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Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1963

ISSN1532-2750

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.894

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.317

Total Worksi

3,649

Total Citationsi

74,233

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.60

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Veterinary Sciences; Small Animals.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyMonthly, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,649

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-2750

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

144

2.3k

2019

145

2.3k

2020

160

2021

144

1.5k

2022

120

964

2023

110

496

2024

164

250

2025

101

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Small AnimalsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Veterinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Small Animals

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Veterinary Medicine and SurgeryVeterinary Oncology ResearchVeterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyHuman-Animal Interaction StudiesVeterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaCardiovascular Conditions and TreatmentsVirus-based gene therapy researchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesVeterinary Equine Medical ResearchHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Is Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery?

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.60.

Is Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery?