Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Irish Veterinary Journal
ISSN 0368-0762 · eISSN 2046-0481 · BioMed Central · IRELAND · Monthly · Founded 2004
Irish Veterinary Journal: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.69; fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 132 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 42 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Irish Veterinary Journal 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 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, together about 23.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Agronomy and Crop Science and Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Irish Veterinary Journal is an open access journal with a vision to make a substantial contribution to the dissemination of evidence-based knowledge that will promote optimal health and welfare of both domestic and wild species of animals. Irish Veterinary Journal has a clinical research focus with an emphasis on the effective management of health in both individual and populations of animals. Published studies will be relevant to both the international veterinary profession and veterinary scientists. Manuscripts should have an applied focus with a clinical, epidemiological, animal welfare-husbandry or public health context and should not be solely basic research. Purely molecular research will not be considered but we highly encourage clinical studies across all areas of veterinary medicine. Papers relating to veterinary education, veterinary ethics, veterinary public health, or relevant studies in the area of social science (participatory research) are also within the scope of Irish Veterinary Journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editor-in-chief Conor McAloonPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ireland 6, United Kingdom 4, Australia 1 (11 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%
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy CowsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary7.1%
- Animal health and immunologyVeterinary6%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology5.6%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchVeterinary5.1%
- Helminth infection and controlVeterinary4.6%
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 1 |
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
EmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher 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
- 2.69LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 313OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 476,500Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 745 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 16 |
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | 59 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 147 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 309 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | 320 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 604 |
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
132 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 89 days – 219 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (82 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 ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 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 2,390 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,290 / USD 2,890 / EUR 2,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 249 / GBP 2,490 / USD 3,090 / EUR 2,690 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted7
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- short reportFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research article Case Report Case Study Commentary Database Review Short Report Book ReviewLength not stated
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
CC0 data policy for published data 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 under CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence) 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. Irish Veterinary Journal articles are published open access under a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 …
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
- IRELAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 0368-0762
- Electronic ISSN
- 2046-0481
- Society / sponsor
- Veterinary Ireland
- 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 Irish Veterinary Journal
What CAS zone is Irish Veterinary Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Irish Veterinary Journal 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 Irish Veterinary Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.69; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 49.
How long does peer review take at Irish Veterinary Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 132 days (interquartile range 89–219 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Irish Veterinary Journal based?
Of the 11 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ireland (6), United Kingdom (4) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Irish Veterinary Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Irish Veterinary Journal is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Irish Veterinary Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Irish Veterinary Journal 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: .