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Topics in Companion Animal Medicine

W.B. Saunders · United States · Est. 1994

ISSN1938-9736eISSN1946-9837

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

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SJR Scorei

0.416

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.97

Total Worksi

790

Total Citationsi

10,478

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Veterinary Sciences; Small Animals.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications790

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

W.B. Saunders

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-9736 / 1946-9837

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

338

2019

518

2020

667

2021

323

2022

133

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.

Small AnimalsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Veterinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Small Animals

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Veterinary Medicine and SurgeryVeterinary Oncology ResearchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesVeterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesBig Data and Digital EconomyVeterinary Equine Medical ResearchVeterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyHuman-Animal Interaction StudiesAnesthesia and Pain Management

Frequently asked questions about Topics in Companion Animal Medicine

Is Topics in Companion Animal Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Topics in Companion Animal Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Topics in Companion Animal Medicine?

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine 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 0.75.

Is Topics in Companion Animal Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Topics in Companion Animal Medicine?