Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica
ISSN 0236-6290 · eISSN 1588-2705 · Akademiai Kiado · HUNGARY · Quarterly · Founded 1983
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.98; hybrid open access; median 136 days to acceptance (75 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 44 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica is published by Akademiai Kiado and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Microbial infections and disease research, together about 22.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica publishes original research papers presenting new scientific results of international interest, and to a limited extent also review articles and clinical case reports, on veterinary physiology (physiological chemistry and metabolism), veterinary microbiology (bacteriology, virology, immunology, molecular biology), on the infectious diseases of domestic animals, on veterinary parasitology, pathology, clinical veterinary science and reproduction.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology6.6%
- Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine5.6%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine5.5%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Virus-based gene therapy researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.98LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 596OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.16%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 44LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,497 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 14 | 2 |
| 2025 | 44 | 20 | 31 |
| 2024 | 33 | 12 | 99 |
| 2023 | 27 | 20 | 78 |
| 2022 | 39 | 37 | 133 |
| 2021 | 71 | 63 | 354 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
136 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 104 days – 175 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 60 days (76 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 214 days
- Sample
- 75 articles with submission and acceptance dates (83 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability
- Data availability
Cookie policy notice Model summary
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Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Akademiai Kiado
- Country or region
- HUNGARY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1983
- ISSN
- 0236-6290
- Electronic ISSN
- 1588-2705
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Veterinaria Hungarica
What CAS zone is Acta Veterinaria Hungarica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Veterinaria Hungarica is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta Veterinaria Hungarica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.98; CiteScore 1.5, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Acta Veterinaria Hungarica?
Based on the dates recorded on 75 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 136 days (interquartile range 104–175 days); authors report an average review time of over 36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Acta Veterinaria Hungarica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Veterinaria Hungarica is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Acta Veterinaria Hungarica open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Veterinaria Hungarica is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .