Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Animal Science and Zoology journal rankings 2016
51 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Animal Science and Zoology has 51 ranked journals in 2016. The median journal has an OJR of 0.65, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2015; Q1 starts at OJR 1.11. The top three are Meat Science, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology, and animal.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. 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 2013–2015, the window the 2016 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)
51 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 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 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 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Meat ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.41Q1 | 3.48 0.40 up from 2015 | 1,006 | 26% | $4,740 | ||
2Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.31Q1 | 2.91 0.38 down from 2015 | 170 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
3animalOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.64Q1 | 2.08 0.06 up from 2015 | 849 | 99% | $2,000 | ||
4Veterinary MicrobiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.58Q1 | 3.05 0.05 down from 2015 | 1,127 | 26% | $3,110 | ||
5Poultry ScienceOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.56Q1 | 2.73 0.45 up from 2015 | 1,195 | 98% | $2,600 | ||
6Livestock ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.38Q1 | 1.74 0.15 down from 2015 | 917 | 26% | $2,970 | ||
7Journal of Animal ScienceOxford University Press · United States | 1.34Q1 | 2.00 0.31 down from 2015 | 1,798 | 5% | $4,368 | ||
8Archives of Animal NutritionTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.31Q1 | 1.69 0.09 down from 2015 | 115 | 17% | — | ||
9The Journal of Applied Poultry ResearchOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.30Q1 | 1.60 0.59 up from 2015 | 276 | 100% | $2,300 | ||
10Journal of Thermal BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.23Q1 | 2.84 0.69 up from 2015 | 298 | 23% | $3,360 | ||
11AnimalsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.23Q1 | 2.02 0.27 up from 2015 | 195 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
12Animal nutritionOAKeAi · China | 1.15Q1 | 1.46no 2015 value | 61 | 100% | $1,462 | — | |
13World s Poultry Science JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.11Q1 | 0.99 0.17 down from 2015 | 236 | 27% | — | ||
14Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal NutritionWiley · Germany | 0.98Q2 | 1.38 0.10 up from 2015 | 395 | 13% | $4,650 | ||
15Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal SciencesOAAsian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies · South Korea | 0.97Q2 | 1.45 0.08 down from 2015 | 796 | 100% | $370 | ||
16British Poultry ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.96Q2 | 1.29 0.02 down from 2015 | 305 | 18% | — | ||
17Avian DiseasesAmerican Association of Avian Pathologists · United States | 0.84Q2 | 1.58 0.20 up from 2015 | 312 | 9% | — | ||
18Revista Brasileira de ZootecniaOASociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia · Brazil | 0.84Q2 | 0.83 0.03 up from 2015 | 276 | 100% | $61 | ||
19Italian Journal of Animal ScienceOATaylor & Francis · Italy | 0.81Q2 | 1.18 0.10 up from 2015 | 332 | 100% | $1,590 | ||
20International Journal of Veterinary Science and MedicineOATaylor & Francis · Egypt | 0.78Q2 | 1.20 0.20 up from 2015 | 47 | 100% | $250 | ||
21Canadian Journal of Animal ScienceCanadian Science Publishing · Canada | 0.76Q2 | 1.05 0.25 up from 2015 | 205 | 50% | — | ||
22South African Journal of Animal ScienceOAAfrican Journals OnLine · South Africa | 0.71Q2 | 1.03 0.05 down from 2015 | 177 | 100% | $500 | ||
23Journal of Animal and Feed SciencesOAKielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition · Poland | 0.70Q2 | 1.03 0.23 up from 2015 | 135 | 100% | — | ||
24Veterinary QuarterlyOATaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 0.69Q2 | 1.11 0.18 down from 2015 | 113 | 100% | $1,533 | ||
