Open Access
Open access

Animals

MDPI
MDPI
ISSN: 20762615
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
2.7
SJR
0.698
CiteScore
4.9
Categories
Animal Science and Zoology
Veterinary (miscellaneous)
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Veterinary
Years of issue
2011-2025
journal names
Animals
ANIMALS-BASEL
Publications
19 509
Citations
148 750
h-index
89
Publications
17 572
Citations
143 356
Top-3 citing journals
Animals
Animals (24557 citations)
Poultry Science
Poultry Science (3380 citations)
Top-3 organizations
University of Milan
University of Milan (333 publications)
China Agricultural University
China Agricultural University (298 publications)
University of Padua
University of Padua (262 publications)
University of Milan
University of Milan (289 publications)
China Agricultural University
China Agricultural University (259 publications)
University of Bologna
University of Bologna (240 publications)
Top-3 countries
China (4331 publications)
USA (2571 publications)
Italy (2382 publications)
China (3948 publications)
USA (2272 publications)
Italy (2147 publications)

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Animals
24557 citations, 16.51%
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
5608 citations, 3.77%
Poultry Science
3380 citations, 2.27%
Scientific Reports
2269 citations, 1.53%
Veterinary Sciences
1997 citations, 1.34%
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
1677 citations, 1.13%
PLoS ONE
1585 citations, 1.07%
Journal of Dairy Science
1494 citations, 1%
Foods
1463 citations, 0.98%
Agriculture (Switzerland)
1419 citations, 0.95%
Frontiers in Microbiology
1417 citations, 0.95%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
1393 citations, 0.94%
Animal
1169 citations, 0.79%
Aquaculture
1131 citations, 0.76%
Italian Journal of Animal Science
1106 citations, 0.74%
Tropical Animal Health and Production
1065 citations, 0.72%
Microorganisms
1042 citations, 0.7%
Sustainability
980 citations, 0.66%
Journal of Animal Science
958 citations, 0.64%
Frontiers in Animal Science
881 citations, 0.59%
Antioxidants
852 citations, 0.57%
Genes
796 citations, 0.54%
Veterinary World
785 citations, 0.53%
Pathogens
759 citations, 0.51%
Animal Feed Science and Technology
704 citations, 0.47%
BMC Veterinary Research
690 citations, 0.46%
Antibiotics
655 citations, 0.44%
Livestock Science
654 citations, 0.44%
Aquaculture Reports
637 citations, 0.43%
Theriogenology
632 citations, 0.42%
Annals of Animal Science
626 citations, 0.42%
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
624 citations, 0.42%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
590 citations, 0.4%
Science of the Total Environment
589 citations, 0.4%
Animal Nutrition
584 citations, 0.39%
Biology
572 citations, 0.38%
Animal Biotechnology
571 citations, 0.38%
Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
571 citations, 0.38%
Heliyon
568 citations, 0.38%
Frontiers in Genetics
554 citations, 0.37%
Research in Veterinary Science
549 citations, 0.37%
Fermentation
534 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research
531 citations, 0.36%
Animal Production Science
512 citations, 0.34%
Animal Welfare
486 citations, 0.33%
Meat Science
483 citations, 0.32%
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
471 citations, 0.32%
Molecules
463 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
456 citations, 0.31%
Fishes
452 citations, 0.3%
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
446 citations, 0.3%
Small Ruminant Research
442 citations, 0.3%
Veterinary Research Communications
438 citations, 0.29%
BMC Genomics
435 citations, 0.29%
PeerJ
424 citations, 0.29%
Reproduction in Domestic Animals
420 citations, 0.28%
Sensors
416 citations, 0.28%
Viruses
408 citations, 0.27%
Frontiers in Physiology
402 citations, 0.27%
Veterinary Medicine and Science
388 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
385 citations, 0.26%
Fish and Shellfish Immunology
381 citations, 0.26%
Animal Reproduction Science
379 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Thermal Biology
377 citations, 0.25%
EFSA Journal
364 citations, 0.24%
World's Poultry Science Journal
360 citations, 0.24%
Preventive Veterinary Medicine
357 citations, 0.24%
Frontiers in Marine Science
353 citations, 0.24%
Metabolites
351 citations, 0.24%
Diversity
350 citations, 0.24%
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
345 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Nutrition
338 citations, 0.23%
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
338 citations, 0.23%
Anthrozoos
331 citations, 0.22%
Life
327 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Immunology
322 citations, 0.22%
Nutrients
315 citations, 0.21%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
313 citations, 0.21%
Translational Animal Science
294 citations, 0.2%
Veterinary Record
283 citations, 0.19%
Aquaculture International
281 citations, 0.19%
Biological Trace Element Research
279 citations, 0.19%
Insects
275 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens
272 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
251 citations, 0.17%
Ecology and Evolution
250 citations, 0.17%
British Poultry Science
240 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
