CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — The Poultry Science Association (PSA) announced on Jan. 1 that it acquired European Poultry Science, a leading peer-reviewed research journal, from Eugen Ulmer Publishing House, based in Stuttgart, Germany.

“PSA recognizes the importance and significance of the European Poultry Science collection,” said Martin Zuidhof, president of the PSA. “We are excited and honored to offer this quality publishing option to poultry scientists around the world.”

The journal joins PSA’s portfolio of leading international research properties, including its flagship title, Poultry Science, and The Journal of Applied Poultry Research.

PSA said European Poultry Science will become an Open Access Gold publication, making any research published in it freely available to the public.

In 2020, the group transitioned all its journals to the Open Access Gold model. Since then, submissions have more than doubled.

“We are excited that PSA will move our journal into the Open Access era,” said Michael Grashorn, president of the German Association of Poultry Science and a professor at the Institute of Animal Sciences at the University of Hohenheim. “PSA is an internationally respected organization dedicated to providing outlets for sharing and discussing the latest research in the field, and I know the journal is in good hands.”

Nearing 90 years of publication, European Poultry Science has long been supported by the German Association for Poultry Science. PSA noted it remains committed to giving German authors and others around the world the opportunity to publish their research.

Editor In Chief Barbara Tzschentke will continue to lead European Poultry Science as part of PSA’s editorial team. Tzschentke is a senior researcher at the Institute for Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects (IASP) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculty of Life Science, and has been editor in chief since 2018.

PSA said European Poultry Science will soon be available online via ScienceDirect.com.