Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES
ISSN 1300-0128 · eISSN 1303-6181 · TUBITAK · TURKEY · Bimonthly · Founded 1994
TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.84; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 24 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 33 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES is published by TUBITAK 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 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, Animal Nutrition and Physiology and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, together about 33% of its articles. Its main subfields are Animal Science and Zoology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is published electronically 6 times a year by TUBITAK ULAKBIM and accepts original English-language manuscripts in various fields of veterinary and animal sciences. Manuscripts related to Veterinary histology Veterinary anatomy, Veterinary physiology, Veterinary biochemistry, Veterinary pharmacology, Veterinary microbiology, Veterinary virology Veterinary pathology, Veterinary public health, Veterinary parasitology, Veterinary infectious diseases, Veterinary surgery, Veterinary internal diseases, Veterinary obstetrics and gynaecology, Veterinary reproduction and artificial insemination, Animal breeding, Animal genetics, Animal reproduction, Animal physiology, Animal nutrition, animal products, Animal biotechnology, Animal behavior, Large farm animals, Small farm animals, Poultry, Equine species, Aquatic species, Bees, Companion animals, Dogs, Cats, Cage birds, Laboratory animals, Food of animal origin, Food hygiene, Food technology are particularly welcome. Contributions related to laboratory animals are only accepted for publication with the understanding that the subject is crucial for veterinary medicine and animal science. Manuscripts written on the subjects of basic sciences and clinical sciences related to veterinary medicine, nutrition, and nutritional diseases, as well as the breeding and husbandry of the above-mentioned animals and the hygiene and technology of food of animal origin, have priority for publication in the journal. A manuscript suggesting that animals have been subjected to adverse, stressful, or harsh conditions or treatment will not be processed for publication unless it has been approved by an institutional animal care committee or the equivalent thereof. The editor and the peer reviewers reserve the right to reject papers on ethical grounds when, in their opinion, the severity of experimental procedures to which animals are subjected is not justified by the scientific value or originality of the information being sought by the author(s). Manuscripts that are only of local interest, Manuscripts lacking institutional or local experimental animal care and ethics committee report, Manuscripts based on the research in which the animals were subjected to adverse, severe, stressful, and harsh conditions and treatment. Manuscripts against animal welfare. Manuscripts that are not of high quality enough to encourage submission. Manuscripts, the subjects of which do not attract enough at
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editor-in-chief Mehmet BAŞALANPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Türkiye 21, United States 3, Italy 2, Poland 2, Denmark 1 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.9%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine4.3%
- Sperm and Testicular FunctionMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.84LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 462OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 32LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,908 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 0 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 23 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 47 |
| 2023 | 65 | 65 | 869 |
| 2022 | 77 | 77 | 238 |
| 2021 | 115 | 115 | 365 |
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 24 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted13
- case reportTurkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articl…Length not stated
- case reportsOriginal research articles, review articles, short communications, case reports, and letters to the editor are welcome.Length not stated
- case studyTurkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articl…Length not stated
- letters to the editorTurkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articl…Length not stated
- original researchTurkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articl…Length not stated
- original research articleTurkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articl…Length not stated
- original research articlesOriginal research articles, review articles, short communications, case reports, and letters to the editor are welcome.Length not stated
- research articleTurkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articl…Length not stated
- reviewTurkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articl…Length not stated
- review articleTurkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articl…Length not stated
- review articlesOriginal research articles, review articles, short communications, case reports, and letters to the editor are welcome.Length not stated
- short communicationTurkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences accepts the following types of submissions matching its Aim & Scope. Original research articles, review articl…Length not stated
- short communicationsOriginal research articles, review articles, short communications, case reports, and letters to the editor are welcome.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access
- Authorship
Originality and exclusivity of submissions Model summary
Papers are accepted for evaluation on the understanding that they have not been published, they are not being considered for publication simultaneously elsewhere, they are not going to be submitted for publication elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
Conflict of interest disclosure Model summary
The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors’ definition of conflicts of interest is as follows: “A conflict of interest exists when professional judgment concerning a primary interest (such as patients’ welfare or the validity of research) may be influenced by a secondary interest (such as financial gain). Perceptions of conflict of interest are as important as actual conflicts of inter…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Animal ethics assurance and approval reference number Model summary
All authors who report experiments on animals are required to give assurance in the “Materials and methods” section that the animals were treated in accordance with the guidelines of the local ethics committee; approval reference number should be included where relevant.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Diamond open access, peer-reviewed, bi-monthly, published by TÜBİTAK Model summary
The Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is an international, bi-monthly, peer-reviewed, diamond open-access journal published by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK).
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
- TUBITAK
- Country or region
- TURKEY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1300-0128
- Electronic ISSN
- 1303-6181
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 50, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES
What CAS zone is TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.84; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 months; 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 TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Türkiye (21), United States (3) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES open access, and what is the APC?
TURKISH JOURNAL OF VETERINARY & ANIMAL SCIENCES 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, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .