Animal Nutrition

Aims & Scope

Animal Nutrition encompasses the full gamut of animal nutritional sciences and reviews including, but not limited to, fundamental aspects of animal nutrition such as nutritional requirements, metabolic studies, body composition, energetics, immunology, neuroscience, microbiology, genetics and molecular and cell biology related to nutrition, and more applied aspects of animal nutrition, such as raw material evaluation, feed additives, nutritive value of novel ingredients and feed safety.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	7.5

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.691

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1928

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3532

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Abstracting & Indexing

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,462.00 USD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Antioxidant mechanism of tea polyphenols and its impact on health benefits

  Citation: 557

  Authors: Zhaoming, Yinzhao, Yehui, Qinghua, Fengna

• Use of antibiotics in broiler production: Global impacts and alternatives

  Citation: 442

  Authors: Youcef, Marie-Pierre, Marie-Lou, Younes, Gayatri, Tarek, Satinder Kaur, Caroline, Antonio Avalos, Stéphane

• Animals as sources of food-borne pathogens: A review

  Citation: 418

  Authors: Norma, Santos

• Potential and challenges of tannins as an alternative to in-feed antibiotics for farm animal production

  Citation: 398

  Authors: Qianqian, Xiuli, Guoqi, Tianming, Yuxi

• Implications of butyrate and its derivatives for gut health and animal production

  Citation: 350

  Authors: Andrea, Joshua

• Weaning stress and gastrointestinal barrier development: Implications for lifelong gut health in pigs

  Citation: 321

  Authors: Adam J., Calvin S., Mrigendra

• Using probiotics to improve swine gut health and nutrient utilization

  Citation: 307

  Authors: Shengfa F., Martin

• Gastrointestinal tract (gut) health in the young pig

  Citation: 296

  Authors: John R., Diana L., Jae-Cheol

• Nano zinc, an alternative to conventional zinc as animal feed supplement: A review

  Citation: 269

  Authors: Partha S., Somu B.N., Duraisamy, George, Sellappan

• Non-antibiotic feed additives in diets for pigs: A review

  Citation: 258

  Authors: Yanhong, Charmaine D., Jerubella J., Gloria A., L. Vanessa, Su A., Woong B., John K., Diego M.D.L., Neil W., Hans H.

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