Journal History | Dairy

2020	The inaugural issue was released. Dairy was published as a quarterly journal. Dairy established the following sections: Metabolomics and Foodomics; Milk Processing; Dairy Animal Nutrition and Welfare; Dairy Systems Biology; Dairy Animal Health; Dairy Small Ruminants.
2022	Dairy established the following sections: Milk and Human Health; Reproduction; Dairy Farm System and Management; Dairy Microbiota.
2023	Dairy was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Dairy received its first CiteScore (2022) of 2.4.
2024	Dairy was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Dairy received its CiteScore (2023) of 4.4, ranked 38/193 (Q1) in “Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)” and 9/35 (Q1) in “Veterinary (miscellaneous)”.
2025	Dairy adopted a bimonthly publication schedule. Dairy received its CiteScore (2024) of 4.9, ranked 40/231 (Q1) in “Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)” and 8/42 (Q1) in “Veterinary (miscellaneous)”. Dairy received its first Impact Factor (3.1), ranked 12/86 (Q1) in "Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science".

Editor-in-Chief

2019–present

Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Burim Ametaj

Section Editor-in-Chief

2020–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Pierluigi Caboni for the section on Metabolomics and Foodomics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Manuel Castillo Zambudio for the section on Milk Processing
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sven Dänicke for the section on Dairy Animal Nutrition and Welfare
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Andre M. Almeida for the section on Dairy Systems Biology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Erminio Trevisi for the section on Dairy Animal Health
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mariangela Caroprese for the section on Dairy Small Ruminants

2023–present

Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Maria Filippa Addis for the section on Dairy Microbiota