25Czech Journal of Animal ScienceOACzech Academy of Agricultural Sciences · Czechia | 0.66Q2 | 1.47 0.32 up from 2015 | 203 | 100% | $609 | ||
26World Rabbit ScienceOATechnical University of Valencia · Spain | 0.65Q2 | 1.05 0.08 down from 2015 | 85 | 100% | — | ||
27Brazilian Journal of Poultry ScienceOAFundação Apinco de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas · Brazil | 0.65Q3 | 0.80 0.09 up from 2015 | 212 | 100% | $400 | ||
28Annals of Animal ScienceOADe Gruyter · Poland | 0.64Q3 | 1.10 0.36 up from 2015 | 262 | 100% | — | ||
29Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A – Animal ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.59Q3 | 0.77 0.11 down from 2015 | 73 | 34% | — | ||
30The Journal of Poultry ScienceOAJapan Poultry Science Association · Japan | 0.51Q3 | 0.98 0.05 down from 2015 | 166 | 100% | $452 | ||
31Polish Journal of Veterinary SciencesDe Gruyter · Poland | 0.48Q3 | 0.93 0.08 up from 2015 | 347 | 100% | — | ||
32Journal of Swine Health and ProductionUnited States | 0.46Q3 | 0.78 0.04 up from 2015 | 74 | 86% | — | ||
33Pakistan Veterinary JournalOAUniversity of Agriculture Faisalabad · Pakistan | 0.44Q3 | 0.73 0.15 down from 2015 | 304 | 100% | $300 | ||
34Journal of Animal Science and TechnologyOAKorean Society of Animal Sciences and Technology · South Korea | 0.44Q3 | 1.12 0.44 up from 2015 | 144 | 100% | $383 | ||
35International Journal of Poultry ScienceOAAsian Network for Scientific Information · Pakistan | 0.44Q3 | 0.55 0.06 up from 2015 | 337 | 100% | — | ||
| 0.41Q3 | 0.34 0.08 down from 2015 | 158 | 2% | — | |||
37Journal of Applied Animal ResearchOATaylor & Francis · United States | 0.40Q3 | 0.56 0.03 up from 2015 | 318 | 100% | $1,533 | ||
38Poultry Fisheries & Wildlife SciencesOMICS Publishing Group · United States | 0.40Q3 | 0.67 0.15 up from 2015 | 52 | 4% | — | ||
39Open Journal of Animal SciencesOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.40Q3 | 0.54 0.01 down from 2015 | 161 | 100% | — | ||
40Advances in Animal and Veterinary SciencesOANexus Academic Publishers · Pakistan | 0.40Q4 | 0.65 0.22 up from 2015 | 256 | 100% | — | ||
41Asian Journal of Animal SciencesOAPakistan | 0.39Q4 | 0.53 0.24 up from 2015 | 104 | 97% | — | ||
42Journal of Aquatic Food Product TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.39Q4 | 0.51 0.01 down from 2015 | 225 | 12% | — | ||
43Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary AdvancesOAPakistan | 0.34Q4 | 0.58 0.03 up from 2015 | 247 | 98% | — | ||
44Animal Science Papers and ReportsPublisher not listed | 0.34Q4 | 0.57 0.19 down from 2015 | 83 | 0% | — | ||
| 0.30Q4 | 0.29 0.12 down from 2015 | 71 | 100% | — | |||
46Biotechnology in Animal HusbandryOAFaculty of Agronomy in Čačak · Serbia | 0.27Q4 | 0.36 0.05 up from 2015 | 197 | 100% | — | ||
47Revista Mvz CórdobaOAUniversity of Cordoba · Colombia | 0.25Q4 | 0.45 0.23 up from 2015 | 195 | 100% | — | ||
48Journal of Cell and Animal BiologyOAAcademic Journals · Nigeria | 0.23Q4 | 0.00 0.44 down from 2015 | 48 | 100% | — | ||
49Revista Colombiana de Ciencias PecuariasOAUniversidad de Antioquia · Colombia | 0.19Q4 | 0.22 0.10 down from 2015 | 209 | 100% | $200 | ||
50Indian Journal of Animal ResearchAgricultural Research Communication Centre · India | 0.13Q4 | 0.19 0.02 up from 2015 | 469 | 79% | — |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Animal Science and Zoology highlighted.
- Plant Science570
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics144
- Food Science132
- Insect Science56
- Animal Science and Zoology51
- Aquatic Science39
- Agronomy and Crop Science38
- Soil Science37
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences30
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
14 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 2013–2015, 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: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 51
- Window papers (baseline)
- 29,359 +5.2% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.65 +4.9% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 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.