Avian Diseases Journal Fall 2026 Update

Avian Diseases has now published two issues in 2026, and the third issue will be released shortly. In these first two issues, we published 19 Original Articles, 4 Research Notes, and 6 Case Reports. In these two issues of 2026, 13 of the 29 articles are Open Access, which is increasing the revenue linked to the journal and will hopefully enhance the global visibility of Avian Diseases.

The Special Issue for 2026 will focus on Protozoal Diseases of Poultry, with a specific emphasis on Eimeria spp., Histomonas meleagridis, and other parasites. If you have a research study or a case report related to this topic, please consider submitting it for the Special Issue. You can contact me with any questions. There might still be time to get your paper submitted and included in this issue. Like the 2025 Special Issue, the entire issue will be published Open Access. Authors of all papers that are not Invited Reviews will pay the AAAP member rate for Open Access charges.

Our journal has a fantastic group of Associate Editors and an amazing Advisory Board. This year we added Dr. Megan Lighty to the Advisory Board.

One big change we will be making to the organizational structure of the journal is to eliminate the Reviewers Board, which seems to confuse many people, and replace it with an official Editorial Board. This group of volunteers will be recognized in each published issue and will assist with reviewing multiple articles per year. Membership in AAAP will not be a requirement to join the Editorial Board. This group will provide us with a dedicated group of reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a regular reviewer for Avian Diseases and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please contact me.

Thank you again to everyone who has helped keep Avian Diseases a high-quality, impactful journal. I encourage all of you to consider Avian Diseases as your first-choice journal for publication of your research and case reports. I hope everyone had a great summer. I look forward to seeing many of you at our upcoming poultry meetings.

Sincerely,

Randy Singer, DVM, MPVM, PhD

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