Poultry

Poultry is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on poultry health, welfare and productivity, 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)ScopusEBSCO, and other databases.
  • Journal Rank: JCR - Q2 (Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science) / CiteScore - Q2 (Veterinary (miscellaneous))
  • Rapid Publication: manuscripts are peer-reviewed and a first decision is provided to authors approximately 34 days after submission; acceptance to publication is undertaken in 10.7 days (median values for papers published in this journal in the first half of 2025).
  • Recognition of Reviewers: APC discount vouchers, optional signed peer review, and reviewer names published annually in the journal.
  • Poultry is a companion journal of Agriculture.
Impact Factor: 2.1 (2024); 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.1 (2024)
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Topic in Agriculture, Animals, Dairy, Toxins, Poultry
Effects of Dietary Interventions on Farm Animal Welfare and Production Topic Editors: Regiane Rodrigues Dos Santos, Francesc Molist
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Topic in Agriculture, Dairy, Poultry, Veterinary Sciences, Animals
Precision Feeding and Management of Farm Animals, 3rd Edition Topic Editors: Manuel Gonzalez-Ronquillo, Marta I. Miranda Castañón, Einar Vargas-Bello-Pérez
Deadline: 30 November 2025
Topic in Agriculture, Dairy, Poultry, Veterinary Sciences, Animals
Practical Methods for Accommodating Behavioral Needs and Improving the Wellbeing of Farm Animals: 2nd Edition Topic Editors: Temple Grandin, Kurt Vogel
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Topic in Animals, Dairy, Genes, Agriculture, Poultry, Ruminants, Veterinary Sciences
Application of Reproductive and Genomic Biotechnologies for Livestock Breeding and Selection: 2nd Edition Topic Editors: Manuel García-Herreros, Pedro Manuel Aponte
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Special Issue in Poultry
Current Research and Key Issues in Poultry Immunology Guest Editors: Dieter Liebhart, Christine Jansen
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Special Issue in Poultry
Biosecurity in Poultry Guest Editors: Maria Pia Franciosini, Guido Grilli
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Special Issue in Poultry
Recent Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance and Its Mitigation in Global Poultry Industry Guest Editors: Ilias Giannenas, Vasudevan Gowthaman
Deadline: 31 December 2025
Topical Collection in Poultry
Poultry Nutrition Collection Editor: Ilias Giannenas
Topical Collection in Poultry
Basic and Applied Aspects of Incubation Oriented to the Needs of the Embryos Collection Editor: Barbara Tzschentke
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