Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Journal of Small Animal Practice
ISSN 0022-4510 · eISSN 1748-5827 · Wiley-Blackwell · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 1960
Journal of Small Animal Practice: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.52; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,520; median 173 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 193 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Small Animal Practice is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Oncology Research, Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology and Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, together about 41.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Small Animal Practice (JSAP) is a monthly peer-reviewed publication integrating clinical research papers and case reports from international sources, covering all aspects of medicine and surgery relating to dogs, cats and other small animals. These papers facilitate the dissemination and implementation of new ideas and techniques relating to clinical veterinary practice, with the ultimate aim of promoting best practice. JSAP publishes high quality original articles, as well as other scientific and educational information. New developments are placed in perspective, encompassing new concepts and peer commentary. The target audience is veterinarians primarily engaged in the practise of small animal medicine and surgery. In addition to original articles, JSAP will publish invited editorials (relating to a manuscript in the same issue or a topic of current interest), review articles, which provide in-depth discussion of important clinical issues, and other scientific and educational information from around the world. The final decision on publication of a manuscript rests with the Editorial Board and ultimately with the Editor. All papers, regardless of type, represent the opinion of the authors and not necessarily that of the Editor, the Association or the Publisher. The Journal of Small Animal Practice is published on behalf of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association and is also the official scientific journal of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editor-in-chief Marije RisseladaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United Kingdom 13, United States 12, Italy 5, Mainland China 1, Japan 1 (36 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Veterinary Oncology ResearchMedicine16.5%
- Veterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary13.7%
- Veterinary Medicine and SurgeryVeterinary10.9%
- Livestock and Poultry ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Cardiovascular Conditions and TreatmentsMedicine4.6%
- Human-Animal Interaction StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Animal Genetics and ReproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.2%
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, AGRICOLA
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
- 1.52LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 108OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,574OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 43.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 137LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 161Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 916,490Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,061 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 141 | 93 | 24 |
| 2025 | 193 | 130 | 171 |
| 2024 | 131 | 69 | 425 |
| 2023 | 124 | 81 | 402 |
| 2022 | 130 | 50 | 1,008 |
| 2021 | 198 | 55 | 1,723 |
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
173 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 118 days – 247 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 209 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (342 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)
- 12–24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 41%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 177 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,520 / EUR 3,800 / GBP 2,980 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- case reportthe information as original articles. A case report should not exceed ~1500 words and must comprise: Title – descriptive title clearly highlimain text ≤ 1,500 words
- letters to the editorLetters describing original material items of interest, or replies to previously published material, may be published in JSAP and may be peer-reviewed prior to …main text ≤ 300 words
- mini reviewMini-reviews are designed to provide a brief assessment of the scientific evidence and practical recommendations on important or controversial subjects. They ar…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- original articleJSAP currently publishes the following types of articles: Original Articles Original Article: Whilst there is no specified maximum length for original articles,…main text ≤ 5,000 words · references ≤ 40
- original researchJSAP currently publishes the following types of articles: Original Articles Original Article: Whilst there is no specified maximum length for original articles,…Length not stated
- perspectiveer of the journal issue for that month. Perspectives in Small Animal Practice: Maximum length: 5,000 words Formatting: Same as for Original Article (see above) …main text ≤ 5,000 words
- reviewJSAP welcomes both narrative and systematic reviews of potential interest to our readers, provided they add materially to the current published literature, eith…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- review articlelysis of the quality of the literature. Review articles would usually be up to 6000 words of text, plus references. When submitting a review please cmain text ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Self-archiving
- AI use Disclosing the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
Upon submission, authors are required to provide an AI disclosure statement in their Title Page to indicate whether or not AI has been used to develop any portion of the manuscript. The following examples illustrate how you might disclose AI use in your statement:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship:
The journal follows the ICMJE definition of authorship, which indicates that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest:
Authors are required to disclose any possible conflict of interest, this may include financial support including consultancies, speaker's fees; any gift, income, funding or other material benefit, unsolicited or otherwise, from a commercial company or individual, even if it was not restricted to the project described in the submission. If in doubt, please ask the editor for guidance about declarin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability 13. Deposit and Data Sharing
Funder arrangements Certain funders, including the NIH, members of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) and Wellcome Trust require deposit of the Accepted Version in a repository after an embargo period. Details of funding arrangements are set out at the following website: http://www.wiley.com/go/funderstatement. Please contact the Journal production editor if you have additional funding requirements. …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 3. Welfare and Ethical Considerations
COPE member Model summary
All material published in JSAP must adhere to high ethical and welfare standards. The work described in any paper or case report should conform to the UK legal framework pertaining to animal welfare, ethics and data protection. Prior to acceptance of a manuscript, the authors must certify that all relevant legal and ethical requirements have been met with regards to the humane treatment of animals…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access fees
ORCID iD required for submitting author Model summary
Open Access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With Open Access, the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon pub…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 10. The Peer Review Process
All articles submitted to the journal may be pre-reviewed by the editor and/or the editorial board to ensure they conform to the above guidelines, and all submitted manuscript may undergo rapid screening review prior to, or in place of, full peer review. Manuscripts that fail to meet the above requirements may be rejected or will not be sent for review; authors may be asked to resubmit in an appro…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Uses iThenticate CrossCheck for plagiarism detection Model summary
Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy:
Preprint policy: considers preprints; authors may post submitted version Model summary
JSAP will consider for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving definitions and policies
Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. Please click here for more detailed information about self-archiving definitions and policies.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1960
- ISSN
- 0022-4510
- Electronic ISSN
- 1748-5827
- Society / sponsor
- British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Small Animal Practice
What CAS zone is Journal of Small Animal Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Small Animal Practice 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 Small Animal Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.52; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 108.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Small Animal Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 173 days (interquartile range 118–247 days); authors report an average review time of 12–24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 41% (2025). 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 Journal of Small Animal Practice?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: Harvard; Cover letter: Required. 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 Journal of Small Animal Practice based?
Of the 36 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (13), United States (12) and Italy (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Small Animal Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Small Animal Practice is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Small Animal Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Small Animal Practice is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,520.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .