We are thrilled to share the updated Exceptional Reviewers List 2025. This program was designed to recognize and honor scholars who have consistently delivered exceptional review reports to our journal. Committed to fostering rigorous research and promoting knowledge exchange, the journal Animals (ISSN: 2076-2615) recognizes our reviewers' significant role in maintaining the quality and integrity of our published articles. According to surveys conducted in 2024, 95.3% of our authors rate the peer review as good or excellent thanks to our pool of excellent reviewers.

We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all reviewers who have generously volunteered their time and expertise to assist in the peer-review process of Animals. Their dedication and attention to detail in evaluating manuscripts, offering valuable feedback, and contributing to academic rigor are truly commendable.

The Exceptional Reviewers List was introduced in April 2024. Each quarter, we will be selecting a group of outstanding reviewers and introduce them here.

Q1:
Name: Dr. Jaco Bakker
Affiliation: Animal Science Department, Biomedical Primate Research Centre, Lange Kleiweg 161, 2288GJ Rijswijk, the Netherlands
Interests: non-human primates; macaques; common marmoset

Name: Dr. Anna Czech
Affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Toxicology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
Interests: poultry nutrition; pig nutrition; veterinary; agricultural and biological sciences; environmental science; biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology; chemistry

Name: Dr. Antonio Molina
Affiliation: Universidad de Córdoba, Spain
Interests: animal genetics 

Name: Dr. Richard Murray
Affiliation: University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Interests: cattle; perinatal mortality ruminants; reproduction pathophysiology ruminants

Name: Dr. Bruce S. Seal
Affiliation: Oregon State University-Cascades, USA
Interests: microbial derived products; antimicrobial; probiotics; evolutionary biology