Aims & Scope

Aims

Zoos is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes research on all aspects of zoo and aquarium science and management. The journal focuses on animal welfare, behaviour, husbandry, breeding, health, conservation, management in wildlife parks, zoos, and aquariums. The journal publishes original research papers, reviews, and communications, but other article types will also be considered. Our aim is to provide a multidisciplinary platform for advancing scientific knowledge and evidence-based practices in animal welfare, conservation, education, and management.

Scope

The journal scope includes all aspects related to zoos, aquariums, wildlife parks, and the animals under their care. Its main interests include:

• Animal behaviour;
• Animal nutrition;
• Animal welfare;
• Animal husbandry and care;
• Animal health and veterinary care;
• Breeding and reproduction;
• Genetics and population management;
• Habitat design and environmental enrichment;
• Wildlife and endangered species conservation;
• Ex situ conservation and reintroduction;
• Zoo and aquarium management;
• Human–animal interactions;
• Zoo and aquarium education and visitor engagement.

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 Zoos 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

Reprints may be ordered. Please contact publisher@mdpi.com for more information on how to order reprints.

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 zoos@mdpi.com.