Animal Science (journal) explained

Animal Science
Formernames:Animal Production
Editor:Hilary Davies
Discipline:Animal science
Abbreviation:Anim. Sci.
Publisher:Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Society of Animal Science
Country:United Kingdom
Frequency:Bimonthly
History:1959–2006
Impact:1.071
Impact-Year:2005
Website:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=asc
Link2:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayBackIssues?jid=ASC
Link2-Name:Online archive
Oclc:701463537
Issn:1357-7298
Eissn:1748-748X

Animal Science was a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in animal science, animal biology, and animal production, published by Cambridge University Press. It was the main journal of the British Society of Animal Science and was established in 1959. The last issue was published in 2006 and it was subsequently merged with two other journals to become Animal.

History

In 1959 the society established the journal as Animal Production. It was published in three issues per year in 1961, and four issues per year in 1971. In 1995, the journal was renamed Animal Science.[1] [2]

In 2000, the editor-in-chief Tony Lawrence retired, with Hilary Davies taking over.[3] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2005 impact factor of 1.071, ranking it 19th out of 44 journals in the category "Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science".[4]

Notes and References

  1. 10.1017/S1357729800008079 . Hammond Memorial Lecture 1994: Growth and development of the scientific qualities of the British Society of Animal Production . P. N. Wilson . Animal Science . 60 . 1 . February 1995 . 1–12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081015180321/http://www.bsas.org.uk/downloads/Vol60Part1_Feb_1995.pdf . 2008-10-15 .
  2. Foreword . Ian J. Lean, Chairman of the Editorial Board . Animal Science . 2006 . 82 . 6 . 763–764 . 10.1017/ASC2006114 . free .
  3. http://www1.elsevier.com/homepage/san/livest/eaap/37/sec11.html The British Society for Animal Science
  4. Book: 2015 . Journals Ranked by Impact: Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science . 2006 Journal Citation Reports . . Science . Web of Science. Journal Citation Reports .