About Animals
Aims
Animals (ISSN 2076-2615) is an international and interdisciplinary scholarly open access journal. It publishes reviews, regular research papers, communications, and short notes that are relevant to any field of study that involves animals, including zoology, ethnozoology, animal science, animal ethics and animal welfare. However, preference will be given to those articles that provide an understanding of animals within a larger context (i.e., the animals' interactions with the outside world, including humans). There is no restriction on the length of the papers. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research in as much detail as possible. Full experimental details and/or method of study, must be provided for research articles. Articles submitted that involve subjecting animals to unnecessary pain or suffering will not be accepted, and all articles must be submitted with the necessary ethical approval (please refer to the Ethical Guidelines for more information).
Subject Areas
Zoology:
- Physiology and physical structure of animals (e.g., breeding mechanisms, nutritional needs, development etc) and its relevance to the ecosystem in which they live
- Evolution, phylogeny, genetics taxonomy and biodiversity of animals
- Animal behavioral and psychological responses to human activity and the environment
Ecology:
- Protection and restoration of endangered and threatened species
- Abundance and distribution of animals and the relevance to sustainability of the ecosystem
- Predator-prey dynamics and interactions between animals in ecological communities
Animal and veterinary sciences:
- Management of captive and domesticated animals
- Rehabilitation of animals into the wild
- Epidemiology and its implications for sustainability of the population
Animals and society:
- Animal ethics, welfare and use
- Pest management
- Animal derived food
- Animal diseases and public health
- Ethnobiological and cross-cultural perspectives on animals
Preference will be given to those articles that incorporate interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary research to provide an integrated understanding of animals and their relationships with humans. We wish to support original research that provides a broad understanding of how humans and animals can better coexist in a sustainable and healthy manner.
MDPI Publication Ethics Statement
Animals is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI enforces a rigorous peer-review process that adopts strict ethical policies and standards to ensure that we contribute high-quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, etc., occasionally arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy.
Book Reviews
Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, MDPI AG, Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland. Received books will be listed first as "Books Received", then offered to the scholarly community for preparing reviews.
Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in Animals will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License. MDPI will insert following note at the end of the published text:
Reprints may be ordered. Please contact publisher@mdpi.com for more information on how to order reprints. Announcements regarding academic activities such as conferences are published for free. Advertisement can be either published or placed on the pertinent website. Contact e-mail address is animals@mdpi.com.Reprints
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