Perspectives in Animal Health and Welfare is a multidisciplinary electronic journal of research papers, and other outputs, covering all aspects of animal health and welfare, including, but not restricted to: animal diseases (including zoonotic diseases), parasites, nutrition, behaviour, anaesthesia and analgesia, breeding and reproduction, One Health and social sciences related to the animal industry.
The journal primarily publishes:
• Research papers of 2,000 to 5,000 words
• Short notes of 1,000 to 2,000 words
• Reviews of 5,000 to 7,000 words
• Case studies of 2,000 to 5,000 words
Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of animal health and welfare, other output types, including creative and multimedia, may be considered at the discretion of the editors. All papers and other outputs are subject to anonymous double-blind peer review prior to acceptance and publication. Accepted manuscripts requiring revision must be returned within two months of the date of the request for revision. Manuscripts received after this date will be considered as new submissions. Papers are published online after acceptance and all corrections have been made.
Prospective contributors should consult with the Senior Editors to determine whether a planned submission is appropriate.
All manuscripts are screened by the editorial board to assess that they match the journal’s aims and scope. The senior editors assign those manuscripts deemed to be appropriate for peer review to an associate editor.
Perspectives in Animal Health and Welfare operates a double-blind peer-review system. Reviewers will be sourced from both domestic and overseas reviewers. All manuscripts are normally reviewed by two experts, but where there is disparity regarding the merits of the work, an additional review may also be requested, or one of the journal’s editors may give an evaluation.
Four types of manuscripts are considered – these will be published throughout the year and then compiled in a single issue at the end of each year (December):
Submit a copy of the manuscript to Perspectives in Animal Health and Welfare with Perspectives in Animal Health and Welfare in the subject field.
Manuscripts must include all figures and tables in a single document at the end of the written text. Microsoft Word documents are preferred (for reviewers to use ‘tracked changes’ to make comments). All documents must be:
In your cover letter or email, please recommend 2–3 potential reviewers, along with their affiliation (if any) and email addresses. Please confirm (in your email submission) that:
Once you have submitted your work following the submission guidelines detailed above, you will be sent an email of receipt. You can expect to have a response from the editorial team within 2–4 working weeks. Each submitted manuscript that is considered by the journal Editor to be appropriate for the journal is allocated to a member of the Editorial Board (i.e., Associate Editor) who will oversee the review process. The review is double-blind, and this process can take up to three months. Reviewer feedback will be collated and sent to you.
Referees and Board members do all their tasks voluntarily, so to ease the process, please submit manuscripts that have been thoroughly appraised by your colleagues, including someone with excellent knowledge of English grammar.
Authors will be asked to email the revised manuscript (including any responses to reviewer comments) as a Microsoft Word document within two months of receiving an acceptance email. All figures must be supplied as large as possible electronically as separate JPG files. Page proofs will be sent by email to authors for approval, and papers will appear online as they are approved.
Please check that:
During this process, it is the author’s responsibility to keep the copy editor/publications manager informed of any changes in the author’s address and to make their own arrangements for colleagues to correct proofs if the author is unavailable when proofs are to be dispatched. If proofs are not received back from the author within the set time frame, the manuscript will be published without the author’s corrections.
Copyright is maintained by the author as ePress operates an open-access Creative Commons International Licensing system. All publications are automatically assigned the Attribution-Non-Commerical licence. However, if an author would prefer a different licence, this can be requested at the time of submission. For more information, see links below:
If applicable, authors or researchers must acknowledge the approval of Animal Ethics Committees and demonstrate approval from relevant government agencies (e.g., New Zealand Department of Conservation), imi / iwi / hapū, landowners or other relevant stakeholders.
All manuscripts must use SI units, UK English following the Concise Oxford Dictionary for spelling and the appropriate macrons in Māori. Please visit Te Aka Māori Dictionary for guidance on using macrons in Māori words.
Manuscripts are to include the following elements: