Journal of Dairy Science® 2021 Editorial Report

In 2021, the 104th volume of the Journal of Dairy Science was published, and, once again, the year marked a record number of pages (13,054; Table 1). I am happy to report that over the last 3 years, even in the face of our continued growth, our time of submit to in press has remained stable at approximately 195 d. The total number of submitted papers in 2021 shows a slight decrease (Table 1), which is likely due to the many challenges our authors have faced in maintaining their research programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our goals for 2022 will include shortening our average production time and further improving the experience of our authors by seeking high-quality reviews, timely and high-quality technical editing after acceptance, and increasing the visibility of the work after publication. We also plan to continue to gather and respond to informal and formal feedback from authors on their publication experiences. By adhering to reporting guideline recommendations, we continue to aim for completeness and transparency in author reporting. Among our most important and continued aims are attracting the best authors, publishing the highest quality science, and continuing our long history as the leading source of new information in the dairy sciences.Table 1Journal of Dairy Science statistics for 2021 compared with previous years1Submit/accept rates: 2021: 1,642 new submissions (796 accepted, 819 rejected; 49% accept); 2020: 1,969 new submissions (1,144 accepted, 883 rejected; 56% accept); 2019: 1,903 new submissions (1,049 accepted, 786 rejected; 57% accept); 2018: 1,865 new submissions (986 accepted; 2017: 1,829 new submissions, 976 accepted).20212020201920182017Avg. papers received/mo137164159155152Avg. papers accepted/mo6695878281Avg. papers published/mo8487858578Pages published through Jun7,3445,7855,7645,6705,116Pages published through Dec13,05412,19411,84411,51810,486Average review time (d)130128133127125Average production time (d)11810810210698Average total time (d)248236235233223Average accept to in press (d)6165575054Average submit to in press (d)1941931901771791 Submit/accept rates: 2021: 1,642 new submissions (796 accepted, 819 rejected; 49% accept); 2020: 1,969 new submissions (1,144 accepted, 883 rejected; 56% accept); 2019: 1,903 new submissions (1,049 accepted, 786 rejected; 57% accept); 2018: 1,865 new submissions (986 accepted; 2017: 1,829 new submissions, 976 accepted). Open table in a new tab Many individuals are dedicated to our publishing activities and embody the high standards of the Journal of Dairy Science. Editorial and production work is handled by FASS Inc. (Champaign-Urbana, Illinois). The staff working directly with the journal includes Susan Pollock (managing editor), Louise Adam (lead technical editor), and Shauna Miller (editorial assistant). Additional individuals who devote a large percentage of their time to the journal include Sharon Frick, Ron Keller, Lisa Krohn, Katy Henkel, Christine Horger, Irene Kaufman, and Theresa Lawrence. We could not publish such a large volume of scientific information without the continued commitment of FASS and its employees. Thanks are also extended to our partners at Elsevier, especially Rebekah Collins (publisher) and Lingni Priestley (publishing director). Several months ago, we learned that both of these individuals would be moving to new roles within Elsevier. We thank them both for their service, especially those efforts related to our transition to gold open access. Filling their responsibilities will be Elena Herzog as publisher and Andrew Berin as publishing director. We welcome them both to the Journal of Dairy Science publishing team. Section editors direct and handle manuscripts through the review process and make publication decisions. The decision to accept, reject, or revise is among the greatest of responsibilities and we are grateful to our community of editors who are among the world's best. In striving for thoroughness, fairness, and transparency, we are fortunate to receive very few author complaints concerning the review process. Several editors completed their terms of service to the Journal of Dairy Science. Senior editors finishing their terms included Federico Harte (Penn State University; Chemistry and Materials Science/Processing and Engineering/Sensory Analysis), Stephen LeBlanc (University of Guelph; Health, Behavior, and Well-being), Albert De Vries (University of Florida; Farm Systems and Environment), and Stephen Butler (Teagasc; Physiology). Section editors completing their terms in 2021 included Zhongtang Yu (Ohio State University; Animal Nutrition), Nicolo Macciotta (University of Sassari; Genetics and Genomics); and Dan Weary (University of British Columbia; Health Behavior and Well-being). The journal owes tremendous gratitude to these individuals, who dedicated many years of their professional lives to the journal and the community of dairy scientists. New section editors will replace these outgoing editors: Nicole Martin (Cornell University; Chemistry and Materials Science/Processing and Engineering/Sensory Analysis), Denis Roy (Université Laval; Chemistry and Materials Science/Processing and Engineering/Sensory Analysis), Timothy Hackmann (University of California-Davis; Animal Nutrition), Bradley Heins (University of Minnesota; Farm