Animal Health Research Reviews

Animal Health Research Reviews is a review journal covering all aspects of animal health, published by Cambridge University Press in collaboration with the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases since 2000, gold open access since December 2023, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.1 and a first-quartile rank of 3 of 170 in veterinary sciences《动物健康研究评论》（Animal Health Research Reviews）是覆盖动物健康各领域的综述期刊，由（Cambridge University Press）与（CRWAD）合作自 2000 年起出版，2023 年 12 月起转为金色开放获取，2025 年影响因子为 8.1，在兽医学类 170 种期刊中列第 3 位，居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal provides an international forum for reviews and commentaries on all aspects of animal health, publishing both in-depth analyses and broader overviews of health and science in domestic and wild animals该刊为动物健康各领域的综述与评论提供国际发表平台，既刊载深入分析，也刊载家养与野生动物健康及科学问题的宏观综述。
• Its major subject areas are physiology and pharmacology, parasitology, bacteriology, food and environmental safety, epidemiology and virology其主要学科方向包括生理学与药理学、寄生虫学、细菌学、食品与环境安全、流行病学与病毒学。
• Coverage extends to infectious and non-infectious diseases alike, and the journal does not restrict itself to a single host species or production system该刊覆盖传染性与非传染性疾病，并不限于单一宿主物种或养殖体系。
• Its readership is described as researchers in animal health, parasitologists, food safety experts and academics interested in all aspects of animal production and welfare其读者定位为动物健康研究者、寄生虫学家、食品安全专家以及对动物生产与福利各方面感兴趣的学者。
• The journal publishes review and commentary content rather than primary research reports, and issues are gathered into a single volume each year该刊以综述与评论类稿件为主，不刊载原创研究报告，每年文章汇为一卷。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and other bibliographic databases, and Cambridge University Press deposits its content in the CLOCKSS and Portico digital archives该刊被（SCIE）等文献数据库收录，（Cambridge University Press）并将其内容存入（CLOCKSS）与（Portico）数字存档。

History

• Animal Health Research Reviews was launched in 2000 by Cambridge University Press, which publishes it in collaboration with the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, a long-standing North American animal disease research body该刊于 2000 年由（Cambridge University Press）创办，出版方与（CRWAD）合作，后者是历史悠久的北美动物疾病研究组织。
• Its founding editor was R. P. Ellis of Colorado State University, and the editorship later passed to C. Gyles of the University of Guelph in Canada创刊主编为科罗拉多州立大学的 R. P. Ellis，其后由加拿大圭尔夫大学的 C. Gyles 主持编辑工作。
• In 2013 the journal moved to an online-only format and introduced an open access option, was accepted for indexation by Thomson Reuters with effect from the June 2013 issue, and received its first Journal Impact Factor in 20162013 年该刊改为纯在线出版并引入开放获取选项，自当年 6 月期起被（Thomson Reuters）收录，2016 年获得首个影响因子。
• From 8 December 2023 it moved to a gold open access model, under which accepted articles carry a Creative Commons licence and an article processing charge that many corresponding authors have covered by transformative agreements or the Cambridge Open Equity Initiative自 2023 年 12 月 8 日起该刊转为金色开放获取模式，录用文章采用（Creative Commons）许可并收取文章处理费，多数通讯作者可由转换协议或（Cambridge Open Equity Initiative）承担费用。
• Its Journal Impact Factor stood at 2.615 in 2021 and 2.283 in 2022, then rose to 5.6 in 2024 and 8.1 in 2025, placing the journal at the top of the veterinary sciences category该刊影响因子 2021 年为 2.615、2022 年为 2.283，2024 年版升至 5.6、2025 年版为 8.1，位居兽医学类别前列。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Scott McVey of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States现任主编为 Scott McVey，任职于美国内布拉斯加大学林肯分校。
• R. P. Ellis of Colorado State University is listed as the journal's founding editor, reflecting its origins in the North American animal disease research community科罗拉多州立大学的 R. P. Ellis 列名为创刊主编，体现该刊源自北美动物疾病研究社群。
• Section editors handle defined subject areas and include C. Chase of South Dakota State University, J. Lin of the University of Tennessee, J. MacInnes of the University of Guelph in Canada, and Ram K. Raghavan of the University of Missouri-Columbia编委会按学科方向设置栏目编辑，包括南达科他州立大学的 C. Chase、田纳西大学的 J. Lin、加拿大圭尔夫大学的 J. MacInnes 以及密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校的 Ram K. Raghavan。
• The editorial team is drawn mainly from veterinary schools and animal disease research institutes in the United States and Canada, with the editorial office operated by Cambridge University Press编辑团队主要来自美国与加拿大的兽医学院校及动物疾病研究机构，编辑部由（Cambridge University Press）运作。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the Cambridge Core platform, reviewed under the publisher's peer review and research transparency policies, and open access charges may be requested as a waiver by authors without funding稿件经（Cambridge Core）平台提交，按出版方的同行评审与研究透明政策进行评审，无经费支持的作者可申请免除开放获取费用。