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Best Animal Science and Zoology journals

519 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Animal Science and Zoology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Food 33.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Information Processing in Agriculture 21.1 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences 18.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 Animal Nutrition 14 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
5 Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 13 99th Q1 SCIE No
6 Animal Health Research Reviews 12.8 98th Q1 SCIE No
7 Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 11.9 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery 11.4 98th Q1 Yes
9 Agricultural Systems 11.2 98th Q1 SCIE No
10 Animal Frontiers 9.5 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
11 Mammal Review 9.3 97th Q1 SCIE No
12 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - C: Toxicology and Pharmacology 9.2 97th Q1 SCIE No
13 Journal of Integrative Agriculture 9 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Stress Biology 8.9 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
15 NPJ Biodiversity 8.7 97th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 EXCLI Journal 8.6 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 Water Biology and Security 8.5 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
18 Annals of Agricultural Sciences 8.2 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
19 Zoological Research 8 96th Q1 SCIE No
20 Animal 7.9 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
21 Integrative Zoology 7.9 96th Q1 SCIE No
22 Food Science of Animal Resources 7.8 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
23 Journal of Dairy Science 7.8 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Animal Microbiome 6.9 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
25 Journal of Animal Ecology 6.9 95th Q1 SCIE No
26 World's Poultry Science Journal 6.9 95th Q1 SCIE No
27 Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 6.8 94th Q1 SCIE No
28 Poultry Science 6.8 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
29 Genetics Selection Evolution 6.5 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 Aquaculture Reports 6.4 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 Advances in the Study of Behavior 6.3 94th Q1 No
32 Animal Research and One Health 6.3 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
33 Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 6.2 93th Q1 SCIE No
34 EFSA Journal 5.9 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
35 Journal of Animal Science and Technology 5.9 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
36 Outlook on Agriculture 5.8 93th Q1 SCIE No
37 Agribusiness 5.7 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI C No
38 Animal Biotechnology 5.7 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Vertebrate Zoology 5.7 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
40 Animals 5.5 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
41 Ornithological Applications 5.5 92th Q1 SCIE No
42 Parasitology 5.4 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
43 Animal Bioscience 5.4 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
44 Animal Feed Science and Technology 5.4 91th Q1 SCIE No
45 Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 5.4 91th Q1 SCIE No
46 Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 5.4 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
47 Natural and Engineering Sciences 5.4 91th Q1 No
48 Animal Reproduction Science 5.3 90th Q1 SCIE No
49 Current Research in Insect Science 5.3 90th Q1 ESCI Yes
50 Theriogenology 5.3 90th Q1 SCIE No
51 Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 5.3 90th Q1 SCIE No
52 Journal of Animal Science 5.1 90th Q1 SCIE No
53 Annals of Animal Science 5.1 89th Q1 SCIE No
54 Animal Cells and Systems 5 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
55 Pastoralism 5 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
56 Porcine Health Management 5 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
57 Ibis 4.9 89th Q1 SCIE No
58 Mammalian Biology 4.9 88th Q1 SCIE No
59 Avian Pathology 4.8 88th Q1 SCIE No
60 CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 4.8 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
61 Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments 4.8 88th Q1 Yes
62 Frontiers in Zoology 4.8 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
63 Advances in Agriculture 4.8 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
64 Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases 4.7 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
65 Frontiers in Bee Science 4.7 87th Q1 Yes
66 Insect Systematics and Diversity 4.7 87th Q1 SCIE No
67 NeoBiota 4.6 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
68 Preventive Veterinary Medicine 4.6 87th Q1 SCIE No
69 Journal of Experimental Biology 4.5 86th Q1 SCIE No
70 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 4.5 86th Q1 SCIE No
71 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part - B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 4.4 86th Q1 SCIE No
72 Parasite 4.4 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
73 Agrobiological Records 4.4 85th Q1 No
74 Italian Journal of Animal Science 4.4 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
75 Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 4.4 85th Q1 SCIE No
76 Reproductive Biology 4.4 85th Q1 SCIE No
77 Current Zoology 4.3 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
78 Zoological Letters 4.3 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
79 Animal Biotelemetry 4.3 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
80 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology 4.3 84th Q1 SCIE No
81 Domestic Animal Endocrinology 4.3 84th Q1 SCIE No
82 Integrative and Comparative Biology 4.3 84th Q1 SCIE No
83 Regional Studies in Marine Science 4.3 84th Q1 SCIE No
84 Anthrozoos 4.3 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
85 International Journal of Primatology 4.3 83th Q1 SCIE No
86 Livestock Science 4.3 83th Q1 SCIE No
87 Journal of Applied Animal Research 4.2 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
88 Rangeland Ecology and Management 4.2 83th Q1 SCIE No
89 Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology 4.2 82th Q1 SCIE No
90 Frontiers in Animal Science 4.2 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
91 Zoologica Scripta 4.2 82th Q1 SCIE No
92 Experimental Animals 4.1 82th Q1 SCIE No
93 Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 4.1 82th Q1 SCIE No
94 Journal of Reproduction and Development 4.1 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
95 Ornithology 4.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
96 Behavioral Ecology 4.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
97 Journal of Insect Conservation 4.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
98 Applied Animal Behaviour Science 4 81th Q1 SCIE No
99 Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 4 81th Q1 SCIE No
100 African Journal of Range and Forage Science 4 80th Q1 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Animal Science and Zoology Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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