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AUTHORINFORMATIONPACK7Apr2021www.
elsevier.
com/locate/psj1POULTRYSCIENCEAnofficialjournalofthePoultryScienceAssociation.
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Firstself-publishedin1921,PoultryScienceisaninternationallyrenownedmonthlyjournal,knownastheauthoritativesourceforabroadrangeofpoultryinformationandhigh-caliberresearch.
Thejournalplaysapivotalroleinthedisseminationofpreeminentpoultry-relatedknowledgeacrossalldisciplines.
PoultryScienceisanOpenAccessjournalwithnosubscriptioncharges,meaningauthorswhopublishherecanmaketheirresearchimmediately,permanently,andfreelyaccessibleworldwidewhileretainingcopyrighttotheirwork.
Aninternationaljournal,PoultrySciencepublishesoriginalpapers,researchnotes,symposiumpapers,andreviewsofbasicscienceasappliedtopoultry.
ThisauthoritativesourceofpoultryinformationisconsistentlyrankedbyClarivate'sImpactFactorasoneofthetop10agriculture,dairyandanimalsciencejournalstodeliverhigh-caliberresearch.
Currentlyitisthehighest-ranked(byImpactFactorandEigenfactor)journaldedicatedtopublishingpoultryresearch.
Subjectareasincludebreeding,genetics,education,production,management,environment,health,behavior,welfare,immunology,molecularbiology,metabolism,nutrition,physiology,reproduction,processing,andproducts.
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Editor-in-ChiefRobertL.
TaylorJr,WestVirginiaUniversity,Morgantown,WestVirginia,UnitedStatesofAmericaManagingEditorDavidBusboom,PoultryScienceAssociation,Champaign,Illinois,UnitedStatesofAmericaAUTHORINFORMATIONPACK7Apr2021www.
elsevier.
com/locate/psj2SectionEditorsAnimalWell-BeingandBehaviorRaulMarin,CONICET-InstituteofFoodScienceandTechnology,Córdoba,ArgentinaMichaelToscano,UniversityofBern,Bern,SwitzerlandGenetics,GenomicsandMolecularBiologyHuaijunZhou,UniversityofCaliforniaDavis,Davis,California,UnitedStatesofAmericaYuhuaFarnell,TexasA&MUniversity,CollegeStation,Texas,UnitedStatesofAmericaImmunology,Health,andDiseaseLisaBielke,TheOhioStateUniversityAgriculturalTechnicalInstitute,Wooster,Ohio,UnitedStatesofAmericaMichaelKogut,USDA-ARSSouthernPlainsAgriculturalResearchCenter,CollegeStation,Texas,UnitedStatesofAmericaManagementandProductionJuanRodriguez-Lecompte,UniversityofPrinceEdwardIslandAtlanticVeterinaryCollege,Charlottetown,PrinceEdwardIsland,CanadaElijahKiarie,UniversityofGuelph,Guelph,Ontario,CanadaMetabolismandNutritionSundayAdedokun,UniversityofKentucky,Lexington,Kentucky,UnitedStatesofAmericaOlayiwolaAdeola,PurdueUniversity,WestLafayette,Indiana,UnitedStatesofAmericaKenBafundo,PhibroAnimalHealthCorp,,UnitedStatesofAmericaMikeBedford,ABVista,Marlborough,UnitedKingdomRajeshJha,UniversityofHawai'iatManoa,Honolulu,Hawaii,UnitedStatesofAmericaLv-HuiSun,HuazhongAgricultureUniversity,Wuhan,ChinaWeiZhai,MississippiStateUniversity,MississippiState,Mississippi,UnitedStatesofAmericaMicrobiologyandFoodSafetyRichardGast,USDA-ARSNationalPoultryResearchCenter,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaPhysiologyandReproductionWooKim,TheUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaIsraelRozenboim,HebrewUniversityofJerusalem,Jerusalem,IsraelProcessingandProductsBrianBowker,USDA-ARSNortheastArea,Beltsville,Maryland,UnitedStatesofAmericaAssociateEditorsAnimalWell-BeingandBehaviorWernerBessei,UniversityofHohenheim,Stuttgart,GermanyJamesByrd,U.
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DepartmentofAgriculture(USDA),AgriculturalResearchService(ARS),FoodandFeedSafetyResearchUnit,NewOrleans,Louisiana,UnitedStatesofAmericaJackelynM.
Kembro,NationalUniversityofCordoba,Cordoba,ArgentinaSheilaPurdum,UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln,Lincoln,Nebraska,UnitedStatesofAmericaGenetics,GenomicsandMolecularBiologyGiridharAthrey,TexasA&MUniversity,CollegeStation,Texas,UnitedStatesofAmericaHaoCheng,UniversityofCaliforniaDavis,Davis,California,UnitedStatesofAmericaPetekSettar,Hy-LineInternational,DallasCenter,Iowa,UnitedStatesofAmericaJiuzhouSong,UniversityofMarylandatCollegePark,CollegePark,Maryland,UnitedStatesofAmericaBrynnH.
