Journal rankings · indicator year 2020
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Subfield ranking · 2020
Animal Science and Zoology journal rankings 2020
58 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Animal Science and Zoology has 58 ranked journals in 2020. The median journal has an OJR of 0.70, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.04 on 2019; Q1 starts at OJR 1.14. The top three are Animal nutrition, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology, and Meat Science.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2020. 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 2017–2019, the window the 2020 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)
58 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 2019. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2017–2019, the window the 2020 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2017–2019 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 2011 to 2020. | Compare |
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1Animal nutritionOAKeAi · China | 3.33Q1 | 6.15 0.89 up from 2019 | 183 | 100% | $1,462 | ||
2Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.59Q1 | 5.88 0.68 up from 2019 | 269 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
3Meat ScienceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.50Q1 | 6.27 1.93 up from 2019 | 826 | 30% | $4,740 | ||
4Veterinary QuarterlyOATaylor & Francis · Netherlands | 1.65Q1 | 3.65 0.97 up from 2019 | 55 | 100% | $1,533 | ||
5International Journal of Veterinary Science and MedicineOATaylor & Francis · Egypt | 1.64Q1 | 3.92 1.83 up from 2019 | 99 | 100% | $250 | ||
6animalOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.57Q1 | 3.17 0.61 up from 2019 | 1,029 | 99% | $2,000 | ||
7Poultry ScienceOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.41Q1 | 3.76 1.07 up from 2019 | 1,777 | 100% | $2,600 | ||
8AnimalsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.38Q1 | 3.32 0.29 up from 2019 | 1,567 | 100% | $2,896 | ||
9Veterinary MicrobiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.35Q1 | 3.40 0.26 up from 2019 | 1,004 | 24% | $3,110 | ||
10Archives of Animal NutritionTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.24Q1 | 2.36 0.59 up from 2019 | 109 | 32% | — | ||
11Food Science of Animal ResourcesOAPublisher not listed | 1.24Q1 | 2.71 2.09 up from 2019 | 104 | 100% | — | ||
12Journal of Thermal BiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.18Q1 | 3.15 0.21 up from 2019 | 620 | 22% | $3,360 | ||
13Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal SciencesOAAsian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies · South Korea | 1.18Q1 | 2.39 0.53 up from 2019 | 740 | 100% | $370 | ||
14World s Poultry Science JournalTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.17Q1 | 2.14 0.63 up from 2019 | 228 | 20% | — | ||
15Livestock ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.14Q1 | 2.20 0.24 up from 2019 | 786 | 33% | $2,970 | ||
16Journal of Animal Science and TechnologyOAKorean Society of Animal Sciences and Technology · South Korea | 1.11Q2 | 2.37 0.10 up from 2019 | 105 | 100% | $383 | ||
17Italian Journal of Animal ScienceOATaylor & Francis · Italy | 1.11Q2 | 2.26 0.51 up from 2019 | 377 | 100% | $1,590 | ||
18Annals of Animal ScienceOADe Gruyter · Poland | 1.07Q2 | 2.28 0.67 up from 2019 | 218 | 100% | — | ||
19Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal NutritionWiley · Germany | 1.04Q2 | 2.18 0.24 up from 2019 | 629 | 25% | $4,650 | ||
20Veterinary and Animal ScienceOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.03Q2 | 2.25 0.83 up from 2019 | 72 | 100% | $2,780 | ||
21Journal of Animal and Feed SciencesOAKielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition · Poland | 0.96Q2 | 1.76 0.39 up from 2019 | 120 | 100% | — | ||
22Journal of Applied Animal ResearchOATaylor & Francis · United States | 0.94Q2 | 1.80 0.40 up from 2019 | 297 | 100% | $1,533 | ||
23Revista Brasileira de ZootecniaOASociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia · Brazil | 0.94Q2 | 1.27 0.05 down from 2019 | 335 | 100% | $61 | ||
24British Poultry ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.88Q2 | 2.14 0.16 up from 2019 | 296 | 17% | — | ||
25Journal of Animal ScienceOxford University Press · United States | 0.79Q2 | 1.98 0.57 up from 2019 | 2,560 | 99% | $4,368 | ||
