Each issue includes several reports covering scientific experiments or demonstrations that present evidence relating to issues of applied animal welfare science. The editors also encourage submission of brief scientific reports based on less formal studies and observations on the ground, as well as of literature reviews and conference reports. JAAWS also publishes feature articles that present particularly significant or provocative contributions to our understanding of animal welfare--new empirical data or reevaluations of available data, or conceptual or theoretical analysis. These feature articles are accompanied by several invited commentaries that critically discuss the contribution--particularly in regard to its implications for animal welfare.

All submitted manuscripts are peer-reviewed by a panel of section editors who oversee an even more complete review by a distinguished board of editors. Content areas of animal welfare and their respective section editors are as follows: Companion: Gary J. Patronek, Tufts University, Farm: Suzanne Millman, University of Guelph, Canada, Laboratory: Vera Baumans, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Wildlife/Zoo: Emily Weiss, Wichita State University.

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