Animal Scientific Board
Animal aims to publishing the best research in animal science and provide the best publishing experience for authors and readers. With this goal, Animal has consolidated an international Scientific Board constituted by a very diverse group of scientists with a broad spectrum of backgrounds. The Scientific Board works to identify and drive initiatives to significantly increase the attractiveness of Animal for authors and readers in the animal science domain. The Scientific Board is organized in three groups: Attracting content group, Authors’ experience group and CommsOpen group. Scientific Board activities are coordinated by Nicolas Friggens from the National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment – INRAE, France.
Attracting content group
Role: The Attracting content group aims to enhance the scientific standing and attractiveness of Animal through attracting high quality citable content.
Members
Dr Oswald Matika (Chair), The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4213-3907
Dr Charlotte Gaillard, PEGASE, INRAE, Institut Agro, 35590, Saint Gilles, France. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7896-2520
Dr David Torrallardona, Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Catalonia, Spain. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7814-2939
Dr Partha Ray, University of Reading, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8375-8279
Dr Rodolfo Ungerfeld, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4685-2105
Dr Smaragda Tsairidou, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9RG, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0792-9421
Prof Phil Vercoe, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3061-1908
Authors’ experience group
Role: The Authors’ experience group aims to evaluate current practices and develop Animal’s strategy and methodologies for the improvement of authors’ experience; work with the editorial team and publisher to identify areas for improvement in author experience; provide input to the editorial team to maintain high standards of editorial process, develop editorial policy and ethics.
Members
Dr Sokratis Stergiadis (Chair), Associate Professor in Animal Science, University of Reading, United Kingdom. Website: https://www.reading.ac.uk/apd/staff/s-stergiadis.aspx. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7293-182X.
Dr Alessio Cecchinato, Associate Professor of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment. University of Padova, Italy. Website: https://www.phdanimalfoodscience.org/alessio-cecchinato.html. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3518-720X
Prof Alan Duncan, Prof of Livestock and Development, University of Edinburgh, UK and Principal Livestock Scientist, International Livestock Research Institute, Ethiopia. Website: https://www.ilri.org/people/alan-duncan https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/prof-alan-duncan . https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3954-3067
Dr Michael Cockram, Chair in Animal Welfare, Professor, Department of Health Management, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Website: http://projects.upei.ca/mcockram/. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3017-8996.
Prof Philippe Schmidely, Professor of Animal Science, AgroParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences. Website: http://www2.agroparistech.fr/Welcome-to-AgroParisTech.html. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-7868.
Dr. Sandra Rodriguez Zas, Professor of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Department of Animal Sciences, Department of Statistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. Website: https://publish.illinois.edu/rodrgzzs-lab/. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1122-4758
CommsOpen group
Role: The CommsOpen group develops actions to promoting the journal, and to develop engagement in open science.
Members
Rachel Gervais (Chair), Department of Animal Sciences, Faculté des Sciences de l’Agriculture et de l’Alimentation, Laval University, Canada. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6929-2027
Gesa Busch, Marketing for Food and Agricultural Products, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen, Germany. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7764-5187
Ilan Halachmi, Agricultural Research Organization –ARO, Israel. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PMfuwcIAAAAJ&hl=fr
Rafael Muñoz-Tamayo, National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment – INRAE, France. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9266-4132
Mogens Vestergaard, Department of Animal Science, Aarhus University, Denmark. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3630-1396
Maggie Mitchell, British Society of Animal Science, https://bsas.org.uk/