Animal Welfare is a quarterly, 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 published by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare. The editor-in-chief is James K. Kirkwood (Universities Federation for Animal Welfare).
| Discipline | Animal welfare |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | James Kirkwood |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1992–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 1.433 (2012) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Anim. Welf. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | ANWEEF |
| ISSN | 0962-7286 |
| LCCN | sn92015504 |
| OCLC no. | 796012610 |
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Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Science Citation Index
- Biological Abstracts
- BIOSIS Previews
- CAB Abstracts
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences
- Current Primate References
- EMBASE
- Toxicology Abstracts
- Veterinary Update
- The Zoological Record
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 1.433.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Animal Welfare". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.