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Veterinary Journal

ELSEVIER SCI LTD · United Kingdom · Est. 1900

ISSN1532-2971

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.739

H-Indexi

156

SNIPi

1.237

Total Worksi

6,368

Total Citationsi

183,781

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Veterinary Sciences; Animal Science and Zoology; Veterinary (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1900

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,368

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-2971

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

140

2019

104

1.4k

2020

112

1.4k

2021

868

2022

638

2023

186

931

2024

198

253

2025

274

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Veterinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyVeterinary (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary Oncology ResearchAnimal Disease Management and EpidemiologyMicrobial infections and disease researchReproductive Physiology in LivestockVeterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyAnimal health and immunology

Frequently asked questions about Veterinary Journal

Is Veterinary Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Veterinary Journal: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Veterinary Journal?

Veterinary Journal 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 1.71.

Is Veterinary Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Veterinary Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Veterinary Journal?