Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Veterinary Oncology Research, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery and Cardiovascular Conditions and Treatments, together about 42.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal Mission Statement The mission of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine is to advance veterinary medical knowledge and improve the lives of animals by publication of authoritative scientific articles of animal diseases. The Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, the Official Publication of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, provides an international forum for communication and discussion of the latest developments in large and small animal: cardiology neurology oncology endocrinology gastroenterology hematology hepatology immunology infectious disease nephrology/urology nutrition/metabolism pharmacology respiratory disease theriogenology epidemiology muscle disease The Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ISSN: 1939-1676) is a bimonthly, Open Access journal. All articles published in the journal are immediately freely available to read, download and share. Authors of accepted papers pay an Article Publication Charge and their papers are published under a Creative Commons license. To learn more about Creative Commons Licensing with JVIM, click here. The Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine flipped to open access in 2015. All articles published prior to this date will be free to access, and all rights are reserved. Readership Manuscript Review All manuscripts are reviewed, using a double blind method, by experts in the field who advise the editors of the manuscript's scientific quality. Decisions regarding publication are made by the Co-Editors-in-Chief acting on the advice of reviewers and Associate Editors. Keywords Veterinary, Internal, Veterinary Internal Medicine, Veterinary Surgeons, ACVIM, ECVIM, ECVN, ECEIM, cardiology, neurology, oncology, equine, food and fiber animals, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology, hepatology, immunology, infectious disease, nephrology, urology, nutrition, metabolism, pharmacology, respiratory, theriogenology, cardiovascular, epidemiology, muscle disease Abstracting and Indexing Information Abstracts on Hygiene & Communicable Diseases (CABI) Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) AgBiotech News & Information (CABI) AgBiotechNet (CABI) AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library) Agricultural & Environmental Science Database (ProQuest) Agricultural Engineering Abstracts (CABI) Animal Breeding Abstracts (CABI) Biological Abstracts (Clarivate Analytics) BIOSIS Previews (Clarivate Analytics) Botanical Pesticides (CABI) CAB Abstra

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Veterinary-General Veterinary

Editor-in-chief Stephen P. DiBartolaPublisher website

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 13, Australia 4, United Kingdom 3, Italy 1, Canada 1 (22 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.36LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

3.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.88LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.48LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

87LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

158OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

5,341OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.4OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

12.5%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

99.64%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

257LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 22 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 21 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double 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.

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• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Country or region

United Kingdom

Language

English

ISSN

1939-1676

Society / sponsor

American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Latest issue on the website

Volume 40, Issue 5 (October 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
• Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗DOAJ
• Editorial board ↗DOAJ
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