Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

The Annual Review of Animal Biosciences is an annual peer-reviewed review journal published by Annual Reviews, established in 2013 and devoted to animal biotechnology, genetics, genomics and breeding, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 12.3.（Annual Review of Animal Biosciences）是由（Annual Reviews）出版的年度同行评审综述期刊，2013 年创刊，聚焦动物生物技术、遗传学、基因组学与育种，2025 年影响因子为 12.3。

Scope

• It places particular emphasis on biotechnology, genetics, genomics and breeding of animals.该刊尤其侧重动物的生物技术、遗传学、基因组学与育种。
• It also covers veterinary medicine, especially veterinary pathobiology, infectious diseases and vaccine development.该刊亦涵盖兽医学，尤其兽医病理生物学、传染病与疫苗研发。
• Conservation and zoo biology are part of its remit, alongside the biology of wild and domesticated species.保护生物学与动物园生物学亦属其范围，兼顾野生与家养物种的生物学。
• It is intended for scientists working on wild and domesticated animal species, veterinarians, conservation biologists and geneticists.该刊面向研究野生与家养动物物种的科学家、兽医、保护生物学家与遗传学家。
• Representative subjects include chromosome evolution, coat pigmentation genetics, animal nutrition, muscle and meat biology, nanobodies, and infectious diseases such as African swine fever and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.代表性主题包括染色体演化、毛色遗传、动物营养、肌肉与肉品质生物学、纳米抗体，以及非洲猪瘟与猪繁殖与呼吸综合征等传染病。^[1][2][3]
• It publishes invited critical reviews rather than primary research articles.该刊发表约稿综述文章，而非原创研究论文。

History

• It was established by Annual Reviews in 2013, and its first volume appeared that year.该刊由（Annual Reviews）于 2013 年创办，首卷于当年出版。
• It publishes one volume each year, dated February, and reached Volume 14 in 2026.该刊每年出版一卷，标注为 2 月，2026 年已出至第 14 卷。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 8.923 in 2021, 13.341 in 2022, 8.7 in 2024 and 12.3 in 2025.其影响因子 2021 年为 8.923、2022 年为 13.341、2024 年为 8.7、2025 年为 12.3。
• It is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and is placed in the first JCR quartile in agriculture, animal science, veterinary sciences and zoology.该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）收录，在农业、动物科学、兽医学与动物学等类别中位列 JCR 第一四分位。
• It belongs to the wider Annual Reviews family of review journals spanning the life and physical sciences.该刊隶属涵盖生命与物理科学的（Annual Reviews）综述期刊系列。

Editors

• It is led by two co-editors, Harris A. Lewin and R. Michael Roberts.该刊由（Harris A. Lewin）与（R. Michael Roberts）两位共同主编主持。
• Harris A. Lewin works at the Genome Center of the University of California, Davis, and has also been linked to Arizona State University.（Harris A. Lewin）任职于（University of California, Davis）基因组中心，亦与（Arizona State University）有合作。
• R. Michael Roberts is based in the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri.（R. Michael Roberts）任职于（University of Missouri）动物科学系。
• An Editorial Committee meets once a year with the co-editors to select the topics for future volumes.编委会每年与共同主编会面一次，遴选后续卷次的选题。
• The co-editors write an introduction for each volume, and Roberts contributed a prefatory retrospective to Volume 14 in 2026.共同主编为每卷撰写导言，（Roberts）并于 2026 年为第 14 卷撰写了一篇回顾性前言。^[4]