Academic Journal
Q1Animals
About Animals
Animals is a scholarly journal published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). SCImago 2025 places it in Q1 with an SJR of 0.722 and an H-index of 114.
Its listed coverage is 2011-2026 and its research categories include Animal Science and Zoology (Q1); Veterinary (miscellaneous) (Q1). The 2025 dataset reports 3637 documents and 39725 citations across the latest three-year reporting window.
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Aims & Scope
The journal publishes research related to Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock.
Recent Research Articles
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Students’ Conceptions of Animal Emotions and Cognitive Abilities in Karamoja (Uganda): Implications for Animal Welfare Education and One Health
Eleonora Uber, Giacomo Riggio, Marta Becchetti, Maria Luisa Marenzoni et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182812Proteomics in Gastrointestinal Diseases of Companion Animals: Current State and Knowledge Gaps
Jane Yu, Craig Ruaux
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182814Habitat-Associated Variation in Dietary Composition, Gut Microbiota, and Muscle Nutritional Characteristics of Hemibagrus guttatus in a Dam-Regulated River
Jiajun Zhang, Fangyuan Xiong, Mengyao Li, Shijie Wang et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182818Welfare Under Transient Pressure: Rethinking Behavioral Assessments and Stress Mitigation for Shelter Dogs
Anna Breithaupt, Jacquelyn Jacobs
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182820Seasonal Nile Crocodile Damage to Fishing Gear, Incident Reporting and Livelihood Responses in the Sudd Wetlands, South Sudan
John Sebit Benansio, Gift Simon Damaya, Idika E. Okorie, Saralees Nadarajah et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182826Effects of Short Periods of Incubation During Egg Storage (SPIDES) on Egg Quality, Hatching Performance, and Chick Quality in Long-Term-Stored Chukar Partridge Eggs
Mahmut Şamil Şamlı, Kemal Kırıkçı
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182819Genetic Structure and Selection Signals in Hetian Gray Donkeys and Xinjiang Donkeys from Xinjiang, China
Yongqing Li, Shihao Liu, Juan Geng, Weiwei Wu et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182825Ultrasonographic Appearance of Acute Prostatitis and Prostatic Abscesses in Dogs
Stefano Spada, Gaia Pagani, Johannes Herbel, Bianca Lourdes Frehner et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182827Metabolizable and Net Energy Values of Corn from Various Regions and Prediction Equation Development for Arbor Acres Broilers at Two Growth Stages
Xunyu Guo, Lijia Li, Shuhang Yin, Zhibin Ban et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182816Morphological Characterization of Turkish Ambling Horses
Burcu Bayramoğlu, Yahya Tuncay Tuna
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182813Dietary Selenium Source and Level Influence Growth Performance, Blood Parameters, Meat Quality, and Selenium Deposition in Broilers
Xingbo Liu, Ziqi Zhao, Jianmin Yuan, Lei Yan et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182821Different Temperature Regimes Affect Gonadal Development and Energy Budget in Apostichopus japonicus
Jingzhao Zhang, Kaiyou Deng, Xueyu Zhu, Weijun Wang et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182815Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Tachypleus tridentatus and Mitochondrial Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant Limulidae
Lei Xu, Xingzhi Zhang, Yafang Li, Quehui Tang et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182823Growth Characteristics and Stock Assessment of Sebastes schlegelii in the Northern Yellow Sea off Liaoning Province, China
Yikai Lan, Zengqiang Yin, Lin Zhang, Quan Yu et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182822Influence of Manual Double-Spin Preparation Protocols on the Cellular and Growth Factor Composition of Equine Platelet-Rich Plasma
Andrea del Rincon, Michael J. S. Duggan, Milda Baltrimaite, Aoife O’Kane et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182824Tibialis Cranialis Extrafusal and Intrafusal Myofibers and Muscle Spindle Pathology in Canine Degenerative Myelopathy
Brandie Morgan-Jack, Martin L. Katz, Grace R. Kick, Joan R. Coates et al.
2026-09-08 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16182817Whole-Genome Sequencing Reveals Co-Infection with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus, Bovine Enterovirus, and Caprine Parainfluenza Virus Type 3 in a Calf from a Cattle Herd in Xizang, China
Yanan Zhong, Runbo Luo, Kexin Li, Na Li et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16172805Standardized Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI) Enumeration and Veterinary Forensic Assessment in a Large-Scale Animal Starvation Scene: A Technical Note
Ah-Young Kim, BokKyung Ku, Kyunghyun Lee
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16172807Quantifying ASF Outbreak Dynamics in the Philippines (2019–2023) Using Joinpoint Regression and the Estimated Dissemination Ratio
Samuel Joseph M. Castro, Roderick T. Salvador, Romeo S. Gundran, Janice S. Garcia et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16172811Plastic and Anthropogenic Particles in the Reproductive Tissues of Feral and Domestic Felines
Emma Quade, Madison Serrate, Vageeswari Nathapettai Thanikaivelan, Fnu Joshua et al.
2026-09-07 · DOI: 10.3390/ani16172804Reviews
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