226 citations, 0.15%
Equine Veterinary Journal
224 citations, 0.15%
Reviews in Aquaculture
213 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Applied Animal Research
212 citations, 0.14%
Toxins
211 citations, 0.14%
Gene
211 citations, 0.14%
Food Chemistry
209 citations, 0.14%
International Journal of Biometeorology
208 citations, 0.14%
Agronomy
206 citations, 0.14%
Global Ecology and Conservation
205 citations, 0.14%
Veterinary and Animal Science
204 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Applied Poultry Research
202 citations, 0.14%
Animal Genetics
198 citations, 0.13%
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MDPI
46232 citations, 31.08%
Elsevier
31885 citations, 21.44%
Springer Nature
15696 citations, 10.55%
Frontiers Media S.A.
11935 citations, 8.02%
Wiley
9663 citations, 6.5%
Taylor & Francis
5578 citations, 3.75%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1714 citations, 1.15%
Cambridge University Press
1585 citations, 1.07%
Oxford University Press
1399 citations, 0.94%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1124 citations, 0.76%
Walter de Gruyter
1103 citations, 0.74%
American Society of Animal Science
854 citations, 0.57%
Veterinary World
850 citations, 0.57%
CSIRO Publishing
773 citations, 0.52%
SAGE
751 citations, 0.5%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
694 citations, 0.47%
American Dairy Science Association
685 citations, 0.46%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
536 citations, 0.36%
IntechOpen
486 citations, 0.33%
PeerJ
448 citations, 0.3%
IOP Publishing
446 citations, 0.3%
Hindawi Limited
443 citations, 0.3%
Research Square Platform LLC
429 citations, 0.29%
American Society for Microbiology
400 citations, 0.27%
Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
400 citations, 0.27%
SciELO
368 citations, 0.25%
EDP Sciences
331 citations, 0.22%
Brill
330 citations, 0.22%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
261 citations, 0.18%
American Veterinary Medical Association
251 citations, 0.17%
The Royal Society
245 citations, 0.16%
Mark Allen Group
244 citations, 0.16%
British Veterinary Association
239 citations, 0.16%
Wageningen Academic Publishers
232 citations, 0.16%
Canadian Science Publishing
209 citations, 0.14%
Mary Ann Liebert
207 citations, 0.14%
Copernicus
201 citations, 0.14%
BMJ
195 citations, 0.13%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
168 citations, 0.11%
Pleiades Publishing
164 citations, 0.11%
F1000 Research
164 citations, 0.11%
King Saud University
154 citations, 0.1%
Emerald
148 citations, 0.1%
Colegio Brasileiro de Reproducao Animal
131 citations, 0.09%
Pensoft Publishers
129 citations, 0.09%
IGI Global
129 citations, 0.09%
Fundacao APINCO de Ciencia e Technologia Avicolas
128 citations, 0.09%
Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
127 citations, 0.09%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
121 citations, 0.08%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
117 citations, 0.08%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
107 citations, 0.07%
99 citations, 0.07%
AIP Publishing
88 citations, 0.06%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
82 citations, 0.06%
Agrarian Science
80 citations, 0.05%
Microbiology Society
77 citations, 0.05%
Japan Poultry Science Association
74 citations, 0.05%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
71 citations, 0.05%
Scientific Research Publishing
70 citations, 0.05%
HACCP Consulting
67 citations, 0.05%
The Company of Biologists
64 citations, 0.04%
American Physiological Society
62 citations, 0.04%
Annual Reviews
62 citations, 0.04%
Inter-Research Science Center
60 citations, 0.04%
The Gorbatov's All-Russian Meat Research Institute
58 citations, 0.04%
S. Karger AG
56 citations, 0.04%
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
54 citations, 0.04%
Saint-Petersburg State University of Veterinary Medicine
54 citations, 0.04%
PAGEPress Publications
53 citations, 0.04%
Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education Novosibirsk State Agrarian University
52 citations, 0.03%
American Association of Avian Pathologists Inc.
46 citations, 0.03%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
45 citations, 0.03%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
43 citations, 0.03%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
43 citations, 0.03%
South Florida Publishing LLC
42 citations, 0.03%
Kemerovo State University
41 citations, 0.03%
Spandidos Publications
40 citations, 0.03%
Medknow
36 citations, 0.02%
Society for the Study of Reproduction
35 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
35 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Society of Animal Science
34 citations, 0.02%
Academic Journals
33 citations, 0.02%
Bioscientifica
33 citations, 0.02%
Science in China Press
32 citations, 0.02%
eLife Sciences Publications
30 citations, 0.02%
Akademiai Kiado
30 citations, 0.02%
American Society for Nutrition
29 citations, 0.02%
American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
28 citations, 0.02%
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
28 citations, 0.02%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
27 citations, 0.02%