Animal Frontiers

Animal Frontiers is the review magazine of animal agriculture, issued since 2011 and published by Oxford University Press for four international animal science societies, presenting discussion and position papers on global issues in animal production, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.8 and a rank of 4 of 87 in agriculture, dairy and animal science《动物前沿》（Animal Frontiers）是畜牧业的评论型期刊，2011 年创刊，由（Oxford University Press）为四家国际动物科学学会出版，刊载关于畜牧生产全球议题的讨论与立场文章，2025 年影响因子为 7.8，在农业·乳品与动物科学类 87 种期刊中列第 4 位。

Scope

• The journal publishes discussion and position papers that set out several international perspectives on high-impact global issues in animal agriculture该刊刊载讨论与立场文章，就畜牧业中影响重大的全球议题提出多种国际视角。
• Every issue explores a single theme of broad and current interest within animal science and animal agriculture每期围绕动物科学与畜牧业中一个广泛关注且具时效性的主题展开。
• Writing is deliberately kept free of heavy jargon so that policy makers, teachers, technicians and journalists can read it文章刻意避免堆砌术语，以便决策者、教师、技术人员与记者阅读。
• Topics range from livestock and climate change, animal welfare and antimicrobial resistance to meat and milk production systems选题从畜牧与气候变化、动物福利、抗微生物药物耐药性，到肉与奶的生产体系。
• One health, the circularity of livestock production and the societal role of meat have each anchored recent issues同一健康、畜牧生产的循环性以及肉类在社会中的角色，分别成为近期各期的主题。
• Content types are mainly feature articles and perspective articles rather than primary research reports内容类型以专题文章与观点文章为主，而非原始研究报告。
• The journal is aimed at readers outside the specialist research community as much as within it, including industry and funding agencies该刊既面向专业研究群体，也面向产业界与资助机构等非专业读者。

History

• The journal was launched in 2011, and its first issue appeared in July 2011 as volume 1该刊于 2011 年创办，首期以第 1 卷于 2011 年 7 月出版。
• It is a joint venture of the American Society of Animal Science, the European Federation of Animal Science, the American Meat Science Association and the World Association for Animal Production该刊由（American Society of Animal Science）、（European Federation of Animal Science）、（American Meat Science Association）与（World Association for Animal Production）共同主办。
• It is published by Oxford University Press, a not-for-profit publisher, and publishing revenues return to the societies that own the journal该刊由非营利出版机构（Oxford University Press）出版，出版收益回归拥有该刊的各学会。
• It is fully open access, with articles released under CC BY or CC BY-NC licences该刊为完全开放获取，文章以 CC BY 或 CC BY-NC 许可发布。
• Impact factors were 5.304 in 2021, 6.762 in 2022, 4.2 in 2024 and 7.8 in 2025, and the five-year impact factor is 6.4影响因子为 2021 年 5.304、2022 年 6.762、2024 年 4.2、2025 年 7.8，五年影响因子为 6.4。
• In 2025 it ranked 4th of 87 in agriculture, dairy and animal science at the 96th percentile, with a CiteScore of 9.52025 年该刊在农业·乳品与动物科学类 87 种期刊中列第 4 位，百分位 96，CiteScore 为 9.5。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Sarah A. Reed, appointed by the owning societies主编为 Sarah A. Reed，由拥有该刊的各学会任命。
• A management board made up of representatives of the supporting societies chooses the guest editors and authors for each themed issue由各支持学会代表组成的管理委员会为每期主题选定客座编辑与作者。
• Most content is commissioned by invitation and carries no charge to authors, while some issues run an open call for members of the affiliated societies, for which charges apply多数内容为约稿且不向作者收费，部分期次面向会员学会成员公开征稿并收取费用。
• Peer review is single anonymised, so reviewers know the identity of authors but not the reverse同行评审采用单匿名方式，审稿人知晓作者身份，作者不知审稿人身份。
• The journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics, and the median time from submission to first decision is 35 days, with 64 days to a final decision该刊是（Committee on Publication Ethics）成员，投稿至首次决定的中位时间为 35 天，至最终决定为 64 天。