Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Animals was published as a quarterly journal. Animals was indexed in Zoological Record - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). |
| 2013 | Animals was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2014 | Animals endorsed the ARRIVE Guidelines. |
| 2015 | Animals was indexed in PubMed - National Library of Medicine (NLM). |
| 2016 | Animals adopted a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2017 | Animals was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Animals announced the first edition of the Travel Awards. |
| 2018 | Animals received its first Impact Factor (1.654). Animals announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Awards. Animals established the following sections:
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| 2019 | Section "Animal in Society and Policy" was renamed as "Public Policy, Politics and Law Section". Journal published its 1,000th paper. Animals established the following sections:
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| 2020 | Animals announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The 1st International Electronic Conference on Animals was organized by the Animals. |
| 2021 | Animals announced the first edition of the Best Cover Awards. Animals announced the first edition of the Academic Conference Grants. The year 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of Animals. Animals established the following sections:
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| 2022 | Animals adopted a semimonth publication schedule. Animals established the following section:
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Editor-in-Chief
| 2010–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Clive J. C. Phillips |
Section Editor-in-Chief
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2018–2024 |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Marina Von Keyserlingk for the section on Cattle |
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2018–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sven Dänicke for the section on Animal Nutrition |
| 2019–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jukka Jokimäki for the section on Birds |
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2019–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Velmurugu Ravindran for the section on Poultry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael Hässig for the section on Animals Physiology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael E. Davis for the section on Animal Genetics and Genomics Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Roy Neville Kirkwood for the section on Animal Reproduction Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Kenji Saitoh for the section on Aquatic Animals Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Bertram Ostendorf for the section on Ecology and Conservation Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Steven P. McCulloch for the section on Public Policy, Politics and Law |
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2020–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Chris W. Rogers for the section on Equids Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cinzia Benazzi for the section on Veterinary Clinical Studies |
| 2022–2024 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Daniel Ramp for the section on Wildlife |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Franco Andreone for the section on Herpetology |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Pablo Sánchez Quinteiro for the section on Mammals Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Guillermo Ripoll for the section on Animal Products |
| 2024–2025 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Perry Barboza for the section on Wildlife |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Govind Kannan for the section on Small Ruminants Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Marcello Siniscalchi for the section on Human-Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion |
| 2025–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Andrea Pezzuolo for the section on Animal System and Management |
