Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica
ISSN 0044-605X · eISSN 1751-0147 · BioMed Central · DENMARK · Quarterly · Founded 1962
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.03; fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 168 days to acceptance (95 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 2 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 Behavior and Welfare Studies and Microbial infections and disease research, together about 25.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Agronomy and Crop Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica is an open access journal encompassing all aspects of veterinary research and medicine of domestic and wild animals. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica is the official journal of the Veterinary Associations of the Nordic Countries but welcomes submissions from veterinary colleagues worldwide. Founded in 1959, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica became an online, open access publication in 2006.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editor-in-chief Charlotta OddsdóttirPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Denmark 4, Norway 2, Sweden 1, Finland 1 (8 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.6%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary8.4%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology7.5%
- Animal health and immunologyVeterinary5.5%
- Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchVeterinary5.5%
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy CowsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.03LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,146OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.21OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,600,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,096 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 40 | 10 |
| 2025 | 59 | 59 | 86 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 262 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | 375 |
| 2022 | 43 | 43 | 411 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 685 |
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 Crossref · to
168 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 129 days – 228 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 204 days
- Sample
- 95 articles with submission and acceptance dates (110 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)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,990 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,190 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,890 / EUR 2,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,190 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,590 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Article types accepted6
- brief communicationResearch article Brief communication Case report Review Opinion History & BiographyLength not stated
- case reportResearch article Brief communication Case report Review Opinion History & BiographyLength not stated
- history & biographyResearch article Brief communication Case report Review Opinion History & BiographyLength not stated
- opinionResearch article Brief communication Case report Review Opinion History & BiographyLength not stated
- research articleResearch article Brief communication Case report Review Opinion History & BiographyLength not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data availability strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in manuscript/additional files. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access articles published under CC BY 4.0. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica articles are published open access under a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- DENMARK
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1962
- ISSN
- 0044-605X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-0147
- Society / sponsor
- Veterinary Associations of the Nordic Countries but welcomes submissions from veterinary colleagues worldwide
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta veterinaria Scandinavica
What CAS zone is Acta veterinaria Scandinavica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta veterinaria Scandinavica is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 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 Scandinavica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.03; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 91.
How long does peer review take at Acta veterinaria Scandinavica?
Based on the dates recorded on 95 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 168 days (interquartile range 129–228 days); authors report an average review time of 18–36 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Acta veterinaria Scandinavica?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Acta veterinaria Scandinavica based?
Of the 8 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Denmark (4), Norway (2) and Sweden (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acta veterinaria Scandinavica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta veterinaria Scandinavica is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Acta veterinaria Scandinavica open access, and what is the APC?
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,990.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .