Aims & Scope

Aims

Poultry (ISSN 2674-1164) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal. The journal plays a pivotal role in the dissemination of preeminent poultry-related knowledge across all disciplines. It publishes original articles, critical reviews, communications and case reports related to poultry. Our aim is to publish timely experimental and theoretical research results in a rapid and readily accessible manner.

There is no restriction on the length of the papers. Full experimental and/or methodical details must be provided. References should acknowledge the origin and source of an idea. General subjects on well-established knowledge could be addressed by referencing a book chapter or review. The self-citation rate should be in good balance with the overall number of references. 

Scope

Poultry is a multidisciplinary journal for poultry scientists and advisers to the poultry industry throughout the world. The journal aims to cover a broad spectrum of subjects influencing the health, welfare and productivity of all bird species kept for animal production. Subjects which are covered include:

• Poultry Health and Production;
• Poultry Pathology;
• Poultry Immunology;
• Poultry Behaviour and Welfare;
• Poultry Nutrition;
• Poultry Breeding and Reproduction;
• Poultry Genetics and Genomics;
• Poultry Husbandry and Management;
• Poultry Processing and Products.

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications.

Book Reviews

Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to the following address. Received books will be listed as Books Received within the journal's News & Announcements section.

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Poultry will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

Reprints

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Announcement and Advertisement

Announcements regarding academic activities such as conferences are published for free in the News & Announcements section of the journal. Advertisement can be either published or placed on the pertinent website. Contact e-mail address is poultry@mdpi.com.