Editorial Team

The Editorial Team is responsible for the continued production and high standard of the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research (JZAR). The Managing Editor overseas the production of JZAR, providing operational oversight enabling quarterly issues are published annually. The Assistant Editor coordinates communications between authors, editors and other partners, to facilitate the peer-review process and the promotion of published articles. The Technical Journal Support contact assists editors, authors and reviewers with any problems they have engaging with the publication platform or more general enquires. Section Editors progress submitted articles through the peer-review process and assist the Managing Editor with elements of the operational running of the journal. The Managing Editor with support from the team, are ultimately responsible for the published issues and set the editorial direction and policies for the publication and aim to ensure articles consistently meet the expectations set out in the notes to authors. 

Managing Editor

Prof. Vicky Melfi, Hartpury University, UK (editor [at] jzar.org)

Assistant Editor

Alice Doyle, Hartpury University, UK (editor [at] jzar.org)

Chair, EAZA Research Committee

Dr Kirsten Pullen, Chester Zoo, UK (kpullen [at] chester.org)

Technical Journal Support

Ania Brown, European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (ania.brown [at] eaza.net)

Section Editors

Ania Brown, EAZA, Netherlands (Biobanking)

Amanda Webber, University of the West of England, UK (Anthropology, Human-wildlife interactions)

Guillaume Douay, Wildlife Reserves Singapore, Singapore (Veterinary)

Holly Farmer, Paignton Zoo, UK (Animal behaviour & welfare)

Ivan Rehák, Prague Zoo, Czech Republic (Herpetology)

Jeroen Stevens, University of Antwerp, Belgium (Animal welfare)

João Neves, Zoomarine Algarve, Portugal (Social sciences)

Kirstin Anderson Hansen, Odense Zoo, Denmark (Animal behaviour, welfare and training)

Lewis Rowden, Hertfordshire Zoo, UK (Nutrition, Animal welfare, Behavioural husbandry)

Lisa Holmes, Chester Zoo, UK (Animal behaviour & welfare)

Lindsay Murray, University of Chester, UK (Animal psychology & human-animal interactions)

Marianne Freeman, Sparsholt College Hampshire, UK (Animal welfare & zoo education)

Matyas Liptovszky, University of Nottingham, UK (Veterinary medicine)

Peter Galbusera, Royal Antwerp Zoo Foundation, Belgium (Conservation genetics)

Polly Doodson, Hartpury University, UK (Zoo visitor studies)

Sue Margulis, Canisius University, USA (Animal behaviour)

Tania Gilbert, Marwell Zoo, UK (Conservation, population management & reintroduction)

Zjef Pereboom, Royal Antwerp Zoo Foundation, Belgium (Zoo biology, Conservation genetics)

Copy-editing

Rowland Griffin, Zoologico La Aurora, Guatemala and EAZA

Typesetting

James Brereton, Sparsholt College Hampshire, United Kingdom and EAZA