Journal History
| 2011 | Inaugural issue is released. Animals is published as a quarterly journal. Animals is covered by Zoological Record (Clarivate Analytics). |
| 2013 | Animals is indexed by Scopus (Elsevier) in May. |
| 2014 | Animals endorses the ARRIVE Guidelines. |
| 2015 | Animals is indexed by PubMed (NLM). |
| 2016 | Animals changes to a monthly publication schedule. |
| 2017 | Animals is accepted for indexing in Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), from Vol. 5 (2015). Animals starts the Travel Awards project. |
| 2018 | Animals receives its first Impact Factor of 1.654. Animals launches the Young Investigator Award project. Animals established the following sections: |
| 2019 | Section "Animal in Society and Policy" was renamed as "Public Policy, Politics and Law Section". Journal published its 1000th paper. Animals established the following sections: |
| 2020 | Animals announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. The 1st International Electronic Conference on Animals was organized by the Animals. |
| 2021 | Animals announced the first edition of the Best Cover Award. Animals announced the first edition of the Academic Conference Grants. |
Editors-in-Chief
| Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Clive J. C. Phillips |
| Associate Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Marina Von Keyserlingk Associate Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Gareth Pearce Associate Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mandy Paterson |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Velmurugu Ravindran for section Poultry Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stephen J.G. Hall for section Small Ruminants Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Michael Hässig for section Animals Physiology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Michael E. Davis for section Animal Genetics and Genomics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sven Dänicke for section Animal Nutrition Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Roy Neville Kirkwood for section Animal Reproduction Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Kenji Saitoh for section Aquatic Animals Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jukka Jokimäki for section Birds Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Bertram Ostendorf for section Ecology and Conservation Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Steven P. McCulloch for section Public Policy, Politics and Law Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Darryl Jones for section Wildlife Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xavier Manteca for section Zoo Animals Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Chris W. Rogers for section Equids Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Cinzia Benazzi for section Veterinary Clinical Studies |
