 words, including figures, tables and referencesLength not stated
- review articlencluding figures, tables and references Review Articles – 5,000 words, including figures, tables and references. Short Communicatmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articlesReview Articles – 5,000 words, including figures, tables and references.Length not stated
- short communicationcluding figures, tables and references. Short Communications – 1,800 words including figures, tables and references. Short Communicatimain text ≤ 1,800 words
- short communicationsShort Communications – 1,800 words including figures, tables and references.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Reproduction in Domestic Animals requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in the…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing: journal expects archiving of all data in a public repository; data availability statement required. Model summary
Reproduction in Domestic Animals recognizes the many benefits of archiving research data. The journal expects you to archive all the data from which your published results are derived in a public repository. The repository that you choose should offer you guaranteed preservation (see the registry of research data repositories at https://www.re3data.org/) and should help you make it findable, acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics statement required within manuscript. Model summary
A statement explicitly describing the ethical background to this study and any institutional or national ethical committee approval must be included within the manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. SUBMISSION and PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Thank you for your interest in Reproduction in Domestic Animals. New submissions should be made via the Wiley Authors submission portal at https://authors.wiley.com/journal/RDA. Should your manuscript proceed to the revision stage, you will be directed to make your revisions via the same submission portal. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.co…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy: preprints accepted for review; authors may post submitted version to preprint server. Model summary
Reproduction in Domestic Animals will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
We require that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Please include the name of the trial register and your clinical trial registration number at the end of your abstract. If your trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectively, please explain the…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 0936-6768
- Electronic ISSN
- 1439-0531
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 61, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Reproduction in Domestic Animals
What CAS zone is Reproduction in Domestic Animals in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Reproduction in Domestic Animals is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science / Veterinary Sciences / Reproductive Biology. 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 Reproduction in Domestic Animals?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.64; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 103.
How long does peer review take at Reproduction in Domestic Animals?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 90 days (interquartile range 61–130 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Reproduction in Domestic Animals based?
Of the 44 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (6), United States (5) and Italy (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Reproduction in Domestic Animals?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Reproduction in Domestic Animals is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Reproduction in Domestic Animals open access, and what is the APC?
Reproduction in Domestic Animals is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,520.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .