Animal Microbiome

Animal Microbiome is a peer-reviewed, gold open access journal published by BioMed Central that has published research on the microbiomes of domestic and non-domestic animals since 2019, and its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.5《动物微生物组》（Animal Microbiome）是（BioMed Central）出版的同行评审金色开放获取期刊，自 2019 年起发表家养与非家养动物微生物组研究，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.5。

Scope

• The journal welcomes all animal microbiome studies relating to domestic and non-domestic animals该刊欢迎所有与家养及非家养动物相关的微生物组研究。
• It is a community-focused journal and a sister journal to Microbiome, with which it shares editors and communities该刊以社区为导向，是《微生物组》（Microbiome）的姊妹刊，两者共享编辑与学术社区。
• Studies of microbiomes colonising animals are central to the journal动物体内定植微生物组的研究是该刊的核心。
• Research on animal-associated microbiomes across terrestrial and aquatic species is in scope涵盖陆生与水生动物相关微生物组的研究均在收稿范围。
• The journal publishes work that advances understanding of host-microbiome interactions该刊发表推进宿主与微生物组相互作用认识的成果。
• It also covers methodological and bioinformatic advances relevant to animal microbiome research该刊亦涵盖与动物微生物组研究相关的方法学与生物信息学进展。
• The journal helps authors communicate their research to a wider audience该刊帮助作者将其研究传播给更广泛的受众。

History

• Animal Microbiome was launched in 2019 as a sister journal to Microbiome《动物微生物组》于 2019 年作为《微生物组》的姊妹刊创办。
• It is published by BioMed Central, part of Springer Nature, and has been open access from its first volume该刊由施普林格·自然旗下的（BioMed Central）出版，自首卷起即为开放获取。
• The journal was established with Sharon Huws as its founding Editor-in-Chief, and she continues to lead it该刊创刊时由（Sharon Huws）担任首任主编，她至今仍主持该刊。
• Articles are published continuously online and archived through CLOCKSS, Portico and PubMed Central文章以在线连续出版方式发表，并通过（CLOCKSS）、（Portico）与（PubMed Central）存档。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.5, following 4.4 in 2024, and it is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index该刊 2025 年影响因子为 4.5，2024 年为 4.4，并被新兴来源引文索引收录。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Sharon Huws, professor of animal science and microbiology at Queen's University Belfast主编为（Sharon Huws），贝尔法斯特女王大学动物科学与微生物学教授。
• Her research focuses on the microbiome of livestock and on sustainable livestock production其研究方向为家畜微生物组与可持续畜牧生产。
• The journal is supported by a team of associate editors drawn from an international community of microbiome researchers该刊由来自国际微生物组研究界的副编辑团队支持。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed in line with the criteria of its sister titles in the Microbiome family稿件实行同行评审，其评审标准与《微生物组》系列姊妹刊保持一致。
• Authors are charged an article processing charge on acceptance, and submissions are handled through the journal's online system文章录用后作者需支付文章处理费，稿件通过该刊在线系统处理。
• Published articles are released under a Creative Commons Attribution licence已发表文章以知识共享署名许可发布。