Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine is published by American Association of Zoo Veterinarians and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Turtle Biology and Conservation, Bird parasitology and diseases and Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia, together about 26.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (JZWM) is considered one of the major sources of information on the biology and veterinary aspects in the field. It stems from the founding premise of AAZV to share zoo animal medicine experiences. The Journal evolved from the long history of members producing case reports and the increased publication of free-ranging wildlife papers. The Journal accepts manuscripts of original research findings, case reports in the field of veterinary medicine dealing with captive and free-ranging wild animals, brief communications regarding clinical or research observations that may warrant publication. It also publishes and encourages submission of relevant editorials, reviews, special reports, clinical challenges, abstracts of selected articles and book reviews. The Journal is published quarterly, is peer reviewed, is indexed by the major abstracting services, and is international in scope and distribution. Areas of interest include clinical medicine, surgery, anatomy, radiology, physiology, reproduction, nutrition, parasitology, microbiology, immunology, pathology (including infectious diseases and clinical pathology), toxicology, pharmacology, and epidemiology.

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Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

0.53LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

1.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.32LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.52LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

40LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

63OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,490OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.79OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

20%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

81LetPub · 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.

Average review time (community reports)

9–24 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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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The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

1989

ISSN

1042-7260

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗LetPub