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Acta Veterinaria Brno

University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences · Czech Republic · Est. 1969

ISSN1801-7576

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2019-02-27). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.245

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.333

Total Worksi

2,622

Total Citationsi

23,205

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The scientific journal Acta Veterinaria Brno is dedicated to the publication of original research findings and clinical observations in veterinary and biomedical sciences. Original scientific research articles reporting new and substantial contribution to veterinary science and original methods that have not been submitted for publication elsewhere are considered for publication. Book reviews are published, too.

General Information

Country / RegionCzech Republic

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

Frequency3x/year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,622

Publisher OrgUniversity of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewanonymous reviewers

OA LicenseCC-BY-4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1801-7576

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

anonymous reviewers

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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

453

2019

213

2020

204

2021

182

2022

116

2023

2024

2025

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.

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Veterinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Veterinary (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyReproductive Physiology in LivestockMeat and Animal Product QualityEffects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockMicrobial infections and disease researchGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary Equine Medical ResearchRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAnimal health and immunology

Frequently asked questions about Acta Veterinaria Brno

Is Acta Veterinaria Brno a predatory journal?

Acta Veterinaria Brno was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2019-02-27). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Veterinaria Brno?

Acta Veterinaria Brno 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 0.78.

Is Acta Veterinaria Brno indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Veterinaria Brno is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.