Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
ISSN 1098-612X · eISSN 1532-2750 · SAGE Publications Inc. · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1999
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.55; fully open access; APC about USD 1,800; review about 110 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 164 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery is published by SAGE Publications Inc. 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 Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, Veterinary Oncology Research and Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology, together about 40.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JFMS is an online, open access, international, peer-reviewed journal. It is an official journal of both International Cat Care (iCatCare) Veterinary Society and the Feline Veterinary Medical Association (FelineVMA). The journal disclaimer can be found here. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 25, United States 22, Australia 9, Canada 7, Netherlands 4 (79 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Veterinary Medicine and SurgeryVeterinary16.5%
- Veterinary Oncology ResearchMedicine14.5%
- Veterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary9.5%
- Human-Animal Interaction StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.6%
- Veterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaVeterinary6.4%
- Cardiovascular Conditions and TreatmentsMedicine4%
- Virus-based gene therapy researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
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 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: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.55LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 101OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,954OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 129LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,693 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 113 | 113 | 25 |
| 2025 | 164 | 164 | 294 |
| 2024 | 110 | 110 | 531 |
| 2023 | 120 | 120 | 992 |
| 2022 | 144 | 144 | 1,536 |
| 2021 | 160 | 159 | 2,024 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
110 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports 8–16 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- 8–16 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 54.9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 110 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Unspecified 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 | USD 1,800 | Yes | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,800 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,995 | — | — |
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 accepted1, with length limits
- original articleconsiders the following article types: Original Articles Recommended main text word limit: 3000 words (excluding abstract, plain language summary [optional], en…main text ≤ 3,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship 4.2 Authorship
Papers should only be submitted for consideration once consent is given by all contributing authors. Those submitting papers should carefully check that all those whose work contributed to the paper are acknowledged as contributing authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 4.6.1 Ethical approval
All material published in the Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery must adhere to high ethical standards concerning animal welfare and meet the above guidelines.Irrespective of the nature of the work (eg, prospective, retrospective or experimental studies, case series or review), authors are required to make an ethical approval declaration in an ‘Ethical approval’ section in the end matter of th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, peer-reviewed; articles freely available online immediately upon publication under a Creative Commons license. Model summary
The Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. Each article accepted by peer review is made freely available online immediately upon publication, is published under a Creative Commons license and will be hosted online in perpetuity.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 4.1 Peer review policy
No author-suggested reviewers permitted at any stage of submission. Model summary
SAGE does not permit the use of author-suggested (recommended) reviewers at any stage of the submission process, be that through the web-based submission system or other communication. Reviewers should be experts in their fields and should be able to provide an objective assessment of the manuscript. Our policy is that reviewers should not be assigned to a paper if:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 5.1.1 Plagiarism
The Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery and SAGE take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. They seek to protect the rights of their authors and always investigate claims of plagiarism or misuse of published articles. Equally, they seek to protect the reputation of the journal against malpractice. Submitted articles may be…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint posting allowed; preprint DOI required at submission; no updated preprint versions during peer review. Model summary
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines 4.7 Reporting guidelines
The relevant EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines should be followed depending on the type of study. It is recommended that randomized controlled trials submitted for publication include a completed CONSORT flow chart as a cited figure and the completed CONSORT checklist uploaded as a supplementary file. It is also recommended that systematic reviews and meta-analyses include the completed PRISMA …
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
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1098-612X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-2750
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
What CAS zone is Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 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 Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.55; CiteScore 4.9, h-index 101.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery?
The publisher reports about 110 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of 8–16 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 54.9%. 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 Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery based?
Of the 79 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (25), United States (22) and Australia (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,800.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .