Avian Diseases Journal Spring 2026 Update

With the publication of the first issue of volume 70, I have now begun my third year as Editor in Chief of Avian Diseases. I am lucky to have an incredible team to help me with this endeavor, including the support of the Associate Editors (Drs. Rodrigo Gallardo, Ruediger Hauck, Catherine Logue, Silke Rautenschlein, and David Swayne) and the Advisory Board (Ton Schat, Ana da Silva, John Smith, and Bruce Stewart-Brown). I have also received a considerable amount of assistance from Bob Bevans-Kerr. Our ability to maintain a high scientific standard would not be possible without our reviewers who volunteer their time to help the journal. I will return to this point later in this update.

Avian Diseases published four issues in 2025 as well as the Special Issue for 2025. The four regular issues included 28 Original Articles, 12 Research Notes, 9 Case Reports, 2 Reviews and 1 History article. The Special Issue included 5 Invited Reviews, 9 Original Articles, and 2 Case Reports. The entire issue was published Open Access, which should enhance the visibility of the articles we publish in Avian Diseases.

The Special Issue for 2026 will focus on Protozoal Diseases of Poultry. 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. We hope to receive all manuscripts for this Special Issue by June 30. 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.

With respect to reviewing articles for our journal, we are updating our Reviewer Board. If you are interested in helping the journal with the review of submitted articles, we could really use your assistance. Ideally the Reviewer Board includes AAAP members who have experience publishing peer-reviewed papers and who have experience reviewing papers. However, we are planning a webinar that will help our membership learn the process of conducting a peer review. Remember, many of our published papers are Case Reports, and these papers require a different type of experience than traditional Original Research Articles. Please contact me if you might be interested in joining our Reviewer Board.

As you can tell, our ability to ensure that the journal fits your needs in these changing times requires your input. If you have ideas for improvement, I am always available. I truly want to maintain Avian Diseases as a top peer-reviewed journal and a AAAP publication of which our membership can be proud.

I hope everyone has a great spring, and I look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting in July.

Sincerely,

Randall Singer, DVM, MPVM, PhD

Return to Newsletter