55 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
30 days to first decision for all manuscripts
190 days from submission to acceptance
10 days from acceptance to publication

Avian Research is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality research and review articles on all aspects of ornithology from all over the world. It aims to report the latest and most significant progress in ornithology and to encourage exchange of ideas among international ornithologists. As an open access journal, Avian Research provides a unique opportunity to publish high quality contents that will be internationally accessible to any reader at no cost.

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Editor-in-Chief
Guangmei Zheng, Beijing Normal University, China 
Executive Editor-in-Chief
Fumin Lei, Institute of Zoology, CAS, China 
Deputy Editors-in-Chief
Per Alström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 
Ping Ding, Zhejiang University, China 
Yong Wang, Alabama A&M University, USA
Editorial Board
Lei Cao, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, CAS, China
Chi-yeung Choi, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
Anthony David Fox, Aarhus University, Denmark 
Eben Goodale, Guangxi University, China
Garth Herring, USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center, USA
Jin-Won Lee, Kyung Hee University, Korea
Dongming Li, Hebei Normal University, China
Wei Liang, Hainan Normal University, China
Jinsong Liu, Wenzhou University, China
Yang Liu, Sun Yat-sen University, China 
Huw Lloyd, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 
Xin Lu, Wuhan University, China 
Ming Ma, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS, China 
Zhijun Ma, Fudan University, China 
Philip J.K McGowan, University of Newcastle, UK 
Anders Pape Møller, Université Paris-Sud, France 
Federico Morelli, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
Theunis Piersma, University of Groningen, Netherlands 
Yanhua Qu, Institute of Zoology, CAS, China
Scott K. Robinson, University of Florida, USA 
Xingfeng Si, East China Normal University, China
Yali Si, Tsinghua University, China
Yue-Hua Sun, Institute of Zoology, CAS, China 
Piotr Tryjanowski, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland
Yanping Wang, Nanjing Normal University, China
Shuping Zhang, Minzu University of China, China
Yanyun Zhang, Beijing Normal University, China
Zhengwang Zhang, Beijing Normal University, China 
Fasheng Zou, South China Institute of Endangered Animals, China