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Review Our Science and Application Categories

AAS publishes articles within the following categories as they apply to beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, poultry, companion animals, swine, and other species that benefit mankind with meat and milk, work (e.g., draught), recreation, ecosystem services, fuel, and material byproducts (e.g., hides, feathers, and feed byproducts).

The journal does not have a section dedicated to Extension and Teaching; however, research related to the development and implementation of educational programs and outreach initiatives aimed at improving animal production and management practices are welcomed and will be put in the relevant discipline section. 

Authors will select one of the following topic areas when submitting a manuscript for peer review:

Food Science includes research on the development, production, processing, quality, and safety of animal-derived food products including meat, dairy, and eggs.

Genetics and Breeding is composed of applied studies on animal genetics and breeding, including the development of genomic selection tools and identification of genetic markers for economically important traits. Papers containing only molecular genetic measures (e.g., gene expression) are outside the scope of the journal. 

Health includes research and findings on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of various diseases, disorders, and health conditions of agriculturally important and companion animals.

Management and Sustainability encompasses research related to the management and production of various livestock and poultry species, including, but not limited to, economic evaluation of livestock systems; effects of management practices on production, health, and reproduction; environmental mitigation practices related to animal agriculture; and modeling of animal agricultural systems.

Nutrition and Forages focuses on research on animal production and health responses to changes in nutrient supply, laboratory and in vivo evaluation of new feeds, feed composition and analytical methods, forage production and storage, and diet-formulation methods. 

Physiology involves studies on the structure and function underlying animal growth and development, metabolism, immunology, and reproduction, with an emphasis on whole-body rather than cellular responses. 

Welfare and Behavior includes studies on the behavior and well-being of livestock, including the effects of management practices, systems, and housing on animal welfare and behavior.

Determine Your Article Type

When submitting to AAS, authors should identify their submissions as one of these article types.

Original Research articles report and interpret unpublished research with animals or plants grown for feed and forage for livestock, economic analyses, research station or field studies, scientific literature–based meta-analyses, or a combination thereof. The majority of articles in AAS are original research articles.

Reviews and Invited Reviews integrate information and provide well-founded recommendations from research for application in animal agriculture. Evaluation, insight, and critique of the current knowledge in the area and proposed future needs for research and application are expected. Authors can contact the editor-in-chief or an associate editor to write a review. Editors also will invite reviews.

Short Communications report results and interpretations of relatively limited or narrowly focused research that is properly designed and analyzed to provide well-substantiated results. They may be case studies that provide new, novel, or unique information.

Technical Notes describe well-designed research of novel (or the improvement of existing) methods or processes in the laboratory, field, or system.

Perspectives and Commentaries provide a forum for authors to address important topics in the animal sciences related to industry opportunities, issues, practices, and applications or those related to research investigation and applications. The editor-in-chief may invite commentaries from experts in the field in response to articles published in AAS, or articles with perspective and commentary may be submitted for review without invitation.

Letters to the Editor may be submitted by anyone with comments or questions about articles published in AAS, or any aspect of animal science and production. Letters will be reviewed by the editor-in-chief and opportunity will be given to authors of the original article to respond to the letter in the same or next issue of the journal.

Articles from symposia and conference presentations are invited. Contact the editor-in-chief before submitting these manuscripts. The meeting organizer may serve as guest editor. Articles may be of any article type, and published in a regular issue, or in a completely separate issue as a set.