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Now, Animal Reports ensures the long-term digital preservation via Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network (PKP PN), LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, and Keepers Registry.
The journal is under evaluation for indexing in EBSCO & DOAJ databases
Call for Papers Vol. 2 No. 2 – Deadline: October 30, 2026
Emerging Scientist Award – Submit Now
APCs are fully waived for all submissions
Now, Animal Reports ensures the long-term digital preservation via Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network (PKP PN), LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, and Keepers Registry.

About the Journal

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Animal Reports | journal (eISSN: 3068-5044; pISSN: 3071-4141) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing knowledge, promoting sustainability, and fostering innovation in animal production, wildlife, and veterinary sciences. By publishing high-quality research freely available worldwide, the journal addresses critical challenges and emerging opportunities in these fields. The Animal Reports accepts research articles, reviews, editorials, and short communications. For more information, click here.

Editor-in-Chief

Prof. Dr. Abdallah Tageldein Mansour

Affiliation: Animal and Fish Production Department, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.

Journal metrics 2025:

Usage

| More than 5Ks annual downloads/views.

Processing speed

| Two days avg. from submission to first decision.

| 35 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision.

| Two days avg. from acceptance to online publication.

Acceptance rate:

| 50% acceptance rate.

Main Journal Features

| Open Access: Diamond Open Access with no publication fees, doi, or processing.

| Frequency: Two issues per year (January–June and July–December), with articles published online immediately upon acceptance.

| Copyright: Authors retain full copyright of their work (License: CC By 4).

| Indexing & abstracting: Animal Reports is indexed by Crossref, Scilit-MDPI, Harvard Library, PKP Preservation Network (PKP-PN), and Google Scholar.

|Flexible Submission Guidelines: No restriction on manuscript length, number of tables, figures, colored figures, and references.

| Publication Ethics & Compliance: Animal Reports adheres to established ethical publishing standards and follows the principles and guidelines of COPE, ARRIVE, National Research Council, and Declaration of Helsinki, where applicable.

| Peer-Review Process: Animal Reports uses a single-blind peer-review process, in which all submitted manuscripts are evaluated by independent expert reviewers. The journal supports transparency and reviewer recognition through its membership in the Reviewer Credits platform.

| Digital Preservation and Archiving: Animal Reports ensures the long-term preservation of its published content through participation in recognized digital archiving and preservation services, including the Public Knowledge Project Preservation Network (PKP PN), LOCKSS, CLOCKSS, and Keepers Registry. The journal also encourages self-archiving of published articles in accordance with its Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). In addition, the journal is exploring opportunities for inclusion in other established preservation systems, such as PORTICO, to further strengthen its long-term archiving strategy.

| Publishing Language: Animal Reports accepts only manuscript written in high-quality English.

Journal History: 

| Animal Reports | journal was established in 2025 as an open-access scholarly journal. It obtained its electronic ISSN (eISSN: 3068-5044) in the same year, followed by the assignment of a print ISSN (pISSN: 3071-4141) in 2026, marking its transition to both electronic and print publication formats.