Publisher National Agricultural and Food Centre – Research Institute
for Animal Production Nitra, Slovakia
Editorial Board
Editor in Chief:
Peter Chrenek, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Vice-Editor in Chief:
Alexander V. Makarevich, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Executive editor:
Timea Sommerová, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Technical editor:
Marta Vargová, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Board members for section Animal Biotechnology
Miroslav Bauer, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Marcela Capcarová, Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra, Slovak Republic
Dušan Fabian, Institute of Animal Physiology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovak Republic
Elena Kubovičová, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Peter Massanyi, Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra, Slovak Republic
Joanna Pokorska, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland
Pavel Uhrín, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
Board members for section Animal Husbandry
Jiří Bezdíček, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk, Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Jastrzębiec, Poland
Radovan Kasarda, Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra, Slovak Republic
Marta Oravcová, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Dana Peškovičová, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Ján Rafay, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Vladimír Tančin, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Board members for section Animal Nutrition
Mária Chrenková, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Branislav Gálik, Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra, Slovak Republic
Oldřich Látal, Agrovýzkum Rapotín s.r.o., Vikýřovice, Czech Republic
Matúš Rajský, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Milan Šimko, Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra, Slovak Republic
Eva Straková, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Czech Republic
Rudolf Žitňan, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Board members for section Animal Product Quality
Juraj Čuboň, Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra, Slovak Republic
Viera Ducková, Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra, Slovak Republic
Miroslav Kročko, Slovak University of Agriculture Nitra, Slovak Republic
Giuseppe Maiorano, University of Molise, Italy
Peter Popelka, University of Veterinary Medicine in Kosice, Slovak Republic
Board members for section Animal Environment and Behaviour
Krzysztof Adamczyk, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland
Boris Bilčík, Centre of Biosciences of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Jan Brouček, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Ľubomír Ondruška, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Jaroslav Slamečka, NPPC - Research Institute for Animal Production Nitra, Slovak Republic
Scientific English Editor: Alexander V. Makarevich
Information for Authors
SJAS publishes peer-reviewed articles as follows:
- Original papers
- Review articles
- Short communications
Original papers – original scientific papers which have not been published yet, should not exceed 8 000 words (including tables and illustrations).
Review articles – focusing on special topics of interest and summarising latest scientific information, up to 10 000 words (including tables and illustrations). Contributions of authors with experimental experience and publications on the given topic are highly preferred.
Short communications – these may be of a preliminary nature but sufficient for immediate publication, up to 2 500 words (including tables and illustrations).
For other details see:
Instructions for Authors
Author’s Declaration
Manuscript submission
Manuscripts are to be submitted electronically to the email address
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along with a scanned copy of the signed Author’s Declaration.
Peer Review
Each article submitted to SJAS is reviewed by the Editorial Board members and by qualified independent reviewers. The journal follows the process of single-blind peer-review process. Each article is reviewed by the minimum of two reviewers. Peer review is conducted as soon as possible upon the submission of the article. All reviewers are to follow Journal Policies and Statements.
SJAS requires manuscripts submitted for review to be original. Authors guarantee that the manuscript is their own, has not been previously published and is not concurrently submitted (in whole or in parts) to other publications.
Publishing Ethics and Publishing Malpractice Statement
It is necessary to agree upon standards of expected ethical behaviour for all parties involved in the act of publishing (authors, editors, peer reviewers, publisher). SJAS’s ethic statements are based on the guidelines and standards developed and published by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). All documents are available free of charge on COPE website.
Open Access (OA) Policy
Slovak Journal of Animal Science and the articles published within are freely available for anyone to access and view under an Open Access (Green Open Access) publishing model. All submitted manuscripts will be considered for publication free of charge.
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