Aim and Scope

Aim and Scope

Letters in Animal Biology (LIAB) is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal that publishes the results of original research pertaining to animal biology. LIAB encompasses a broad range of topics on animal production, health, and welfare along with the fundamental aspects of genetics, physiology, nutrition, medicine, microbiology, biotechnology, biochemistry, reproduction, and animal products. Articles published in LIAB cover research topics on all domestic animals, birds, and companion animals; however, the topics on wildlife species, laboratory animals, and other aquatic species will be considered for publication as long as they have direct or indirect implications on animal production, health, or other biological aspects. LIAB publishes high quality research articles, reviews, short, communications, and case reports.

 

Types of articles

Research Articles: Articles should be as concise as possible and should not normally exceed limit of 8000 words, including main text, references, illustrations, and tables. Results of research in manuscripts submitted to LIAB must not have been published in or submitted to any another scientific journal prior to receiving a decision from LIAB. However, a preliminary presentation at any scientific meeting or the use of data in field-day reports or similar documents, does not preclude the publication of such data in LIAB.

Short Communications: Short communications should not normally exceed limit of 3000 words, including main text, illustrations, tables, and references. Short communications shall report original scientific data and LIAB will consider publication of short communications only that are hypothesis-driven and report novel results. Case Reports will be published as short communications. Case reports must present one or more of the following: a) Unusual observations b) Adverse response to therapies c) Unusual combination of conditions leading to confusion d) Illustration of a new theory e) Question regarding a current theory f) Personal impact

Reviews: Review articles falling within the scope of LIAB are welcomed and shall be subjected to the limit of 11000 words. Reviews must provide systematic, comprehensive, and authoritative coverage of key research areas. The datasets on which the conclusions of the reviews rely should be available to readers.

 

Authorship policy

Authorship policy

Authorship should be restricted to those who have contributed substantially to the study intended for publication in LIAB. The authors must have contributed to at least one of these categories:

  1. Study concept and design
  2. Data collection
  3. Data analysis
  4. Contributed to new methods/models
  5. Wrote the manuscript

It is the sole responsibility of the corresponding author:

  1. To provide correct names, addresses, and affiliations of all authors
  2. To obtain institutional approvals, wherever required
  3. To ascertain that all authors have seen and agreed to a submission