Open Access
Open access

South African Journal of Animal Sciences

South African Bureau for Scientific Publications
ISSN: 03751589, 22214062
SCImago
Q3
WOS
Q3
Impact factor
0.7
SJR
0.256
CiteScore
1.5
Categories
Animal Science and Zoology
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Years of issue
1974, 1996-2023
Publications
1 007
Citations
7 351
h-index
28
Publications
229
Citations
5 445
Top-3 citing journals
Animals
Animals (574 citations)
Poultry Science
Poultry Science (265 citations)

Most cited in 5 years

Found 
from chars
Publications found: 0

Top-100

Citing journals

100
200
300
400
500
600
Animals
574 citations, 7.81%
Tropical Animal Health and Production
367 citations, 4.99%
Poultry Science
265 citations, 3.6%
Small Ruminant Research
220 citations, 2.99%
Livestock Science
169 citations, 2.3%
Meat Science
123 citations, 1.67%
Animal Production Science
122 citations, 1.66%
Italian Journal of Animal Science
113 citations, 1.54%
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
103 citations, 1.4%
Journal of Animal Science
99 citations, 1.35%
Sustainability
99 citations, 1.35%
British Poultry Science
88 citations, 1.2%
Foods
83 citations, 1.13%
Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
81 citations, 1.1%
Animal Feed Science and Technology
81 citations, 1.1%
Animal
80 citations, 1.09%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
79 citations, 1.07%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
78 citations, 1.06%
World's Poultry Science Journal
73 citations, 0.99%
Journal of Applied Animal Research
70 citations, 0.95%
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
68 citations, 0.93%
Veterinary World
67 citations, 0.91%
Annals of Animal Science
67 citations, 0.91%
Frontiers in Genetics
59 citations, 0.8%
Archives Animal Breeding
55 citations, 0.75%
Journal of Dairy Science
54 citations, 0.73%
Journal of Applied Poultry Research
51 citations, 0.69%
Revista Brasileira de Ciencia Avicola
51 citations, 0.69%
Czech Journal of Animal Science
51 citations, 0.69%
Scientific Reports
45 citations, 0.61%
PLoS ONE
42 citations, 0.57%
Translational Animal Science
40 citations, 0.54%
Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
39 citations, 0.53%
Animal Science Journal
35 citations, 0.48%
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
35 citations, 0.48%
Animal Biotechnology
34 citations, 0.46%
Molecules
34 citations, 0.46%
Veterinary and Animal Science
34 citations, 0.46%
Frontiers in Animal Science
33 citations, 0.45%
Veterinary Medicine and Science
32 citations, 0.44%
Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics
32 citations, 0.44%
Reproduction in Domestic Animals
31 citations, 0.42%
Diversity
31 citations, 0.42%
Antioxidants
31 citations, 0.42%
Canadian Journal of Animal Science
30 citations, 0.41%
Frontiers in Microbiology
30 citations, 0.41%
International Journal of Poultry Science
30 citations, 0.41%
Animal Reproduction Science
29 citations, 0.39%
African Journal of Range and Forage Science
28 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Poultry Science
28 citations, 0.38%
Veterinary Sciences
28 citations, 0.38%
Heliyon
26 citations, 0.35%
Journal of Thermal Biology
25 citations, 0.34%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
25 citations, 0.34%
Fermentation
24 citations, 0.33%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
24 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Animal Science and Technology
22 citations, 0.3%
Animal Frontiers
21 citations, 0.29%
AIP Conference Proceedings
21 citations, 0.29%
Food Research International
21 citations, 0.29%
Cogent Food & Agriculture
21 citations, 0.29%
International Journal of Livestock Production
21 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Cleaner Production
20 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Agricultural Science
20 citations, 0.27%
Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
20 citations, 0.27%
Food Chemistry
19 citations, 0.26%
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
18 citations, 0.24%
Research in Veterinary Science
18 citations, 0.24%
Agronomy
18 citations, 0.24%
Agricultural Systems
18 citations, 0.24%
Antibiotics
17 citations, 0.23%
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
17 citations, 0.23%
Nutrients
17 citations, 0.23%
Genes
17 citations, 0.23%
Life
17 citations, 0.23%
Animal Bioscience
17 citations, 0.23%
Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins
16 citations, 0.22%
Animal Genetics
16 citations, 0.22%
Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science
16 citations, 0.22%
Veterinary Research Communications
16 citations, 0.22%
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
16 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
15 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences
15 citations, 0.2%
Pastoralism
15 citations, 0.2%
Plants
15 citations, 0.2%
Agroforestry Systems
15 citations, 0.2%
BMC Veterinary Research
14 citations, 0.19%
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences
14 citations, 0.19%
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
14 citations, 0.19%
Theriogenology
14 citations, 0.19%
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
13 citations, 0.18%
BMC Genomics
13 citations, 0.18%
Biological Trace Element Research
13 citations, 0.18%
Pathogens
13 citations, 0.18%
Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
13 citations, 0.18%
Potravinarstvo
12 citations, 0.16%
EFSA Journal
12 citations, 0.16%
South African Journal of Botany
12 citations, 0.16%
Frontiers in Nutrition
12 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
12 citations, 0.16%
100
200
300
400
500
600