Systems and Environment), Daniela Lourenco (University of Georgia; Genetics and Genomics), Richard Laven (Massey University; Health, Behavior, and Well-being), Katy Proudfoot (University of Prince Edward Island; Health, Behavior, and Well-being), and Paul Fricke (University of Wisconsin; Physiology). In addition to these individuals, editors in continued service include senior editors Olivia McAuliffe (Teagasc) and Scott Rankin (University of Wisconsin-Madison), and section editors Mike Miller (University of Illinois), Milena Corredig (Aarhus University), and Jay Amamcharla (Kansas State University) in dairy foods. Within our production section, those continuing include senior editor Jeffrey Firkins (Ohio State University) and section editors Alex Bach (IRTA), Barry Bradford (Michigan State University), Andre Brito (University of New Hampshire) in Animal Nutrition; senior editor Andrés Legarra (INRA) and section editor Christine Baes (University of Guelph) in Genetics and Genomics; senior editor Jessica McArt (Cornell University) and section editors John Middleton (University of Missouri), Olga Wellnitz (University of Bern), and Wolf Heuwieser (Free Universitat Berlin) in Health, Behavior, and Well-being; senior editor Robin White (Virginia Tech) in Farm Systems and Environment; senior editor Gerd Bobe (Oregon State University) and section editor Laura Hernandez (University of Wisconsin) in Physiology; and senior editor Kerst Stelwagen (SciLactis Ltd.) in Invited Reviews. We are grateful for the service of the 77 members of our editorial board in 2021. These individuals span the globe and all disciplines of dairy science. Editorial board members are usually identified in the fall, when we seek to balance the number of incoming papers within each section with an appropriate number of editorial board members. These individuals contribute pro bono and usually review 1 to 3 manuscripts each month. We receive many recommendations and direct requests each year from individuals who want to become more involved with the journal and join the editorial board. As a reminder, the first step to becoming an editorial board member is demonstrating a sufficient number and quality of reviews when acting as an ad hoc reviewer. In January, we sent out more than 2,000 reviewer acknowledgment letters, many of them distributed internationally, to reviewers who served the Journal of Dairy Science in 2021. We sincerely appreciate the contributions of editorial board members and ad hoc reviewers. We recognize that it is the reviewers who ensure that we maintain high scientific standards, and their efficient and timely efforts ensure we maintain a short time from submission to publication. The Journal of Dairy Science ranked 6th by Journal Impact Factor (4.034) among 63 journals in the Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science category and 40th by Impact Factor among 144 journals in the Food Science and Technology category. In 2021, the acceptance rate for the journal was just under 50%, a journal metric that has been relatively stable since 2017 (55.5%; 2017: 53%; 2018: 53%; 2019: 57%; 2020: 56%). With 13,054 published pages in 2021 (Table 1), we averaged just under 6.5 mo from submission to an article being posted on the in-press site and approximately 8 mo from submission to publication in an issue. It is encouraging that we receive very few complaints from authors with respect to the timeliness of the review process or the quality of reviews. Production of each journal article is truly a team effort of our editors, reviewers, authors, and FASS staff. Most papers are published as research articles (n = 904; Table 2), but in 2021 we also published 29 invited reviews, which exceeded our goal of 24 per year. Consistent with the recent past, approximately 25% of papers published were in dairy foods (Table 3) with the remaining 75% in the production sections (Table 4). For dairy foods, the largest section was Dairy Product Microbiology and Safety (n = 99); for production, the largest section was Health, Behavior, and Well-being (n = 250), followed by Animal Nutrition (n = 200; Table 5). The journal serves as an important nexus for the worldwide community of dairy scientists. Over the last 3 years, 67% of articles published have originated from outside the United States (data not shown).Table 2Journal of Dairy Science manuscript and page statistics by article type for 20211Editorial, errata, letters, and news are not included in table.MonthResearchDairy Industry TodayInvited ReviewHot Topic, Short Comm, or Tech Note2Combines hot topics, short communications, and technical notes, which are no longer published in JDS.Graduate Student Literature Review3In 2021, 19 papers were submitted as Graduate Student Literature Reviews; 25 were submitted in 2020; 9 were submitted in 2019; 5 were submitted in 2018.SymposiumPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesJanuary811,053——2461383220229February801,098——4581074————March911,224——115847110——April1001,257——354533————May851,146221114212123——June70918——46018327——July71920224238——————August70951114370——————September72969——254——111——October62855116235——————November6076319464——111——December61787114118——112——Total90311,9418982952639257101142291 Editorial, errata, letters, and news are not included in table.2 Combines hot topics, short communications, and technical