About the Journal

Enfoque y alcance

World Rabbit Science is the official journal of the World Rabbit Science Association (WRSA). One of the main objectives of the WRSA is to encourage communication and collaboration among individuals and organisations associated with rabbit production and rabbit science in general. Subject areas include breeding, genetics, production, management, environment, health, nutrition, physiology, reproduction, behaviour, welfare, immunology, molecular biology, metabolism, processing and products.

World Rabbit Science is the only international peer-reviewed journal included in the ISI Thomson list dedicated to publish original research in the field of rabbit science. Papers or reviews of the literature submitted to World Rabbit Science must not have been published previously in an international refereed scientific journal. Previous presentations at a scientific meeting, field day reports or similar documents can be published in World Rabbit Science, but they will be also subjected to the peer-review process.

World Rabbit Science will publish papers of international relevance including original research articles, descriptions of novel techniques, contemporaryreviews and meta-analyses. Short communications will only accepted in special cases where, in the Editor's judgement, the contents are exceptionally exciting, novel or timely. Proceedings of rabbit scientific meetings and conference reports will be considered for special issues.

World Rabbit Science is published in English four times a year in a single volume. Authors may publish in World Rabbit Science regardless of the membership in the World Rabbit Science Association, even if joining the WRSA is encouraged. Views expressed in papers published in World Rabbit Science represent the opinion of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the WRSA or the Editor-in-Chief.

Proceso de evaluación por pares

The manuscript received will be submitted to two external referees, and returned to the author(s) for final writing, in a double blind peer review. After modifications according to the referees' comments, the revised paper should be sent to the Section Editor attached to an e-mail. The Section Editor proposes the publication of the paper to the Editor-in-Chief. Exceptionally, authors can receive comments or suggestions from the Editor-in-Chief. Proof-prints are sent to the authors by e-mail in a PDF file. Authors should examine them carefully and send by e-mail the misprints observed. Modifications of the paper's content are not allowed in print- proofs.

Frecuencia de publicación

World Rabbit Science publica un volumen de 4 números al año (Marzo, Junio, Septiembre y Diciembre)

Política de acceso abierto

Esta es una revista de acceso abierto, lo que significa que todo el contenido está disponible gratuitamente, sin cargo alguno para el usuario o su institución. Los usuarios pueden leer, descargar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, buscar o enlazar los textos completos de los artículos de esta revista sin pedir permiso previo del editor o el autor. Esto está de acuerdo con la definición BOAI de acceso abierto.

Tras la aceptación de un manuscrito y en cuanto este listo para ser publicado, se le asignará un DOI, y estará disponible en acceso abierto.