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Frontiers in Veterinary Science
ISSN 2297-1769 · Frontiers Media S.A. · Switzerland
Frontiers in Veterinary Science: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.12; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 54 days to acceptance (179 articles, last 24 months); 1,997 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Frontiers in Veterinary Science is published by Frontiers Media S.A. 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 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Animal Nutrition and Physiology and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, together about 22.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Frontiers in Veterinary Science bridges animal and human health, takes a comparative approach to medical and surgical challenges, and advances innovative biotechnology and therapy. Scientific contributions concerned with the assessment, education, outreach, prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases, forces, or conditions affecting the health of animals and with the evaluation, prevention or mitigation of the impact of animal diseases on people at the individual or population levels are welcome. Veterinary research today is interdisciplinary, collaborative, and socially relevant, transforming how we understand and investigate animal health and disease. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof. Andres M Perez (University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA), Frontiers in Veterinary Science is indexed in PubMed Central (PMC), Scopus, and the DOAJ. The journal brings all relevant veterinary sciences together on a single platform with the goal of improving animal and human health. The journal welcomes articles across a wide spectrum of translational, foundational, and clinical research at both individual and population levels. Subjects of interest include, but are not limited to: approaches and techniques for responding to immediate medical and surgical needs of severely ill or injured animals, and intermediate and long-term intensive care and management basic and clinical research for the advancement in the understanding of surgery in animals basic and clinical research in veterinary dentistry and oromaxillofacial surgery development, use, and evaluation of medical imaging techniques in veterinary settings drugs and toxins in animal species epidemiology and population dynamics of animal pathogens transmission, occurrence, and spread, and its economic impact health and disease in captive to free-ranging wildlife across all taxa interface between animal, human, environmental, and planetary health under the One Health paradigm nutrition and metabolism issues with an impact on an interest to veterinary sciences –note that contributions related to nutrition of food animals with no immediate impact on veterinary sciences might not be considered oncology and pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer in animals pathogenesis of diseases and novel techniques and biomarkers to detect, diagnose, and monitor disease in animals strategies for the regeneration and repair of tissues and organs in veterinary sciences veterinary education and humanities, including social
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary-General Veterinary
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 7, Italy 2, Spain 2, Ireland 2, Germany 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary6.7%
- Human-Animal Interaction StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.1%
- Veterinary Oncology ResearchMedicine5.1%
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Veterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary4.8%
- Vector-Borne Animal DiseasesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 2 |
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: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, CLOCKSS, Crossref
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
- 3.12LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.75LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4,988OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,879LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 13,528 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,702 | 1,702 | 544 |
| 2025 | 1,997 | 1,997 | 5,455 |
| 2024 | 1,701 | 1,701 | 9,757 |
| 2023 | 1,686 | 1,686 | 17,194 |
| 2022 | 2,144 | 2,144 | 29,489 |
| 2021 | 1,677 | 1,677 | 33,478 |
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
54 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 39 days – 80 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (179 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 79 days
- Sample
- 179 articles with submission and acceptance dates (4,020 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)
- about 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | CHF 3,150 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 3,150 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,295 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 5–8
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Use of AI to create written or visual content
Authors should not list a generative AI technology as a co-author or author of any submitted manuscript. Generative AI technologies cannot be held accountable for all aspects of a manuscript and consequently do not meet the criteria required for authorship. If the author of a submitted manuscript has used written or visual content produced by or edited using a generative AI technology, this use mu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Safeguards against financial conflicts of interest
Only leading researchers acting as Associate Editors, who are not part of Frontiers' staff, can make acceptance decisions based on reviews performed by external experts acting as Community Reviewers or Reviewers. None have a financial incentive to accept articles, i.e. they are not paid for their role as Associate Editor or community Reviewer, and any award scheme is not linked to acceptances of m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open access and copyright
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access and copyright
All Frontiers' articles from July 2012 onwards are published with open access under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (the current version is CC-BY, version 4.0). This means that the author(s) retains copyright, but the content is free to download, distribute, and adapt for commercial or non-commercial purposes, given appropriate attribution to the original article. Upon submission, the author(s)…
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
- Frontiers Media S.A.
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2297-1769
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Veterinary Science
What CAS zone is Frontiers in Veterinary Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Frontiers in Veterinary Science 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 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Frontiers in Veterinary Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.12; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at Frontiers in Veterinary Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 179 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 54 days (interquartile range 39–80 days); authors report an average review time of about 14 weeks. 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 Frontiers in Veterinary Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 5–8; Reference style: Harvard; 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 Frontiers in Veterinary Science based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (7), Italy (2) and Spain (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Frontiers in Veterinary Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Frontiers in Veterinary Science is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Frontiers in Veterinary Science open access, and what is the APC?
Frontiers in Veterinary Science is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .