Journal subject areas
The journal subject areas are defined by the following index terms below. These terms represent the keywords to be chosen for assignment of submitted manuscripts to individual associate editors.
| Anatomy and embryology | Hans-Jürg Kuhn, Ulrich Zeller |
| Animal welfare and husbandry | Augusto Vitale, Sarah Wolfensohn |
| Behaviour | Julia Ostner, Ute Radespiel |
| Cognition and communication | Julia Fischer, Elke Zimmermann |
| Conservation | Jonah Ratsimbazafy, Dietmar Zinner |
| Ecology and biogeography | Russell Hill, Amanda Korstjens |
| Evolution, phylogeny and palaeontology | Rebecca R. Ackermann, Sarah Elton, Nina Jablonski |
| Genetics | Jenny Tung, Linda Vigilant |
| Immunology | Bert 't Hart, Peter Horn |
| Infection biology | Heinz Feldmann, Frank Kirchhoff, Fabian Leendertz |
| Neurosciences | Angela Roberts, Stefan Treue |
| Pathology | Anne Lewis, Keith G. Mansfield |
| Physiology | Catherine Crockford, Gerhard Weinbauer |
| Reproductive biology | Weizhi Ji, Stefan Schlatt |
| Stem cell biology | Ulrich Martin, Erika Sasaki |
