Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Pakistan Veterinary Journal
ISSN 0253-8318 · eISSN 2074-7764 · Faculty Of Veterinary Science, University Of Agriculture · Pakistan · Quarterly · Founded 1981
Pakistan Veterinary Journal: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.34; fully open access; APC about USD 300; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 219 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pakistan Veterinary Journal is published by Faculty Of Veterinary Science, University Of Agriculture 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 Nutrition and Physiology, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, together about 24% of its articles. Its main subfields are Animal Science and Zoology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Pakistan Veterinary Journal (Pak Vet J), a monthly publication, is being published regularly since 1981 by the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. The “Pak Vet J” (www.pvj.com.pk) publishes scientific research articles, review articles, short communications and case reports from various disciplines within veterinary medicine. The “Pak Vet J” is included in Science Citation Index Expended and has got 6.5 impact factor in JCR 2025. Among Veterinary Science Journals of the world (170), “Pak Vet J” has been ranked at 5th position and category quartile is Q1. The journal is read, abstracted and indexed internationally. PVJ covers all aspects of major fields in veterinary medicine such as veterinary biomedical sciences, veterinary pathobiology and preventive medicine, veterinary public health, veterinary clinical sciences, veterinary humanities and social sciences. The corresponding subfields are as follows: • Veterinary Biomedical Sciences: anatomy/histology, biotechnology, embryology, molecular and cellular biology, physiology, pharmacology, toxicology, veterinary nutrition, and metabolism • Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine: immunology, infectious disease, pathology, microbiology, parasitology, and virology • Veterinary Public Health: environmental health, epidemiology, food safety and hygiene, meat hygiene, milk hygiene, and zoonotic disease • Veterinary Clinical Sciences: anesthesiology, animal behavior, comparative and translational medicine, dentistry, dermatology, clinical pathology, emergency and critical care, internal medicine, medical imaging, oncology, regenerative medicine, rehabilitation, ophthalmology, surgery, theriogenology, and veterinary acupuncture • Veterinary Humanities and Social Sciences: animal welfare, human and animal bonds, One Health and eco-health, veterinary economics, veterinary education, veterinary policy, and wildlife health and conservation
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editor-in-chief Muhammad Shahid MahmoodPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 13%); most named Pakistan 13, United States 6, Mainland China 5, Türkiye 5, Germany 2 (38 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences11%
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.6%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology6.2%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.1%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Animal Diversity and Health StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine4%
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 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Abstracts of Hygiene and Communicable Disease, AgBiotechNet, Animal Breeding Abstracts, Animal Science Database, Biocontrol News and Information, BIOSIS Citation Index, Chinese Science Citation Database, Dairy Science Abstracts, EBSCO, Environmental Impact, Global Health, Helminthological Abstracts, i-Journals, i-Focus, i-Future, Nutrition and Food Science Database, Parasitology Database, Poultry Abstracts, Protozoological Abstracts, Review of Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Review of Medical and Veterinary Mycology, Tropical Disease Bulletin, Urlich's Directory, Veterinary Bulletin, Veterinary Science Database, VetMed Resource
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
- 6.34LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 472OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 89.6%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 224LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 60Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,932 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 200 | 200 | 6 |
| 2025 | 219 | 219 | 214 |
| 2024 | 184 | 184 | 1,013 |
| 2023 | 92 | 92 | 1,059 |
| 2022 | 18 | 18 | 275 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 581 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- 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.
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 | PKR 15,000 / USD 300 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | PKR 15,000 / USD 300 | — | — | |
| LetPub | PKR 15,000 / USD 300 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,000 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 3
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- case reportspublishes scientific research articles, review articles, short communications and case reportsLength not stated
- review articleshould be comprehensive and meticulous. Review article preferably should not exceed 6500 words including references and be supported with the original pubmain text ≤ 6,500 words
- review articlespublishes scientific research articles, review articles, short communications and case reportsLength not stated
- scientific research articlespublishes scientific research articles, review articles, short communications and case reportsLength not stated
- short communicationnal full length article is discouraged. Short communication preferably should not exceed about 2000 words including up to 20 references. It must contains an Abs…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- short communicationspublishes scientific research articles, review articles, short communications and case reportsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access Policy: The management of the Pakistan Veterinary Journal ensures that the manuscripts published in it are freely accessible online/ via internet immediately upon publication, without any cost/barrier of subscription/registration to the readers universally. Model summary
Open access Policy: The management of the Pakistan Veterinary Journal ensures that the manuscripts published in it are freely accessible online/ via internet immediately upon publication, without any cost/barrier of subscription/registration to the readers universally.
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
- Faculty Of Veterinary Science, University Of Agriculture
- Country or region
- Pakistan
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1981
- ISSN
- 0253-8318
- Electronic ISSN
- 2074-7764
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pakistan Veterinary Journal
What CAS zone is Pakistan Veterinary Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pakistan Veterinary Journal is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Pakistan Veterinary Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.34; CiteScore 6.6, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Pakistan Veterinary Journal?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Pakistan Veterinary Journal?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Required, 3; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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 Pakistan Veterinary Journal based?
Of the 38 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 13%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Pakistan (13), United States (6) and Mainland China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Pakistan Veterinary Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pakistan Veterinary Journal is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Pakistan Veterinary Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Pakistan Veterinary Journal is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 300.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .