Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

Aims & Scope

The Annual Review of Animal Biosciences places a particular emphasis on biotechnology, genetics, genomics, and breeding, as well as veterinary medicine, especially veterinary pathobiology, infectious diseases and vaccine development, and conservation and zoo biology.

It is intended for scientists focused on wild and domesticated animal species, veterinarians, conservation biologists and geneticists.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	8.7
2024	8.70

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	606

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	732

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	3.307

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• Effects of Heat Stress on Postabsorptive Metabolism and Energetics

  Citation: 656

  Authors: Lance H., Robert P.

• Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV): Pathogenesis and Interaction with the Immune System

  Citation: 619

  Authors: Joan K., Ying, Andrea, Nanhua, Yanhua, Bob, Gourapura J.

• Amino Acid Nutrition in Animals: Protein Synthesis and Beyond

  Citation: 447

  Authors: Guoyao, Fuller W., Zhaolai, Defa, Junjun, Zhenlong

• African Swine Fever Epidemiology and Control

  Citation: 358

  Authors: Linda K., Karl, Ferran, Laurence, Dirk U.

• 1000 Bull Genomes Project to Map Simple and Complex Genetic Traits in Cattle: Applications and Outcomes

  Citation: 326

  Authors: Ben J., Hans D.

• One-Carbon Metabolism: Linking Nutritional Biochemistry to Epigenetic Programming of Long-Term Development

  Citation: 304

  Authors: Constance E., Amey H., Wing Yee, Kevin D.

• The Genome 10K Project: A Way Forward

  Citation: 298

  Authors: Klaus-Peter, Benedict, Stephen J.

• Genomic Selection in Dairy Cattle: The USDA Experience

  Citation: 296

  Authors: George R., John B., Suzanne M., Tad S.

• Animal Models of Aging Research: Implications for Human Aging and Age-Related Diseases

  Citation: 280

  Authors: Sarah J., Morten, Dan L., Rafael

• Applications of Nanobodies

  Citation: 277

  Authors: Serge

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