Aims and scope
Discover Animals is a fully open access, peer-reviewed journal that supports multidisciplinary research across all fields related to animal science, including animal health, behavior, physiology, ecology and more. Researchers may focus on various animal groups, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, invertebrates, and even extinct animals. The journal aims to be a resource for researchers, policy makers and the general public for recent advances in animal science and its uses in research development and society. As a fully open access journal, we ensure our research is highly discoverable and instantly available globally to everyone. The journal particularly welcomes work that aims to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, especially Life on Land; Life Below Water; Good Health and Well-Being; and Zero Hunger.
Topics
Topics welcomed at Discover Animals include but are not limited to the following:
Animal Welfare and Ethics:- Animal health
- Animal welfare
- Animal rights
- Ethical considerations in animal research
- Animal welfare legislation
Animal Behavior:
- Behavioral ecology
- Evolution of behavior
- Sociobiology
- Navigation and migration
- Social behavior
- Reproductive behavior
- Predator-prey relationships
Animal Physiology:
- Anatomy and morphology
- Physiology and biochemistry
- Endocrinology
- Immunology
- Neurobiology
- Comparative physiology
Animal Ecology:
- Habitat use and selection
- Population ecology
- Community ecology
- Ecosystem dynamics
- Conservation biology
- Biodiversity and species interactions
- Taxonomy and systematics
Animal Cognition:
- Ethology
- Animal learning
- Cognitive sciences
- Comparative psychology
- Evolutionary psychology
- Symbol use; signaling; communication
- Numerical competence and frequency expectancies
- Problem solving, animal thinking and use of tools
Animal Protection and Conservation:
- Population biology
- Evolutionary ecology
- Population genetics
- Biodiversity
- Biogeography
- Palaeobiology
- Population dynamics
- Habitat conservation
- Threatened and endangered species
- Invasive species
- Wildlife management
- Conservation strategies
- Conservation policies and practices
Animal Reproduction and Breeding:
- Reproductive physiology
- Assisted reproductive technologies
- Breeding programs
- Poultry farming
- Aquaculture
- Sustainable farming practices
- Disease resistance
Animal Nutrition and Feeding:
- Optimal feeding practices
- Nutritional requirements
- Feed formulation
- Feed quality assessment
- Mitigation of enteric methane
- Utilization of by-product as animal feed
- Rumen fermentation
- Alternative feed resources
- Feed additives
- Plant phytonutrient compounds
Animal/Zoonotic Diseases:
- Diagnosis, prevention, and control of disease
- Discovery of etiological agents for animal diseases
- Pathogenesis and biology of new and re-emerging animal diseases
- Rational use and invention of veterinary drugs and novel therapeutics
- Epidemiology of animal and zoonotic diseases
- Host tropism and transboundary spread of animal and zoonotic pathogens
Animal Genetics:
- Molecular genetics
- Functional genomics and microbiomics
- Gene editing
- Genetic diversity
- Epigenetics
- Epigenomics
- Multi-omics and microbiomes
Human-Animal Interaction:
- Human-animal bond
- Impact of human activities on animals
- Animals in society
- Emotional support animals
- Service animals
- Cultural perspectives on animals
- Animals in literature and art
Content Types
Discover Animals welcomes full-length Research articles as well as Brief Communications of empirical findings, Reviews, Perspectives, Comments, Case Studies, Registered Reports, and Data Notes from across the full range of disciplines concerned with animal science and animal welfare. The journal also publishes guest-edited Topical Collections of relevance to all aspects of animal science. For more information, please follow up with our journal publishing contact.