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Translational Animal Science
ISSN 2573-2102 · Oxford University Press · United Kingdom
Translational Animal Science: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,150; median 88 days to acceptance (108 articles, last 24 months); 176 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Translational Animal Science is published by Oxford University Press and 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 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Animal Nutrition and Physiology and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, together about 43.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Animal Science and Zoology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Translational Animal Science (TAS): The mission of TAS encompasses a broad scope of research topics in applied animal science. The TAS is a fully open access journal focusing on translating animal science research to innovation and application for various segments of the animal industry. The readership of TAS typically represents education, industry, and government, including research, teaching, administration, extension, and technical services. Authors contributing to TAS desire to communicate and validate knowledge of science, teaching, and extension to those who can adopt and apply these findings to animal science and related industries. An official Journal of the American Society of Animal Science Editorial Staff Contacts Editor-in-Chief Dustin Boler New from 2023: Move to Continuous Publication Model TAS has moved to a continuous publication model in 2023. This means that articles are published online as soon as they have completed the production process meaning researchers can access and cite the content faster than ever. For authors This means your article is immediately published into the issue with no more waiting in an Advance Access list. This also means that article indexing information is sent to abstracting and indexing databases on first publication and when the issue closes at the end of the year. For readers This means a simpler reading experience for you. All articles are available in one version, one location, and citable in one way. Want to make sure you never miss the latest content? To ensure you are notified periodically as more content in published to the in-progress issue, follow the below steps: Either sign in to your Oxford Academic account or if you don't have an account, it's easy to create a new account. Go to 'Email alerts' via either: your account landing page – the dropdown from your account name (at the top right of the screen) has an ‘Alerts’ option any OUP journal homepage – the 'Alerts' link is located on the top horizontal navigation bar or in the 'About' dropdown You will see options for 'New issue alerts', 'In progress issue alerts', and 'Advance article alerts'. Under the 'In progress issue alerts,' click 'Add alerts,' scroll to 'Translational Animal Science' and select, then you can specify how frequently you want to be notified (Daily, Weekly, Twice Monthly, Monthly). Confirm your choice in the popup panel by click 'Add alerts' again. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 1.9 2025 5 Year Im
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary-Veterinary (all)
Editor-in-chief Dustin BolerPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 4, Argentina 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.4%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.4%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary11.4%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.1%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Science2.9%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 445OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 162LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 332,226Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,721 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 148 | 148 | 18 |
| 2025 | 176 | 176 | 264 |
| 2024 | 182 | 182 | 845 |
| 2023 | 148 | 148 | 905 |
| 2022 | 172 | 172 | 1,430 |
| 2021 | 235 | 235 | 1,943 |
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 PubMed · to
88 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 64 days – 125 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (108 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 101 days
- Sample
- 108 articles with submission and acceptance dates (352 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)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 60 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 3,150 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,308 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,150 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Discounts
- 20
- Submission fee
- USD 3,625
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted9
- editorialResearch articles Results of research contained in manuscripts submitted to TAS must not have been published in or submitted to another peer reviewed scientific…Length not stated
- hypothesisResearch articles Results of research contained in manuscripts submitted to TAS must not have been published in or submitted to another peer reviewed scientific…Length not stated
- letterResearch articles Results of research contained in manuscripts submitted to TAS must not have been published in or submitted to another peer reviewed scientific…Length not stated
- letter to the editorResearch articles Results of research contained in manuscripts submitted to TAS must not have been published in or submitted to another peer reviewed scientific…Length not stated
- letters to the editorResearch articles Results of research contained in manuscripts submitted to TAS must not have been published in or submitted to another peer reviewed scientific…Length not stated
- research articleResearch articles Results of research contained in manuscripts submitted to TAS must not have been published in or submitted to another peer reviewed scientific…Length not stated
- reviewResearch articles Results of research contained in manuscripts submitted to TAS must not have been published in or submitted to another peer reviewed scientific…Length not stated
- review articleResearch articles Results of research contained in manuscripts submitted to TAS must not have been published in or submitted to another peer reviewed scientific…Length not stated
- review articlesTAS will consider publication of submitted review papers that do not duplicate other recently published reviews on the same or very similar subject. These paper…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship
Authorship is limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the design and execution of the work described. Any contributors whose participation does not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged but not listed as an author. For a detailed definition of authorship, please see the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) definitions of authors and cont…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
Authors The Journal requires all authors to disclose any potential conflict of interest at the point of submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that conflicts of interest of all authors are declared to the Journal. A conflict of interest exists when the position, activities, or relationships of an individual, whether direct or indirect, financial or non-financial…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Availability of data and materials
Data availability policy Model summary
Where ethically feasible, the Journal strongly encourages authors to make all data and software code on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to readers. Whenever possible, data should be presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files or deposited in a public repository. Visit our Research data page for information on general repositories for all data types, and resour…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Screening for misconduct
Screening for misconduct with iThenticate Model summary
Manuscripts will be screened using iThenticate to help detect publication misconduct including plagiarism and redundant publication. Manuscripts may also be screened, including with services provided by third parties, to help detect integrity issues such as inappropriate image alteration and papermill activity.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open government license
The Open Government License is an open licensing model for content produced by employees of UK Crown bodies allowing users to copy, publish, distribute adapt and transmit the Information for commercial and non-commercial purposes. For additional information visit the gov.uk information on the Open Government License. Complying with funder mandates Please note that some funders require open access …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access charges
As the Journal is fully open access, you must pay the open access charge or request to use an institutional agreement to pay the open access charge through our licencing and payment portal, SciPris. Journal (required) Please select Academic MedicineActa CytologicaActa HaematologicaAdaptationAesthetic Surgery JournalAesthetic Surgery Journal Open ForumAfrican AffairsAge And AgeingAJE Advances: Rese…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review process
Peer review: single anonymized Model summary
The Journal uses the ANSI/NISO Standard Terminology for Peer Review. If you would like further description of the peer review terms used here, please refer to the most recent standard definitions. If further clarification is needed, please contact the editorial office at tas.editorialoffice@jjeditorial.com. Peer review summary: Identity transparency: single anonymized Reviewer interacts with: edit…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
As an author, you retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels and this does not prevent submission to the Journal. If accepted, you are required to update the status of any preprint, including adding your published paper’s DOI. For full details on allowed channels and updating your preprint, please see our Author self-archiving policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving
Self-archiving refers to posting a copy of your work on a publicly accessible website or repository. Under certain circumstances, you may self-archive versions of your work on your own webpages, on institutional webpages, and in other repositories. For information about the Journal's policy, and to learn which version(s) of your paper are acceptable for self-archiving, please see our Author self-a…
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
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2573-2102
- Society / sponsor
- American Society of Animal Science
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Translational Animal Science
What CAS zone is Translational Animal Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Translational Animal 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 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Translational Animal Science?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at Translational Animal Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 108 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 88 days (interquartile range 64–125 days); authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Translational Animal Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 6; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Translational Animal Science based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (4) and Argentina (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Translational Animal Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Translational Animal Science is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Translational Animal Science open access, and what is the APC?
Translational Animal Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .