Birds

Birds is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on ornithology published quarterly online by MDPI.

• Open Access— free for readers, with article processing charges (APC) paid by authors or their institutions.
• High Visibility: indexed within ESCI (Web of Science), Scopus, AGRIS, and other databases.
• Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 13.8 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 3.8 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2026).
• Journal Rank: JCR - Q1 (Ornithology) / CiteScore - Q2 (Animal Science and Zoology)
• Recognition of Reviewers: Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an MDPI journal. Become a reviewer.
• Birds is a companion journal of Animals.
• Journal Cluster of Animal Science: Animals, Arthropoda, Birds, Dairy, Insects, Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Pets, Poultry, Ruminants and Veterinary Sciences.