Archivos de Zootecnia. Editorial Report 2016.

Archivos de Zootecnia reached its 252 issue during 2016. In the present editorial report, we address the facts and figures derived from the editorial process during the past yearly editorial cycle. The updates carried out on the journal mainly head towards the successful implementation of the Open Journal System on its new website (https://www.uco.es/ucopress/az/index.php/az) from September 2016, and the changes in the Editorial Office aim at enhancing the scientific relevance of the journal through the use of new channels available which may enable a greater distribution among the scientific community. A total of 362 manuscripts coming from 21 countries. Although Brazil was still the most contributing country the percentage of submissions slightly decreased (69.45%) in favour of an increase of the submissions by authors from other countries. Therefore, the most frequently used language in the manuscripts was Portuguese, followed by Spanish, English and French. 93 works were published in 2016: 57 articles, 26 short notes and 10 reviews. Published papers came from 16 countries. The two main topics the articles were about were Feeding and food (n=27; 29.03%) and Breeding and genetics (n=20; 21.50%); while the most frequent species the works dealt with was cattle (n=77; 21.27%) followed by sheep (n=62; 17.12%). Editorial times between the reception and publication of the manuscripts have comparatively improved according to the results showed in previous years' reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]