12 March 2026
Meet us Virtually at the 4th International Online Conference on Animals (IOCAN2026), 17–19 March 2026
You are accessing a machine-readable page. In order to be human-readable, please install an RSS reader.
All articles published by MDPI are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license. No special permission is required to reuse all or part of the article published by MDPI, including figures and tables. For articles published under an open access Creative Common CC BY license, any part of the article may be reused without permission provided that the original article is clearly cited. For more information, please refer to https://www.mdpi.com/openaccess.
Feature papers represent the most advanced research with significant potential for high impact in the field. A Feature Paper should be a substantial original Article that involves several techniques or approaches, provides an outlook for future research directions and describes possible research applications.
Feature papers are submitted upon individual invitation or recommendation by the scientific editors and must receive positive feedback from the reviewers.
Editor’s Choice articles are based on recommendations by the scientific editors of MDPI journals from around the world. Editors select a small number of articles recently published in the journal that they believe will be particularly interesting to readers, or important in the respective research area. The aim is to provide a snapshot of some of the most exciting work published in the various research areas of the journal.
Original Submission Date Received: .
We are delighted to announce the 4th International Online Conference on Animals (IOCAN2026), organized by MDPI’s open access journal Animals (ISSN: 2076-2615; Impact Factor: 2.7). This year's conference will be held online from 17 to 19 March 2026.
Conference Chairs:
Topics of Interest:
Important Dates:
Abstract Submission Deadline: 6 November 2025;
Abstract Acceptance Notification: 4 December 2025;
Registration Deadline: 13 March 2026.
Guide for Authors
To submit your abstract, please follow this link: https://sciforum.net/user/submission/create/1472.
To register for this event, please follow this link: https://sciforum.net/event/IOCAN2026?section=#registration.
For details regarding the submission of abstracts, posters and slides, please refer to the “Instructions for Authors” section: https://sciforum.net/event/IOCAN2026?section=#instructions.
For publication opportunities, please follow this link: https://sciforum.net/event/IOCAN2026?section=#Publication_Opportunity.
For any enquiries regarding this event, please contact iocan2026@mdpi.com.
We look forward to seeing you at the 4th International Online Conference on Animals.