Home›Search›In Practice

In Practice

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN2042-7689

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.192

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.234

Total Worksi

4,352

Total Citationsi

18,044

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Veterinary Sciences; Veterinary (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 119 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,352

Publisher OrgWiley

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%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2042-7689

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

105

294

2019

118

296

2020

123

166

2021

122

109

2022

121

100

2023

116

2024

120

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)

Veterinary Practice and Education StudiesHuman-Animal Interaction StudiesVeterinary Equine Medical ResearchVeterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary Medicine and SurgeryVeterinary Oncology ResearchVeterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaReproductive Physiology in LivestockAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesAnimal health and immunology

Frequently asked questions about In Practice

Is In Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for In Practice: 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 In Practice?

In Practice 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 0.30.

Is In Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

In Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of In Practice?