The American Dairy Science Association’s two journals, the flagship Journal of Dairy Science® (JDS) and the innovative JDS Communications® (JDSC), have been gold open access journals since 2022! The move to open access has helped make our authors’ scientific work more widely available, visible, and citable. Click through for some frequently asked questions from authors.

JDS Communications takes a significant stride toward increasing article visibility and accessibility.

The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA), the international organization of educators, scientists, and industry representatives who are committed to advancing the dairy industry, recently elected new leaders for the organization's 2022–2023 term.

In February 2022, the ADSA Board of Directors approved a new strategic plan. The new plan is built around 5 core initiatives and supporting objectives that will focus our priorities over a 3-year period to help ADSA meet its strategic objectives and advance its mission. Ultimately, the plan ensures that the association meets the needs of our members and provides value throughout our community.

Congratulations to the following authors! The Journal of Dairy Science® recognized these papers and authors as being among the most highly cited and recently published (2021–present). Papers are listed in the order in which they were published in the journal.

The Journal of Dairy Science’s Impact Factor ranks it 6th (of 62 journals) in the Agriculture, Dairy, and Animal Science category; and 48th (of 143 journals) in the Food Science and Technology category.

Nominate one of your colleagues for an ADSA award. If you're hesitating due to the challenge of assembling the nomination materials, please don't; others, including the nominee, are able to assist you!

We are currently accepting nominations for the following positions. Self-nominations are always welcome!

• vice president from the production division (one-year term followed by service as president for the 2022 to 2023 term, then past president, then past-past president)
• one director from the dairy foods division to serve for three years 2021 to 2024
• one director from the production division to serve for three years 2021 to 2024

Nominations are due by February 5, 2021.

The first issue of JDS Communications^TM is now online

Congratulations to the following authors. The Journal of Dairy Science recently recognized the these papers and authors as being among the most highly cited and recently published (2017-present). Papers are listed in the order in which they were published in the journal.

The American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®) has selected Catharine Kuber Perry as its new executive director. Perry, who currently serves as vice president of member programs and services of the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA), will start work at ADSA on April 13, 2020.

The latest Impact Factors have been released by Clarivate Analytics, and the Journal of Dairy Science® Impact Factor increased from 2.749 to 3.082 and is ranked 4th of 61 journals in the Agriculture, Dairy, and Animal Science category and 34th of 135 journals in the Food Science and Technology category.

IMPACT FACTOR: 2.474
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Ranked 3rd out of 58 journals in Agriculture, Dairy, and Animal Science category JDS is ranked 3rd for the 5-year Impact Factor, 1st by Eigenfactor (which removes self-citations), and 1st by total citations.

Ranked 29th out of 129 in Food Science and Technology category JDS is ranked 29th for Impact Factor, 4th by Eigenfactor (which removes self-citations), and 3rd by total citations.

To reflect on the past century of research published in the Journal of Dairy Science^®, the December issue of the journal’s 100th volume contains the ADSA Foundation Collection of 100-Year Reviews, a special 100th anniversary retrospective containing 30 focused reviews of progress in areas of research that are featured in JDS. A stand-alone reprint of the ADSA Foundation Collection of 100-Year Reviews is available from Elsevier for $35.00 plus the cost of shipping.

The latest Impact Factors have been released by Clarivate Analytics, and the Journal of Dairy Science® Impact Factor increased from 2.474 to 2.749 (an 11% increase) and is ranked 4th of 60 journals in the Agriculture, Dairy, and Animal Science category and 35th of 133 journals in the Food Science category.

The ADSA® Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generous sponsorship of Large Dairy Herd Management (3rd ed., e-book).

The latest Issue of Journal of Dairy Science® is now available!