*Please note that Animal Biotechnology converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 35 (2024). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model.
Biotechnology can be defined as any technique that uses living organisms (or parts of organisms like cells, genes, proteins) to make or modify products, to improve plants, animals or microorganisms for a specific use. Animal Biotechnology publishes research on the identification and manipulation of genes and their products, stressing applications in domesticated animals. The journal publishes full-length articles and short research communications, as well as comprehensive reviews. The journal also provides a forum for regulatory or scientific issues related to cell and molecular biology applied to animal biotechnology.
Submissions on the following topics are particularly welcome: - Applied microbiology, immunogenetics and antibiotic resistance - Genome engineering and animal models - Comparative genomics - Gene editing and CRISPRs - Reproductive biotechnologies - Synthetic biology and design of new genomes
Peer Review Statement Animal Biotechnology is an international, peer-reviewed journal, which publishes high quality, original research contributions to scientific knowledge. All manuscript submissions are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. The alignment with the scope of the journal, the quality of the manuscripts received, as well as the innovative impact of the research will be strongly considered. All peer review is double anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Please note, from 2023 the Print ISSN is not in active use as this journal is no longer published in print.
Journal metrics
Usage
95K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
1.9 (2023) 5 year IF
2.9 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.718 (2023) SNIP
0.432 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
24 days avg. from submission to first
decision
32 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
14 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
44% acceptance rate
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and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
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Impact Factor*:
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Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
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the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Tiago Collares - Department of Biotechnology, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
EDITORIAL
Shannon Maxey -Assistant to the Editor, 212 Edward R. Madigan Laboratory, 1201 W. Gregory Dr., Urbana, IL 61801; Phone: (217) 244-3156; Email: [email protected]
SECTION EDITORS
Mini-reviews: Lawrence B Schook - University of Illinois, USA
Structural Genomics: Vinicius Farias Campos - Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil Functional Genomics: Kyle Schachtschneider - University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Reproductive Biotechnologies: Jorge A. Piedrahita - North Carolina State University, USA Systems Biology and Bioinformatics: Martien Groenen - Wageningen University, Netherlands
EDITORIAL BOARD Mitchell S. Abrahamsen- Recombinetics, Inc., USA Mark R. Band- University of Illinois, USA Jonathan Beever- University of Tennessee, USA Daniela Matias de Carvalho Bittencourt- Brazilian Agriculture Research Corporation, EMBRAPA, Brazil Vinicius Farias Campos- Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil Isaac K.O. Cann- University of Illinois, USA Richard P.M.A. Crooijmans- Wageningen University, Netherlands Maria Dagli- University of Sao Paulo, Bazil Timothy Doran- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Australia Claire Rogel-Gaillard- INRA, France Elisabetta Giuffra - INRA, France Su Guo- University of Carlifornia, USA Rachel Hawken- Cobb-Vantress, USA Vivek Kapur - Pennsylvania State University, USA Susan J. Lamont - Iowa State University, USA Kiho Lee - Virginia Tech, USA Tosso Leeb- University of Berne, Switzerland Juan J. Loor- University of Illinois, USA Ripan Singh Malhi- University of Illinois, USA Masahiro Sato- Kagoshima University, Japan Martin Marsala- University of California, USA Luis Fernando Fernandes Marins- Federal University of Rio Grande, Brazil Mike McGrew- University of Edinburgh, UK Jose Alejo Menchaca- IRAUy - Instituto Reproducción Animal, Uruguay James R. Mickelson- University of Minnesota, USA Holly Neibergs- Washington State University, USA Miguel Perez-Enciso- Facultat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain Kent M. Reed - University of Minnesota, USA Caird E. Rexroad III- USDA/ARS Beltsville, MD Alfred L.Roca- University of Illinois, USA Mark Rutherford- University of Minnesota, USA Augusto Schneider- Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil Tad S. Sonstegard - Recombinetics Inc., Minneapolis, MN Christopher K. Tuggle- Iowa University, USA Matthew Wheeler- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Eckard Wolf - Gene Center, Germany Luhan Yang- eGenesis, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted and/or Indexed in: Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts, Biosciences Information Services of Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS), CAB ABSTRACTS, CEABA, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences, Derwent Information, Ltd., Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Engineer-ing Index/COMPENDEX PLUS, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Index Medicus/MEDLINE, PubSCIENCE, Reference Update, Research Alert, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Scopus.
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Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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