Journal profile
Revista Ciencias Veterinarias
ISSN 2215-4507 · Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica · Costa Rica
Revista Ciencias Veterinarias: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 11 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Ciencias Veterinarias is published by Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery and Veterinary Equine Medical Research, together about 26.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Ciencias Veterinarias is a periodical scientific publication, aimed at professionals and students of Veterinary Medicine and other Health Sciences, whose main purpose is the dissemination of scientific knowledge in the areas of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Public Health, generated in Costa Rica and other countries of the Ibero-American region.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatmentVeterinary10.4%
- Veterinary Medicine and SurgeryVeterinary9.5%
- Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchVeterinary6.8%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology5.9%
- Vector-borne infectious diseasesImmunology and Microbiology4.7%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Latindex, CLASE/PERIÓDICA (UNAM)Publisher website
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
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 192 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 36 | 13 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 13 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 15 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
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)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- articlesArticlesLength not stated
- other sectionsOther sections: the journal includes other sections (editorials, interviews, newsletters, e-books, specialist consultation, supplements and other special format…Length not stated
- reviewunications or Case Reports: 3000 words. Reviews: 8,000 words. Margins: Upper 3 cm. Bottom 2.5 cm. Left: 3 cm. Right: 2.5main text ≤ 8,000 words
- scientific articles or reviews of scientific literatureScientific articles or reviews of scientific literature: original research papers and articles reviewing research or synthesizing knowledge, with special refere…Length not stated
- short communicationength: Scientific articles: 5000 words. Short Communications or Case Reports: 3000 words. Reviews: 8,000 words. Margins: Upper 3 cm. Bottom 2.5 cm.main text ≤ 3,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Originality and simultaneous submission policy Model summary
Ciencias Veterinarias publishes unpublished articles that cannot be simultaneously considered for publication by other journals. All authors must assume responsibility for the published research and sign the document “Letter of Originality and License - UNA.”
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest
Conflict of interest declaration Model summary
Conflict of interest: the journal expects authors to declare any commercial association that may involve a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Animal welfare ethics requirement Model summary
When describing experiments that have been carried out on animals, it should be indicated if the procedures followed are in accordance with the ethical norms of Animal Welfare and were authorized by the respective instance.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright transfer to journal upon acceptance Model summary
Licensing of articles All articles will be published under a license: Licencia Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 Costa Rica. Access to this journal is free of charge, only the article and the journal must be cited in full. Intellectual property rights belong to the author. Once the article has been accepted for publication, the author assigns the reproduction rights to the J…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, free of charge; author retains intellectual property, assigns reproduction rights Model summary
Access to this journal is free of charge, only the article and the journal must be cited in full. Intellectual property rights belong to the author. Once the article has been accepted for publication, the author assigns the reproduction rights to the Journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Blind peer review instructions Model summary
If you are submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, you need to make sure that the instructions on Assuring a blind peer review) have been followed.
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
- Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2215-4507
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 44, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Ciencias Veterinarias
How long does peer review take at Revista Ciencias Veterinarias?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
Which databases index Revista Ciencias Veterinarias?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Ciencias Veterinarias is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Revista Ciencias Veterinarias open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Ciencias Veterinarias is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .