Animal Welfare (journal)

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Animal Welfare
DisciplineAnimal welfare
LanguageEnglish
Edited byJames Kirkwood
Publication details
History1992–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
1.433 (2012)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Anim. Welf.
Indexing
CODENANWEEF
ISSN0962-7286
LCCNsn92015504
OCLC no.796012610
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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).

Abstracting and indexing[edit]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2012 impact factor of 1.433.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Animal Welfare". 2012 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2013.

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