| Discipline | Animal welfare |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Birte Nielsen and Bas Rodenburg |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1992–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Continuous; Gold open access |
| 2.4 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Anim. Welf. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | ANWEEF |
| ISSN | 0962-7286 |
| LCCN | sn92015504 |
| OCLC no. | 796012610 |
| Links | |
Animal Welfare is a Gold open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal covering studies on the welfare of animals, whether in captivity (e.g. on farms, in laboratories, zoos and as companions) or in the wild. Its scope includes animal welfare science, animal cognition, ethology, behavioural ecology, evolution of behaviour, sociobiology, behavioural physiology, population biology, neurophysiology and abnormal behaviour. It was established in 1992 and is owned by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare and published by Cambridge University Press. The editors-in-chief are Birte L. Nielsen (Universities Federation for Animal Welfare) and Bas Rodenburg (Utrecht University).
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 2.4. [1]