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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme, which pays the article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1674-9782Verify ISSN ↗2049-1891Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Cost to publish: APC covered for authors at ONOS-subscribed Indian institutions
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 7 / 520 | 98th | Q1 |
| Food Science | 28 / 420 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Biochemistry | 44 / 448 | 90th | Q1 |
| Biotechnology | 46 / 325 | 86th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.9.
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 7 of 520), Q1 in Food Science (rank 28 of 420) and Q1 in Biochemistry (rank 44 of 448), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 11.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 98th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.740, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 92.
For authors at Indian institutions covered by One Nation One Subscription (ONOS), the article processing charge is paid by the scheme. The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,790 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1674-9782 and its online ISSN is 2049-1891.
Yes. ONOS also covers its article processing charge for authors at eligible institutions.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology has an h-index of 110 and a 2-year mean of 7.73 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #4 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology published 181 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (73.3%), United States (5.6%) and Canada (3.6%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (3.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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