Animal science: analysis of publications in the journal section for 2025

The analysis of the publication activity of the section “Animal Science” of the journal “Agrarian Science” for 2025 has been carried out.

The main results of the analysis:

1. The composition of the Editorial Board:

• the editorial board consists of 15 experts from different regions of Russia and 6 foreign countries.

2. Structure of scientific publications:

• 74 research articles, 4 scientific reviews, and 2 short communications were published; ü the highest number of authors (207) who published research are affiliated with scientific institutions;
• distribution of publications by type of research team: 43 intra-organizational teams (authors from a single institution) and 37 extra-organizational collaborations (authors from various institutions);
• еhe majority of publication authors are Candidates of Sciences (40%).
• The average number of bibliographical references used is 28.88 per article, confirming the thoroughness of the scientific works.

3. Geography of the authors:

• the Moscow Region (94) and Orenburg Region (62), St. Petersburg (55), Sverdlovsk Region (48) and Moscow (34) are the leaders in the number of authors.

4. Research funding:

• 77.5% of the publications were supported by grants and government subsidies.  

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