Citing publishers

200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
Elsevier
1667 citations, 22.68%
MDPI
1241 citations, 16.88%
Springer Nature
879 citations, 11.96%
Taylor & Francis
482 citations, 6.56%
Wiley
428 citations, 5.82%
Frontiers Media S.A.
299 citations, 4.07%
Cambridge University Press
194 citations, 2.64%
CSIRO Publishing
154 citations, 2.09%
American Society of Animal Science
97 citations, 1.32%
Walter de Gruyter
96 citations, 1.31%
IOP Publishing
91 citations, 1.24%
Science Alert
78 citations, 1.06%
Oxford University Press
77 citations, 1.05%
Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
69 citations, 0.94%
Veterinary World
68 citations, 0.93%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
57 citations, 0.78%
Copernicus
57 citations, 0.78%
Fundacao APINCO de Ciencia e Technologia Avicolas
50 citations, 0.68%
Hindawi Limited
48 citations, 0.65%
IntechOpen
45 citations, 0.61%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
42 citations, 0.57%
Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
39 citations, 0.53%
Academic Journals
39 citations, 0.53%
Canadian Science Publishing
35 citations, 0.48%
Japan Poultry Science Association
30 citations, 0.41%
SciELO
30 citations, 0.41%
AIP Publishing
21 citations, 0.29%
Scientific Research Publishing
21 citations, 0.29%
EDP Sciences
20 citations, 0.27%
King Saud University
20 citations, 0.27%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
19 citations, 0.26%
Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
17 citations, 0.23%
Emerald
15 citations, 0.2%
Scientific Publishers
15 citations, 0.2%
13 citations, 0.18%
Research Square Platform LLC
13 citations, 0.18%
HACCP Consulting
12 citations, 0.16%
Asian Network for Scientific Information
11 citations, 0.15%
AOSIS
11 citations, 0.15%
SAGE
10 citations, 0.14%
Iowa State University
10 citations, 0.14%
Universidade Estadual de Maringa
9 citations, 0.12%
9 citations, 0.12%
Academy of Science of South Africa
9 citations, 0.12%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
9 citations, 0.12%
Pleiades Publishing
8 citations, 0.11%
PeerJ
8 citations, 0.11%
Ankara University
8 citations, 0.11%
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
8 citations, 0.11%
Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
8 citations, 0.11%
Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz
8 citations, 0.11%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
7 citations, 0.1%
7 citations, 0.1%
Universidade Federal da Bahia
7 citations, 0.1%
Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria
7 citations, 0.1%
7 citations, 0.1%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
7 citations, 0.1%
IGI Global
7 citations, 0.1%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
6 citations, 0.08%
American Society for Microbiology
6 citations, 0.08%
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
6 citations, 0.08%
Southern African Wildlife Management Association
6 citations, 0.08%
The Korean Society of Poultry Science
6 citations, 0.08%
5 citations, 0.07%
Colegio Brasileiro de Reproducao Animal
5 citations, 0.07%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
5 citations, 0.07%
Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources
5 citations, 0.07%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
5 citations, 0.07%
The Royal Society
4 citations, 0.05%
Faculty of Agriculture, Ain-Shams University
4 citations, 0.05%
Sociedade Brasileira de Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alimentos
4 citations, 0.05%
Wageningen Academic Publishers
4 citations, 0.05%
Kemerovo State University
4 citations, 0.05%
Annual Reviews
4 citations, 0.05%
Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES)
4 citations, 0.05%
F1000 Research
4 citations, 0.05%
Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences
4 citations, 0.05%
3 citations, 0.04%
Mary Ann Liebert
3 citations, 0.04%
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
3 citations, 0.04%
South African Assn. For The Advancement Of Science
3 citations, 0.04%
University of Veterinary Sciences Brno
3 citations, 0.04%
The Gorbatov's All-Russian Meat Research Institute
3 citations, 0.04%
Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems
3 citations, 0.04%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2 citations, 0.03%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2 citations, 0.03%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
2 citations, 0.03%
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
2 citations, 0.03%
Polish Scientific Publishers PWN
2 citations, 0.03%
The Company of Biologists
2 citations, 0.03%
Fundacao de Pesquisas Cientificas de Ribeirao Preto
2 citations, 0.03%
IWA Publishing
2 citations, 0.03%
CAB International
2 citations, 0.03%
Zhejiang University Press
2 citations, 0.03%
University of Ljubljana
2 citations, 0.03%
American Veterinary Medical Association
2 citations, 0.03%
Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
2 citations, 0.03%
American Society for Nutrition
2 citations, 0.03%
Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL)
2 citations, 0.03%
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
2 citations, 0.03%
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800