Porcine Health Management

Porcine Health Management is the open-access journal of the European College of Porcine Health Management, published by BioMed Central and covering every aspect of swine health and production.《Porcine Health Management》是欧洲猪健康管理学院的开放获取期刊，由 BioMed Central 出版，覆盖猪健康与生产的各个方面。

Its remit runs from infectious and non-infectious disease through reproduction, epidemiology and genetics to housing, nutrition, welfare, legislation and food safety.办刊范围从传染性与非传染性疾病延伸到繁殖、流行病学与遗传学，也涉及圈舍与营养，以及动物福利、法规和食品安全。

Articles appear continuously under article numbers with no subscription barrier, and the journal also publishes clinical case material from pig practice.论文以文章编号形式连续出版，不设订阅门槛，刊物同时刊发来自猪病临床实践的病例材料。

Scope

• The aims and scope statement lists infectious and non-infectious diseases, reproduction, management and economics among its core subjects.征稿范围涵盖传染性疾病与非传染性疾病，也涵盖繁殖、流行病学以及管理与经济学。
• Genetics and breeding receive attention alongside housing, climate control and the environmental footprint of pig production.遗传与育种受到关注，圈舍、气候控制以及养猪生产的环境足迹同样在讨论之列。
• Nutrition, gut health and feed efficiency are treated as production issues with direct consequences for disease and welfare.营养、肠道健康与饲料效率被视为生产问题，直接影响疾病发生与动物福利。
• Animal welfare and ethics are explicit subjects, and the journal has run collections built around the five freedoms framework.动物福利与伦理是明确的主题，刊物还组织过以五大自由框架为核心的专辑。
• Legislation, food safety and the use of drugs, including vaccination and surgical procedures, fall within the scope.法规、食品安全以及药物使用都在范围之内，后者包括疫苗接种与外科操作。
• Epidemiological surveillance is prominent, with recent work on African swine fever diagnostics and on antimicrobial use in sow herds.流行病学监测地位突出，近期发表了非洲猪瘟诊断与母猪群抗菌药物使用的研究。
• Clinical case reports and case studies are accepted, which is unusual for a journal positioned around population medicine.刊物接受临床病例报告与病例研究，这对一份以群体医学为定位的期刊来说并不常见。
• Wildlife topics are included where wild boar or other wild species come into contact with domestic pig populations.野猪等野生种与家猪群体发生接触时，相关野生动物议题也纳入范围。
• Research articles form the bulk of output, and the journal also accepts case reports, case studies, reviews and correspondence.研究论文构成主体，刊物同时接受病例报告与病例研究，也接受综述和通讯。
• Manuscripts must include an availability of data and materials statement, and reporting checklists apply before review.稿件必须包含数据与材料可得性声明，评审前还需提交相应的报告清单。
• Systematic reviews are expected to follow PRISMA and are encouraged to register in PROSPERO.系统综述须遵循 PRISMA 规范，刊物鼓励作者在 PROSPERO 注册。
• The journal belongs to the BMC Agriculture and Livestock Journal Family, which coordinates cross-journal collections and shared editorial expertise.刊物隶属 BMC 农业与畜牧期刊家族，该家族统筹跨刊专辑并共享编辑资源。
• Two current collections address heat stress and nitrogen transformation in pig production, and another examines welfare through the five freedoms.现有专辑分别讨论养猪生产中的热应激与氮转化，另有专辑从五大自由角度审视动物福利。
• Antimicrobial stewardship and biosecurity are recurring themes, reflecting the journal's link to herd-level practice.抗菌药物管理与生物安全是反复出现的主题，反映刊物与群体层面实践的紧密联系，也回应了养殖一线的现实问题与管理需求。

History

• The journal launched in 2015 as the official publication of the European College of Porcine Health Management, with Volume 1 appearing that year.刊物于 2015 年创刊，作为欧洲猪健康管理学院的正式出版物，第一卷同年问世。
• Its opening issue carried an editorial titled Porcine health management, the pig in a central position, which set the tone for a production-oriented remit.创刊号刊登了一篇社论，把猪置于中心位置，为面向生产的办刊方向定下基调。
• BioMed Central has published the journal from the start, and the title now sits within Springer Nature after the BMC migration to Springer Nature Link.BioMed Central 自创刊起承担出版工作，随着 BMC 迁入 Springer Nature Link，刊物现归入施普林格·自然体系。
• Open access was the model from the first volume, with articles published under CC BY and a CC0 policy applied to underlying data.首卷起即采用开放获取模式，论文以 CC BY 协议发布，底层数据适用 CC0 政策。
• Publication is continuous, so each year forms a single volume of article-numbered papers rather than discrete issues.刊物连续出版，每年构成一个以文章编号编排的卷，不设固定的分期。
• Volume 11 (2025) contained 66 papers, and the journal reported 491.2 thousand downloads for the year.2025 年的第 11 卷收录 66 篇论文，当年下载量达到 49.12 万次。
• Indexing grew to include DOAJ and PubMed Central, as well as Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded, Current Contents, CAB Abstracts and EMBASE.收录范围逐步扩大到 DOAJ 与 PubMed Central，也包括 Scopus 和科学引文索引扩展版，以及 Current Contents、CAB Abstracts 与 EMBASE。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 3.2, with a five-year value of 3.6 and a rank of 15 among 170 veterinary titles.2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.2，五年影响因子为 3.6，在 170 种兽医学期刊中排名第 15。
• Impact factors moved from 3.048 in 2021 to 3.535 in 2022, 3.0 in 2023 and 3.1 in 2024 before reaching 3.2 in 2025.影响因子在 2021 年为 3.048，2022 年升至 3.535，2023 年与 2024 年分别为 3.0 和 3.1，2025 年回到 3.2。
• The current article processing charge is 1,990 pounds, 2,490 dollars or 2,190 euros, and waivers are considered case by case.现行文章处理费为 1990 英镑、2490 美元或 2190 欧元，减免申请按个案审议。
• Median time from submission to first decision is five days, one of the shortest turnaround times among veterinary journals.从投稿到首次决定的中位时间为五天，在兽医类期刊中属于周转最快的一档。
• The title joined the BMC Agriculture and Livestock Journal Family, which introduced cross-journal collections on climate change and livestock.刊物加入 BMC 农业与畜牧期刊家族，随后出现了围绕气候变化与畜牧业的跨刊专辑。

Editors

• Heiko Nathues of the University of Bern and Nicolas Rose of the French national agency for food, environmental and occupational health share the editor-in-chief role.伯尔尼大学的 Heiko Nathues 与法国国家食品、环境与劳动卫生安全署的 Nicolas Rose 共同担任主编。
• Paolo Martelli of the University of Parma, Guy-Pierre Martineau of the National Veterinary School of Toulouse and Maurice Pensaert of Ghent University are honorary editors.帕尔马大学的 Paolo Martelli，图卢兹国立兽医学校的 Guy-Pierre Martineau，以及根特大学的 Maurice Pensaert 担任名誉编辑。
• Thirteen associate editors cover reproduction, swine medicine, epidemiology and welfare, and they are based in several European and American countries.十三位副编辑负责繁殖与猪病，也负责流行病学和福利方向，分布在欧洲与美洲的多个国家。
• The editorial board adds specialists from practice and academia, among them John Carr in Yorkshire, Robert Friendship in Guelph and Hanchun Yang in Beijing.编委会补充了来自临床与学术界的专家，包括约克郡的 John Carr、圭尔夫的 Robert Friendship 与中国农业大学的杨汉春。
• Board members work in virology, bacteriology, parasitology, nutrition, herd health management and meat safety.编委的研究领域包括病毒学与细菌学，也涉及寄生虫学、营养、群体健康管理和肉品安全。
• Review is closed, so referees remain anonymous to authors and the pre-publication history of an article is not posted.评审采用封闭模式，审稿人对作者匿名，论文发表前的处理记录也不对外公布。
• Editors and reviewers must declare competing interests and are excluded from handling a manuscript when a conflict exists.编辑与审稿人须申报利益冲突，存在冲突时不得参与该稿件的处理。
• Springer Nature's risk-based policy allows limited AI assistance in review, while responsibility for the report stays with the human reviewer.施普林格·自然采取基于风险的政策，允许评审中使用有限的智能工具，审稿意见的责任仍由人类审稿人承担。
• Manuscripts follow double-line spacing, line and page numbering and SI units, and editable source files are required for production.稿件需采用双倍行距，标注行号与页码，并使用国际单位制，生产环节要求提交可编辑源文件。
• Case reports must follow a reporting checklist, and studies involving animals require ethics approval before review.病例报告须遵循报告清单，涉及动物的研究在评审前必须获得伦理批准。
• When a board member appears among the authors, another editor takes over the handling to keep the process independent.编委本人出现在作者名单中时，由其他编辑接手处理，以保持流程独立。
• The journal runs calls for papers on specific themes, and guest editors manage those collections under the same review standards.刊物围绕特定主题征集稿件，客座编辑在这些专辑中执行同样的评审标准。