Animal Science (journal)
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{{Infobox journal
| title = Animal Science
| formernames = Animal Production
| cover =
| editor = Hilary Davies
| discipline = Animal science
| abbreviation = Anim. Sci.
| publisher = Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Society of Animal Science
| country = United Kingdom
| frequency = Bimonthly
| history = 1959–2006
| openaccess =
| license =
| impact = 1.071
| impact-year = 2005
| website = http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=asc
| link1 =
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| link2 = http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayBackIssues?jid=ASC
| link2-name = Online archive
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| OCLC = 701463537
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| ISSN = 1357-7298
| eISSN = 1748-748X
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Animal Science was a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in animal science, animal biology, and animal production, published by Cambridge University Press. It was the main journal of the British Society of Animal Science and was established in 1959. The last issue was published in 2006 and it was subsequently merged with two other journals to become Animal.
History
In 1959 the society established the journal as Animal Production. It was published in three issues per year in 1961, and four issues per year in 1971. In 1995, the journal was renamed Animal Science.{{cite journal|doi=10.1017/S1357729800008079 |title=Hammond Memorial Lecture 1994: Growth and development of the scientific qualities of the British Society of Animal Production |author=P. N. Wilson |journal=Animal Science |url=http://www.bsas.org.uk/downloads/Vol60Part1_Feb_1995.pdf |volume=60 |issue=1 |date=February 1995 |pages=1–12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015180321/http://www.bsas.org.uk/downloads/Vol60Part1_Feb_1995.pdf |archivedate=2008-10-15 }}{{cite journal | title = Foreword | author = Ian J. Lean, Chairman of the Editorial Board | journal = Animal Science | year = 2006 | volume = 82 | issue = 6 | pages = 763–764 | doi = 10.1017/ASC2006114 | doi-access = free }}
In 2000, the editor-in-chief Tony Lawrence retired, with Hilary Davies taking over.[http://www1.elsevier.com/homepage/san/livest/eaap/37/sec11.html The British Society for Animal Science] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504225057/http://www1.elsevier.com/homepage/san/livest/eaap/37/sec11.html |date=May 4, 2006 }}, EEAP News. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2005 impact factor of 1.071, ranking it 19th out of 44 journals in the category "Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science".{{cite book |year=2015 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science |title=2006 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}
References
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External links
- {{official website|1=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=asc}}
Category:Academic journals established in 1959
Category:Publications disestablished in 2007
Category:Defunct journals of the United Kingdom
Category:Cambridge University Press academic journals
Category:English-language journals
Category:Animal science journals
Category:Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies of the United Kingdom
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