Voy,TheUniversityofTennesseeKnoxville,Knoxville,Tennessee,UnitedStatesofAmericaAnnaWolc,IowaStateUniversity,Ames,Iowa,UnitedStatesofAmericaNingYang,ChinaAgriculturalUniversity,Beijing,ChinaImmunology,HealthandDiseaseDavidJ.
Caldwell,UniversityofArkansasFayetteville,Fayetteville,Arkansas,UnitedStatesofAmericaHectorM.
Cervantes,PhibroAnimalHealth,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaHilaryD.
Chapman,UniversityofArkansasFayetteville,Fayetteville,Arkansas,UnitedStatesofAmericaEllenCollisson,WesternUniversityofHealthSciences,Pomona,California,UnitedStatesofAmericaMarkCompton,TheUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaPaulF.
Cotter,CotterLaboratory,Arlington,Massachusetts,UnitedStatesofAmericaRamiA.
Dalloul,TheUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaGiselaErf,UniversityofArkansasFayetteville,Fayetteville,Arkansas,UnitedStatesofAmericaDaralJackwood,TheOhioStateUniversityAgriculturalTechnicalInstitute,Wooster,Ohio,UnitedStatesofAmericaAUTHORINFORMATIONPACK7Apr2021www.
elsevier.
com/locate/psj3CalvinL.
Keeler,UniversityofDelaware,Newark,Delaware,UnitedStatesofAmericaMattKoci,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,Raleigh,NorthCarolina,UnitedStatesofAmericaAartLammers,WageningenUniversity&Research,Wageningen,NetherlandsSueLamont,IowaStateUniversity,Ames,Iowa,UnitedStatesofAmericaSpencerLeigh,USDA-ARSNaturalProductsUtilizationResearchUnit,University,Mississippi,UnitedStatesofAmericaHyunLillehoj,USDA-ARSBeltsvilleAgriculturalResearchCenter,Beltsville,Maryland,UnitedStatesofAmericaNikhilNuthalapati,MississippiStateUniversity,MississippiState,Mississippi,UnitedStatesofAmericaHenkK.
Parmentier,WageningenUniversity&Research,Wageningen,NetherlandsRameshK.
Selvaraj,TheUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaPatriciaWakenell,PurdueUniversity,WestLafayette,Indiana,UnitedStatesofAmericaRossWolfenden,PacificVetGroup,Fayetteville,Arkansas,UnitedStatesofAmericaManagementandProductionAprilW.
Levy,DSMNutritionalProductsIncColumbia,Columbia,Maryland,UnitedStatesofAmericaDonMcIntyre,DiamondV,Shelby,NorthCarolina,UnitedStatesofAmericaRonMeijerhof,PoultryPerformancePlus,Gelderland,NetherlandsSamuelNahashon,TennesseeStateUniversity,Nashville,Tennessee,UnitedStatesofAmericaSerdarzlü,AnkaraUniversity,Ankara,TurkeyMartinZuidhof,UniversityofAlberta,Edmonton,Alberta,CanadaMetabolismandNutritionNuketAcar,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,UniversityPark,UnitedStatesofAmericaSundayAdedokun,UniversityofKentucky,Lexington,Kentucky,UnitedStatesofAmericaToddApplegate,TheUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaKristjanBregendahl,SparboeFarmsInc,Litchfield,Minnesota,UnitedStatesofAmericaWilliamA.
Dozier,AuburnUniversity,Auburn,Alabama,UnitedStatesofAmericaRobertElkin,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,UniversityPark,UnitedStatesofAmericaPeterR.
Ferket,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,Raleigh,NorthCarolina,UnitedStatesofAmericaMichaelE.
Hume,USDA-ARSSouthernPlainsAgriculturalResearchCenter,CollegeStation,Texas,UnitedStatesofAmericaDamianJozefiak,PoznanUniversityofLifeSciences,Poznan,PolandSebastianA.
Kaczmarek,PoznanUniversityofLifeSciences,Poznan,PolandIliasKyriazakis,NewcastleUniversity,NewcastleUponTyne,UnitedKingdomDavidLatshaw,TheOhioStateUniversityAgriculturalTechnicalInstitute,Wooster,Ohio,UnitedStatesofAmericaGonzaloMateos,PolytechnicUniversityofMadrid,Madrid,SpainAdeleMeluzzi,UniversityofBologna,Bologna,ItalyAgnesNarcy,NationalResearchInstituteforAgricultureFoodandEnvironmentPHASEDepartment,Nouzilly,FranceRobertPayne,EvonikDegussaCorporation,Singapore,SingaporeVasilPirgozliev,HarperAdamsUniversity,Newport,UnitedKingdomRezaPoureslami,TheUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaGuang-HaiQi,ChineseAcademyofAgriculturalSciences,Beijing,ChinaVelmuruguRaviRavindran,MasseyUniversity,PalmerstonNorth,NewZealandShaneRutherfurd,MasseyUniversity,PalmerstonNorth,NewZealandJanetSnow,ElancoAnimalHealthInc,Greenfield,Indiana,UnitedStatesofAmericaLv-HuiSun,HuazhongAgricultureUniversity,Wuhan,ChinaRosemaryWalzem,TexasA&MUniversity,CollegeStation,Texas,UnitedStatesofAmericaJürgenZentek,FreeUniversityofBerlin,Berlin,GermanyMicrobiologyandFoodSafetyDiannaBourassa,AuburnUniversity,Auburn,Alabama,UnitedStatesofAmericaKapilChousalkar,TheUniversityofAdelaide,Adelaide,AustraliaDougCosby,USDA-ARSNationalPoultryResearchCenter,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaAnupK.
Johny,UniversityofMinnesotaExtension,SaintPaul,Minnesota,UnitedStatesofAmericaAdelumolaOladeinde,USDA-ARSNationalPoultryResearchCenter,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaMichaelRothrockJr.
,USDA-ARSNationalPoultryResearchCenter,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaKun-HoSeo,KonkukUniversity,Gwangjin-gu,SouthKoreaGuillermoTellez-Isaias,UniversityofArkansas,Fayetteville,Arkansas,UnitedStatesofAmericaAbhinavUpadhyay,UniversityofConnecticut,Storrs,Connecticut,UnitedStatesofAmericaInduUpadhyaya,TennesseeTechnologicalUniversity,Cookeville,Tennessee,UnitedStatesofAmericaPhysiologyandReproductionAmirAkhlaghi,UniversityofAlberta,Edmonton,Alberta,CanadaGregoyBedecarrats,UniversityofGuelph,Guelph,Ontario,CanadaAUTHORINFORMATIONPACK7Apr2021www.
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com/locate/psj4ProcessingandProductsChristineZ.
Alvarado,PassportFoodSafetySolutionsInc,Schenevus,NewYork,UnitedStatesofAmericaMaryAnneAmalaradjou,UniversityofConnecticut,Storrs,Connecticut,UnitedStatesofAmericaKristenGibson,UniversityofArkansasFayetteville,Fayetteville,Arkansas,UnitedStatesofAmericaIksoonKang,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,Michigan,UnitedStatesofAmericaOkKyungKoo,KoreaFoodResearchInstitute,Wanju-gun,SouthKoreaJunLin,TheUniversityofTennesseeSystem,Knoxville,Tennessee,UnitedStatesofAmericaMarkSchilling,MississippiStateUniversity,MississippiState,Mississippi,UnitedStatesofAmericaManpreetSingh,TheUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaDaoyingWang,JiangsuAcademyofAgriculturalSciences,Nanjing,ChinaSallyWilliams,UniversityofFlorida,Gainesville,Florida,UnitedStatesofAmericaHongZhuang,USDA-ARSNationalPoultryResearchCenter,Athens,Georgia,UnitedStatesofAmericaAUTHORINFORMATIONPACK7Apr2021www.
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Firstself-publishedin1921,PoultryScienceisaninternationallyrenownedmonthlyjournal,knownastheauthoritativesourceforabroadrangeofpoultryinformationandhigh-caliberresearch.
Thejournalplaysapivotalroleinthedisseminationofpreeminentpoultry-relatedknowledgeacrossalldisciplines.
PoultryScienceisanOpenAccessjournalwithnosubscriptioncharges,meaningauthorswhopublishherecanmaketheirresearchimmediately,permanently,andfreelyaccessibleworldwidewhileretainingcopyrighttotheirwork.
Aninternationaljournal,PoultrySciencepublishesoriginalpapers,researchnotes,symposiumpapers,andreviewsofbasicscienceasappliedtopoultry.
ThisauthoritativesourceofpoultryinformationisconsistentlyrankedbyISIImpactFactorasoneofthetop10agriculture,dairyandanimalsciencejournalstodeliverhigh-caliberresearch.
Currentlyitisthehighest-ranked(byImpactFactorandEigenfactor)journaldedicatedtopublishingpoultryresearch.
Subjectareasincludebreeding,genetics,education,production,management,environment,health,behavior,welfare,immunology,molecularbiology,metabolism,nutrition,physiology,reproduction,processing,andproducts.
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