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Journal of Dairy Science is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 0022-0302Verify ISSN ↗1525-3198Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 23 / 520 | 95th | Q1 |
| Genetics | 65 / 357 | 81st | Q1 |
| Food Science | 78 / 420 | 81st | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1917–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.8.
Journal of Dairy Science is Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 23 of 520), Q1 in Genetics (rank 65 of 357) and Q1 in Food Science (rank 78 of 420), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Dairy Science 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 7.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 95th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.199, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 252.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,500 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 Dairy Science is published by Elsevier Inc. Its print ISSN is 0022-0302 and its online ISSN is 1525-3198.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Dairy Science has an h-index of 325 and a 2-year mean of 4.33 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #21 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Journal of Dairy Science published 1,002 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 1,293. 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 United States (34.9%), China (17.9%) and Canada (7.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 8 retracted papers are recorded (0.2 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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