Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
The Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science is the leading peer-reviewed journal on the science of animal welfare for veterinarians, scientists and public policy makers. It presents articles and reports on practices that demonstrably enhance the welfare of wildlife, companion animals and animals used in research, agriculture and zoos. Forthcoming topics include forced molting in chickens, noise in animal shelters and the head-neck position of Dressage horses. JAAWS, which began in 1998, is published by the academic press, Taylor and Francis, and is a joint project of ASI and The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
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JAAWS encourages submission of brief report research reports and comments on any aspect of applied animal welfare science. All submitted manuscripts are peer-reviewed by a panel of section editors who oversee an even more complete review by a distinguished board of editors. These are JAAWS principal subject matter areas and their respective section editors:
- Animals in Laboratories: Hanno Wuerbel, Justus-Leibig, University of Giessen, Germany
- Animals in Agriculture: Suzanne Millman, University of Guelph, Canada
- Companion Animals: Emily Weiss and Elsie Shore, Wichita State University
- Wildlife and Zoos: Mollie Bloomsmith, Emory Universityand Joseph Barber, City University of New York
As it is devoted to the enhancement of welfare, JAAWS will not publish studies that in its view involve significant pain, distress, harm, or injury to subjects. The editors strongly encourage discussion of the animal welfare implications of findings, including ethical issues raised by the implementation of the study and their resolution.
JAAWS is currently accepting submissions and issues under discussion include:
- describing and measuring the well-being of an animal
- animal consciousness
- engineering versus performance criteria of welfare in laboratory animals
- biogenetic engineering
- species reintroduction
- animal companions
- overpopulation
- the effect and limits of field studies on welfare
- feral cat management
- welfare issues associated with trapping
To submit a manuscript:
- Authors should submit manuscripts as email attachments in Microsoft Word format to ken.shapiro@animalsandsociety.org
- All applicable governmental and institutional guidelines regarding the use of human and nonhuman animal subjects must be strictly adhered to
- Submitted manuscripts must not have been published previously, nor may they be under review for publication elsewhere
- Manuscript submissions should conform to the guidelines described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th Edition). Click here for author style guide.