notes, which are no longer published in JDS.3 In 2021, 19 papers were submitted as Graduate Student Literature Reviews; 25 were submitted in 2020; 9 were submitted in 2019; 5 were submitted in 2018. Open table in a new tab Table 3Journal of Dairy Science research manuscripts and page statistics by science section1Table does not include invited reviews, letters, errata, or editorials. for 2021MonthDairy FoodsProductionPapersPagesPapersPagesJanuary2226175924February2530065872March3138669895April2629979991May1720673996June1823156722July1820156754August2026251703September1620858781October1720746664November1111951664December2023643577Total2412,9167239,5431 Table does not include invited reviews, letters, errata, or editorials. Open table in a new tab Table 4Journal of Dairy Science research manuscripts and page statistics published in Dairy Foods1BHH = Bioactivity and Human Health; CMS = Chemistry and Materials Science; DPMS = Dairy Product Microbiology and Safety; FSE = Food Systems and Environment (replaced RE, Resources and Environment); PE = Processing and Engineering; RE = Resources and Environment; and SA = Sensory Analysis. Table does not include invited reviews. for 2021MonthBHHCMSDPMSFSEPESAPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesJanuary345546790111342327February8103560877——229231March23144219241113333226April568892882112445——May——3279116——329234June460559790——222——July443552556——333117August114568561228562229September5681169106——118——October223343881119112229November112444552——111——December342446999——221112Total3850952595991,15168330357152051 BHH = Bioactivity and Human Health; CMS = Chemistry and Materials Science; DPMS = Dairy Product Microbiology and Safety; FSE = Food Systems and Environment (replaced RE, Resources and Environment); PE = Processing and Engineering; RE = Resources and Environment; and SA = Sensory Analysis. Table does not include invited reviews. Open table in a new tab Table 5Journal of Dairy Science research manuscripts and page statistics published in Production1AN = Animal Nutrition; GG = Genetics and Genomics; FSE = Farm Systems and Environment (new section formed with Farm Systems Analysis and Economics + Resources and Environment); HBW = Health, Behavior, and Well-being; ME = Management and Economics; P = Physiology. Table does not include invited reviews. for 2021MonthANFSEGGHBWPPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesPapersPagesJanuary88913170121532931814194February18264445101322027613155March1825771029942428111161April19256115111263543413160May223245621114928369792June1418322967728351682July243301114981138104558August152115775691417912167September22322343780182348102October11172571795152028124November15206455810817210785December1420434678614174567Total2002,818638641011,2822503,1321091,4471 AN = Animal Nutrition; GG = Genetics and Genomics; FSE = Farm Systems and Environment (new section formed with Farm Systems Analysis and Economics + Resources and Environment); HBW = Health, Behavior, and Well-being; ME = Management and Economics; P = Physiology. Table does not include invited reviews. Open table in a new tab By now, I am sure that most of you have heard that as of January 2022, the Journal of Dairy Science is a gold open access journal. I want to once again thank the ADSA Board of Directors who supported this transition and mobilized the association's superfund to provide a discount for ADSA members to publish in the journal. The switch from a hybrid journal to an open access journal required a high degree of organization, communication, and coordination, and much of this was executed by our partners at Elsevier, ADSA's new executive director Jerry Bowman, and Susan Pollock, Louise Adam, and Jeremy Holzner of FASS. We strive to continually improve the Journal of Dairy Science and provide a better experience for our authors, reviewers, editors, and readers. Even with an established Impact Factor of over 4.0, we are aggressively working to increase it. We also continue monthly press releases, monthly Editor's Choice, and annual Highly Cited Award programs. Congratulations to Liam Hanrahan (Teagasc), Anna-Maija Heikkilä (National Resources Institute Finland), and Adriano Cruz (Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro), who were recipients of the journal's Highly Cited Awards in 2021. We also congratulate the 3 new members inducted into JDS Club 100: Michael S. Allen (Michigan State University), MaryAnne Drake (North Carolina State University), and John Roche (Ministry for Primary Industries). Winners of the 2021 Graduate Student Literature Review Awards were Victoria Favorit (University of Idaho) in the Production Division (MS) competition and Connor Owens (Virginia Tech) in the Production Division (PhD) competition. The journal is an exciting branch of the association, and it is an honor and pleasure to serve as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Dairy Science. Over the next year, I pledge to continue to prioritize the author experience, to seek heightened stature of the journal, to increase exposure of content, and to drive impact. Additionally, I will work to support the journal's community of editors, reviewers, and authors so that the journal continues to be an important and impactful component of scientific advancement and career achievements.

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