84 Animal Science and Zoology journals listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals with at least 10 papers in 2025. DOAJ is an independent, openly published list of open-access journals that meet its criteria.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals | 2076-2615 | 3,701 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,76,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Frontiers in Veterinary Science | 2297-1769 | 1,997 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,63,273 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Poultry Science | 0032-5791 | 1,602 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,69,720 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Virology Journal | 1743-422X | 440 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,14,524 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Veterinary World | 0972-8988 | 363 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,73,391 to publish | Yes | Yes | India |
| Animal Bioscience | 2765-0189 | 258 | 1 | ≈ ₹67,430 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Pakistan Veterinary Journal | 0253-8318 | 219 | 1 | PKR 15,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Pakistan |
| Italian Journal of Animal Science | 1594-4077 | 197 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,75,764 to publish | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal/Maǧallaẗ Asyūṭ al-ṭibiyyaẗ al-baytariyyaẗ | 1012-5973 | 191 | 2 | EGP 400 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Al-mağallaẗ al-ʻirāqiyyaẗ li-l-ʻulūm al-bayṭariyyaẗ/Iraqi journal of veterinary sciences | 1607-3894 | 187 | 2 | IQD 300,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia | 0102-0935 | 185 | 2 | ≈ ₹48,164 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology | 1674-9782 | 181 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,60,108 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Translational Animal Science | 2573-2102 | 176 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,03,435 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research | 2311-7710 | 170 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,20,411 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bangladesh |
| Archives of Razi Institute | 0365-3439 | 167 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| Animal nutrition | 2405-6383 | 166 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,40,832 to publish | Yes | Yes | China |
| The Journal of Applied Poultry Research | 1056-6171 | 141 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,31,189 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Veterinary and Animal Science | 2451-943X | 135 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,73,573 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences | 0971-0701 | 125 | 3 | ₹2,500 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Egyptian Poultry Science | 1110-5623 | 124 | 2 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Meat Technology | 2466-4812 | 115 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Journal of Animal Science and Technology | 1598-9429 | 112 | 1 | ≈ ₹35,382 to publish | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Tropical Animal Science Journal | 2615-787X | 92 | 1 | ≈ ₹38,531 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine | 2251-8894 | 91 | 2 | IRR 4,000,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science | 1516-635X | 81 | 1 | ≈ ₹48,164 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias | 2007-1124 | 75 | 1 | ≈ ₹44,779 to publish | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi | 1300-6045 | 72 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Journal of Applied Animal Research | 0971-2119 | 67 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,11,441 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Basrah Journal of veterinary Research | 1813-8497 | 66 | 3 | IQD 100,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| BULGARIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE | 1311-1477 | 61 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Poultry | 2674-1164 | 61 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Acta Scientiarum Animal Sciences | 1806-2636 | 60 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Food Science of Animal Products | 2958-3780 | 59 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,594 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Meat and Muscle Biology | 2575-985X | 59 | 1 | ≈ ₹96,329 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia | 1516-3598 | 59 | 1 | ≈ ₹5,997 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Animal Research and One Health | 2835-5075 | 56 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,54,776 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Egyptian Journal of Animal Health | 2735-4938 | 55 | 3 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences/Journal of Applied Veterinary Sciences | 1687-4072 | 54 | 2 | ≈ ₹2,890 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Animal Diseases | 2731-0442 | 53 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Slovenian Veterinary Research | 1580-4003 | 53 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovenia |
| Archives of Veterinary Science | 1517-784X | 50 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| German Journal of Veterinary Research | 2703-1322 | 50 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,95,898 to publish | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Veterinary Integrative Sciences | 2629-9968 | 50 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Thailand |
| Iranian journal of applied animal science | 2251-628X | 48 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Iran |
| Czech Journal of Animal Science | 1212-1819 | 47 | 1 | ≈ ₹61,490 to publish | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| Acta fytotechnica et zootechnica/Acta fytotechnica et zootechnica | 1335-258X | 45 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovakia |
| Acta veterinaria | 0567-8315 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹41,356 to publish | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Folia veterinaria | 0015-5748 | 40 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Slovakia |
| Food Science of Animal Resources | 2636-0772 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,07,744 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Revista Mvz Córdoba | 0122-0268 | 38 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Acta Veterinaria Eurasia | 0250-2836 | 37 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| ANIMAL SCIENCE AND GENETICS | 2720-6076 | 36 | 2 | ≈ ₹29,188 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Animal Advances | 3065-7660 | 34 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,87,841 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| The Journal of Poultry Science | 1346-7395 | 33 | 1 | ≈ ₹36,584 to publish | Yes | Yes | Japan |
| Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture | 2087-8273 | 30 | 2 | ≈ ₹8,052 to publish | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Media Kedokteran Hewan | 0215-8930 | 30 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Indonesia |
| Letters In Animal Biology | 2584-0479 | 29 | 1 | ₹5,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Ukrainian journal of veterinary sciences | 2663-967X | 29 | 2 | ≈ ₹3,265 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Revista Acadêmica Ciência Animal | 2596-2868 | 27 | 4 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| SVU- International Journal of Veterinary Sciences | 2535-1826 | 27 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Eurasian journal of veterinary sciences | 1309-6958 | 25 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Türkiye |
| Food and Life | 2714-0865 | 25 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| The Animal Biology | 1681-0015 | 24 | 2 | UAH 1,500 to publish | Yes | Yes | Ukraine |
| Animal Nutriomics | 2977-3776 | 23 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,657 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Macedonian Veterinary Review | 1409-7621 | 22 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | North Macedonia |
| World Rabbit Science | 1257-5011 | 22 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Spain |
| Pharaonic Journal of Science | 3062-6013 | 21 | 3 | ≈ ₹9,633 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Veterinary Sciences and Practices | 2822-3608 | 21 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Archiva zootechnica | 1016-4855 | 20 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y de Zootecnia | 0120-2952 | 19 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine | 1609-5693 | 19 | 2 | IQD 125,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Austral journal of veterinary sciences | 0719-8000 | 18 | 1 | CLP 850,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Chile |
| Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca Veterinary Medicine | 1843-5270 | 18 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Romania |
| Veterinarski glasnik | 0350-2457 | 18 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Archives of Veterinary Medicine | 1820-9955 | 17 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Serbia |
| Kufa Journal For Veterinary Medical Sciences | 2077-9798 | 17 | 3 | IQD 100,000 to publish | Yes | Yes | Iraq |
| Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | 2090-3642 | 16 | 2 | ≈ ₹10,596 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Veterinary Research Notes | 2790-2218 | 15 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Bangladesh |
| International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine | 2314-4580 | 14 | 1 | ≈ ₹24,082 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Journal of Laboratory Animal Science and Practices | 2791-8645 | 12 | 2 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Revista Brasileira de Saúde e Produção Animal | 1519-9940 | 12 | 2 | ≈ ₹7,426 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Nutrición animal tropical | 1409-3553 | 11 | 3 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Costa Rica |
| Veterinary Medical Journal Giza | 1110-1423 | 11 | 2 | EGP 1,250 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |
| Egyptian Journal of Rabbit Science | 1110-2594 | 10 | 1 | ≈ ₹4,816 to publish | Yes | Yes | Egypt |