Journal profile · Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE
ISSN 0044-5401 · eISSN 1867-4518 · Verlag Eugen Ulmer · GERMANY · Bimonthly
ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.26; subscription journal; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 26 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE is published by Verlag Eugen Ulmer 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 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Agriculture and Biological Studies, together about 42.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Agronomy and Crop Science and Animal Science and Zoology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sie dient dazu, Ergebnisse der wissenschaftlichen Forschung in den Disziplinen Tierzüchtung, Tierhaltung, Tierernährung, Tierhygiene und Fortpflanzung der Nutztiere sowie der mit der tierischen Erzeugung im weiteren Sinne befassten Wissenschaftsbereiche zu veröffentlichen.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26.4%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary9.3%
- Agriculture and Biological StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
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)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
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: SciSearch
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
- 0.26LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 784 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Published articles become freely accessible and free to download after 2 years (delayed open access). Model summary
Open access: Publizierte Beiträge stehen nach 2 Jahren frei zugänglich und kostenlos zum Download bereit.
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
- Verlag Eugen Ulmer
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0044-5401
- Electronic ISSN
- 1867-4518
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE
What CAS zone is ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE 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 ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.26; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 11.
How long does peer review take at ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE?
Authors report an average review time of over 36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE open access, and what is the APC?
ZUCHTUNGSKUNDE is a subscription 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .