Tropical Animal Science Journal (Trop. Anim. Sci. J.), previously Media Peternakan, is a scientific journal covering broad aspects of tropical animal sciences. Starting in 2018, the title was changed from Media Peternakan to develop and expand the distribution as well as increase the visibility of the journal. The journal is published SIX times a year in January, March, May, July, September, and November, starting in the year 2025 by the Faculty of Animal Science, IPB University, associated with the Animal Scientist's Society of Indonesia (Himpunan Ilmuwan Peternakan Indonesia). The first edition with the new title was published in April 2018 edition (Vol 41 No 1 2018), while the previous edition (up to the 2017 edition) will still use Media Peternakan as the title and can be accessed on the old website (https://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/mediapeternakan).

This journal has been accredited by the Directorate General of Higher Education, Research, and Technology, Republic of Indonesia, with First Grade (Sinta 1) from the year 2022 to 2026 according to decree No. 225/E/KPT/2022. 

Tropical Animal Science Journal has been indexed and abstracted in Elsevier products (Scopus, Reaxys), Clarivate Analytics products (Emerging Sources Citation Index), Scimago Journal Rank, DOAJ, Dimensions-Digital Science, CABI, EBSCO, Science and Technology Index (SINTA), Google Scholar, and other scientific databases. The journal also used Similarity Check to prevent any suspected plagiarism in the manuscripts.

Tropical Animal Science Journal receives manuscripts encompassing a broad range of research topics in tropical animal sciences: breeding and genetics, reproduction and physiology, nutrition, feed sciences, agrostology, animal products, biotechnology, behaviour, welfare, health and veterinary, livestock farming system, socio-economic, and policy.