Journal profile · Veterinary-Food Animals
Porcine Health Management
ISSN 2055-5660 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2015
Porcine Health Management: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.19; fully open access; APC about USD 2,490; median 120 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); 66 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Porcine Health Management is published by BioMed Central 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 Behavior and Welfare Studies, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, together about 41.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Porcine Health Management (PHM) is an open access peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish relevant, novel and revised information regarding all aspects of swine health medicine and production. The journal provides a venue for global research on swine health and production, including infectious and non-infectious diseases, reproduction, epidemiology, management, economics, genetics, housing, nutrition, animal welfare and ethics, legislation, food safety, drugs and surgery. PHM also welcomes submissions on relevant clinical cases related with all areas mentioned above. In addition, the journal covers wildlife aspects considered to have an interrelation with domestic swine.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary-Food Animals
Editor-in-chief Heiko NathuesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named France 3, United States 2, United Kingdom 2, Germany 2, Spain 2 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary17.1%
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology8.8%
- Animal health and immunologyVeterinary6.8%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine4.8%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine3.4%
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 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| 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 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 3.19LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 253OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 64LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 491,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 539 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 60 | 23 |
| 2025 | 66 | 66 | 172 |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 | 372 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 | 714 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | 682 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | 1,528 |
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
120 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 85 days – 168 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 147 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (151 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)
- about 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | EUR 2,190 / USD 2,490 / GBP 1,990 | Yes | CC BY, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,490 / EUR 2,190 / GBP 1,990 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,890 / USD 2,390 / EUR 2,090 | Yes | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteExcerpts 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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2015
- ISSN
- 2055-5660
- Society / sponsor
- European College for Porcine Health Management
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Porcine Health Management
What CAS zone is Porcine Health Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Porcine Health Management 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 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Porcine Health Management?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.19; CiteScore 5, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Porcine Health Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 85–168 days); authors report an average review time of about 14 weeks. 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 Porcine Health Management based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (3), United States (2) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Porcine Health Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Porcine Health Management is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Porcine Health Management open access, and what is the APC?
Porcine Health Management is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,490.
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: .