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

Q2:
Name: Dr. Federica Raspa
Affiliation: University of Turin, Italy
Interests: veterinary; animal science; Education; food safety; feed analysis

Name: Dr. Han-Tsung Wang
Affiliation: Department of Animal Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10672, Taiwan
Interests: animal nutrition; in vitro digestion; feed evaluation; rumen microbiology

Name: Dr. Betty McGuire
Affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States
Interests: mammalian social behavior, parental care, and ecology; applied animal behavior; human-animal interactions; animal shelters; animal welfare; dog; rodent

Name: Dr. Shozo H. Sugiura
Affiliation: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Shiga Prefecture, Hassaka 2500, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan
Interests: research on fish nutrition and feed; research and development of low phosphorus, low fish meal, low price fish feed; phosphorus metabolism and digestion and absorption physiology in fish; eco-friendly feed; sustainable aquaculture technology research

Name: Dr. Isa Fusaro
Affiliation: University of Teramo, Italy
Interests: veterinary science; animal science; feeds; food; welfare; education