Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Subfield ranking · 2006
Animal Science and Zoology journal rankings 2006
42 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Animal Science and Zoology has 42 ranked journals in 2006. The median journal has an OJR of 0.29, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2005; Q1 starts at OJR 0.69. The top three are Meat Science, World s Poultry Science Journal, and Poultry Science.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11)
42 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2006. | Compare |
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1Meat ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 1.98 0.32 down from 2005 | 893 | 6% | $4,740 | ||
2World s Poultry Science JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.36Q1 | 1.72 0.45 up from 2005 | 143 | 4% | — | ||
3Poultry ScienceOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.35Q1 | 2.02 0.02 up from 2005 | 874 | 94% | $2,600 | ||
4Archives of Animal NutritionTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.21Q1 | 1.33 0.02 up from 2005 | 114 | 2% | — | ||
5Veterinary MicrobiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.21Q1 | 2.06 0.21 down from 2005 | 723 | 13% | $3,110 | ||
6Journal of Animal ScienceOxford University Press · United States | 1.18Q1 | 1.74 0.02 down from 2005 | 1,338 | 7% | $4,368 | ||
7British Poultry ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.94Q1 | 1.33 0.42 up from 2005 | 474 | 13% | — | ||
8Avian DiseasesAmerican Association of Avian Pathologists · United States | 0.92Q1 | 1.73 0.25 up from 2005 | 433 | 3% | — | ||
9Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal NutritionWiley · Germany | 0.81Q1 | 1.23 0.35 up from 2005 | 176 | 9% | $4,650 | ||
10Canadian Journal of Animal ScienceCanadian Science Publishing · Canada | 0.74Q1 | 0.97 0.10 up from 2005 | 243 | 43% | — | ||
11Veterinary QuarterlyOATaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 0.69Q1 | 1.24 0.47 up from 2005 | 47 | 73% | $1,533 | ||
12Livestock ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 0.60Q2 | 0.73no 2005 value | 44 | 11% | $2,970 | — | |
13Journal of Thermal BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.59Q2 | 1.11 0.19 up from 2005 | 260 | 7% | $3,360 | ||
14The Journal of Applied Poultry ResearchOAElsevier BV · United States | 0.55Q2 | 0.54 0.06 down from 2005 | 278 | 100% | $2,300 | ||
15Brazilian Journal of Poultry ScienceOAFundação Apinco de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas · Brazil | 0.53Q2 | 0.60 0.35 up from 2005 | 117 | 100% | $400 | ||
16Journal of Muscle FoodsWiley · United States | 0.50Q2 | 0.64 0.15 up from 2005 | 85 | 0% | — | ||
17Avian and Poultry Biology ReviewsUnited Kingdom | 0.48Q2 | 0.43 0.19 down from 2005 | 70 | 0% | — | ||
18Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A – Animal ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.44Q2 | 0.70 0.15 up from 2005 | 75 | 6% | — | ||
19International Journal of Poultry ScienceOAAsian Network for Scientific Information · Pakistan | 0.44Q2 | 0.47 0.05 down from 2005 | 411 | 68% | — | ||
20Journal of Aquatic Food Product TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.38Q2 | 0.64 0.26 up from 2005 | 94 | 10% | — | ||
21Journal of Swine Health and ProductionUnited States | 0.30Q2 | 0.45 0.03 up from 2005 | 109 | 97% | — | ||
22Czech Journal of Animal ScienceOACzech Academy of Agricultural Sciences · Czechia | 0.29Q3 | 0.53 0.28 up from 2005 | 152 | 100% | $609 | ||
23South African Journal of Animal ScienceOAAfrican Journals OnLine · South Africa | 0.27Q3 | 0.47 0.01 down from 2005 | 104 | 100% | $500 | ||
24Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal SciencesOAAsian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies · South Korea | 0.23Q3 | 0.91 0.05 down from 2005 | 894 | 100% | $370 | ||
25Journal of Animal and Feed SciencesOAKielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition · Poland | 0.22Q3 | 0.34 0.02 down from 2005 | 478 | 99% | — | ||
26Revista Brasileira de ZootecniaOASociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia · Brazil | 0.21Q3 | 0.55 0.07 up from 2005 | 790 | 100% | $61 | ||
27The Journal of Poultry ScienceOAJapan Poultry Science Association · Japan | 0.21Q3 | 0.40 0.41 down from 2005 | 155 | 55% | $452 | ||
| 0.16Q3 | 0.12 0.10 up from 2005 | 65 | 0% | — | |||
| 0.16Q3 | 0.12 0.05 up from 2005 | 64 | 0% | — | |||
30Recent Advances in Animal NutritionUnited Kingdom | 0.14Q3 | 0.05 0.10 down from 2005 | 34 | 0% | — | ||
31Italian Journal of Animal ScienceOATaylor & Francis · Italy | 0.13Q3 | 0.15 0.14 down from 2005 | 330 | 100% | $1,590 | ||
32Revue Méd VétOAAnkara University · France | 0.13Q3 | 0.20 0.02 up from 2005 | 65 | 100% | — | ||
33Journal of Applied Animal ResearchOATaylor & Francis · United States | 0.11Q4 | 0.20 0.02 up from 2005 | 177 | 60% | $1,533 | ||
34Pakistan Veterinary JournalOAUniversity of Agriculture Faisalabad · Pakistan | 0.11Q4 | 0.26 0.07 down from 2005 | 33 | 100% | $300 | ||
35Animal Science Papers and ReportsPublisher not listed | 0.11Q4 | 0.18 0.01 down from 2005 | 114 | 0% | — | ||
36Journal of Animal Science and TechnologyOAKorean Society of Animal Sciences and Technology · South Korea | 0.06Q4 | 0.11 0.04 up from 2005 | 358 | 80% | $383 | ||
37Food Science of Animal ResourcesOAPublisher not listed | 0.06Q4 | 0.05 0.05 up from 2005 | 115 | 0% | — | ||
38Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research ReportsNew Prairie Press · United States | 0.04Q4 | 0.05 0.02 up from 2005 | 257 | 100% | — | ||
39Annals of Animal ScienceOADe Gruyter · Poland | 0.04Q4 | 0.07 0.01 down from 2005 | 77 | 0% | — | ||
40Revista Mvz CórdobaOAUniversity of Cordoba · Colombia | 0.03Q4 | 0.11 0.09 up from 2005 | 74 | 100% | — | ||
41Biotechnology in Animal HusbandryOAFaculty of Agronomy in Čačak · Serbia | 0.02Q4 | 0.14 0.08 up from 2005 | 202 | 100% | — | ||
42Indian Journal of Animal ResearchAgricultural Research Communication Centre · India | 0.01Q4 | 0.00no change | 110 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Animal Science and Zoology highlighted.
- Plant Science313
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics103
- Food Science74
- Insect Science45
- Animal Science and Zoology42
- Soil Science26
- Agronomy and Crop Science25
- Aquatic Science21
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences20
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
7 additional Animal Science and Zoology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2003–2005, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 42
- Window papers (baseline)
- 15,532 +15.4% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 0.29 +9.3% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 26 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 47 | 51 | 51 | 52 | 59 | 60 | 58 | 58 | 59 | 56 | 58 | 58 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 10,647 | 12,167 | 12,651 | 13,464 | 13,344 | 14,310 | 15,532 | 16,590 | 18,273 | 19,887 | 22,854 | 25,921 | 27,698 | 27,900 | 27,548 | 28,559 | 29,359 | 29,199 | 28,813 | 29,206 | 30,906 | 33,489 | 35,731 | 36,573 | 36,513 | 37,939 | |
| Median OJR | 0.445 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.268 | 0.275 | 0.31 | 0.29 | 0.35 | 0.444 | 0.439 | 0.46 | 0.64 | 0.655 | 0.62 | 0.698 | 0.658 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.668 | 0.656 | 0.697 | 0.674 | 0.61 | 0.699 | 0.663 | 0.57 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.