26South African Journal of Animal ScienceOAAfrican Journals OnLine · South Africa | 0.77Q2 | 1.43 0.06 up from 2019 | 292 | 100% | $500 | ||
27The Journal of Applied Poultry ResearchOAElsevier BV · United States | 0.74Q2 | 1.61 0.36 up from 2019 | 285 | 100% | $2,300 | ||
28Translational Animal ScienceOAOxford University Press · United States | 0.73Q2 | 1.60 0.57 up from 2019 | 415 | 100% | $3,308 | ||
29Avian DiseasesAmerican Association of Avian Pathologists · United States | 0.70Q2 | 1.52 0.04 down from 2019 | 261 | 3% | — | ||
30Asian Journal of Animal SciencesOAPakistan | 0.69Q3 | 2.00 1.43 up from 2019 | 35 | 100% | — | ||
31Journal of Aquatic Food Product TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.66Q3 | 1.76 0.56 up from 2019 | 244 | 18% | — | ||
32Brazilian Journal of Poultry ScienceOAFundação Apinco de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas · Brazil | 0.65Q3 | 1.22 0.08 up from 2019 | 335 | 100% | $400 | ||
33World Rabbit ScienceOATechnical University of Valencia · Spain | 0.65Q3 | 1.73 0.83 up from 2019 | 98 | 100% | — | ||
34Journal of Swine Health and ProductionUnited States | 0.63Q3 | 1.67 0.06 up from 2019 | 64 | 100% | — | ||
35Czech Journal of Animal ScienceOACzech Academy of Agricultural Sciences · Czechia | 0.54Q3 | 1.45 0.36 up from 2019 | 178 | 100% | $609 | ||
36Canadian Journal of Animal ScienceCanadian Science Publishing · Canada | 0.49Q3 | 1.02 0.15 up from 2019 | 287 | 76% | — | ||
37Pakistan Veterinary JournalOAUniversity of Agriculture Faisalabad · Pakistan | 0.47Q3 | 1.17 0.15 down from 2019 | 234 | 100% | $300 | ||
38The Journal of Poultry ScienceOAJapan Poultry Science Association · Japan | 0.44Q3 | 1.11 0.17 up from 2019 | 140 | 100% | $452 | ||
39Polish Journal of Veterinary SciencesDe Gruyter · Poland | 0.43Q3 | 0.93 0.19 up from 2019 | 289 | 100% | — | ||
40International Journal of Poultry ScienceOAAsian Network for Scientific Information · Pakistan | 0.40Q3 | 0.83 0.13 up from 2019 | 253 | 100% | — | ||
| 0.39Q3 | 0.81 0.59 down from 2019 | 106 | 100% | — | |||
42Revista Colombiana de Ciencias PecuariasOAUniversidad de Antioquia · Colombia | 0.37Q3 | 0.64 0.16 up from 2019 | 102 | 100% | $200 | ||
43Animal Science Papers and ReportsPublisher not listed | 0.32Q3 | 0.69 0.06 up from 2019 | 41 | 0% | — | ||
44Advances in Animal and Veterinary SciencesOANexus Academic Publishers · Pakistan | 0.32Q3 | 0.61 0.19 up from 2019 | 306 | 100% | — | ||
45Open Journal of Animal SciencesOAScientific Research Publishing · United States | 0.32Q4 | 0.77 0.21 down from 2019 | 106 | 100% | — | ||
46Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary AdvancesOAPakistan | 0.30Q4 | 0.53 0.01 down from 2019 | 93 | 100% | — | ||
47Revista Mvz CórdobaOAUniversity of Cordoba · Colombia | 0.29Q4 | 0.78 0.37 up from 2019 | 181 | 100% | — | ||
48Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section A – Animal ScienceTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.28Q4 | 0.81 0.42 up from 2019 | 50 | 73% | — | ||
49Poultry Fisheries & Wildlife SciencesOMICS Publishing Group · United States | 0.27Q4 | 0.60 0.27 up from 2019 | 30 | — | — | ||
50SOJ Veterinary SciencesOASymbiosis Group · United States | 0.25Q4 | 0.88 0.74 up from 2019 | 41 | — | — |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Animal Science and Zoology highlighted.
- Plant Science577
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics152
- Food Science139
- Animal Science and Zoology58
- Insect Science51
- Soil Science42
- Aquatic Science39
- Agronomy and Crop Science38
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences33
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2020. Corpus-wide, 86.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
11 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 2017–2019, 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: 2020. Publication window: 2017–2019. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 58
- Window papers (baseline)
- 30,906 +5.8% from indicator year 2017
- Median OJR
- 0.697 +2.8% from indicator year 2017
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2017–2019 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 |
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| 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.