Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary and Comparative Oncology
ISSN 1476-5810 · eISSN 1476-5829 · Wiley-Blackwell · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 2003
Veterinary and Comparative Oncology: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.79; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,730; median 140 days to acceptance (86 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 83 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Veterinary and Comparative Oncology is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Veterinary Oncology Research, Infectious Diseases and Mycology and Virus-based gene therapy research, together about 59% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Veterinary and Comparative Oncology (VCO) is an international, peer-reviewed journal integrating clinical and scientific information from a variety of related disciplines and from worldwide sources for all veterinary oncologists and cancer researchers concerned with aetiology, diagnosis and clinical course of cancer in domestic animals and its prevention. With the ultimate aim of diminishing suffering from cancer, the journal supports the transfer of knowledge in all aspects of veterinary oncology, from the application of new laboratory technology to cancer prevention, early detection, diagnosis and therapy. In addition to original articles, the journal publishes solicited editorials, review articles, commentary, correspondence and abstracts from the published literature. Accordingly, studies describing laboratory work performed exclusively in purpose-bred domestic animals (e.g. dogs, cats, horses) will not be considered. Current editorial policy has been to administratively decline to publish case reports or small retrospective case series unless the information contained therein will change the standard of care for therapy, diagnosis, or investigation of the tumour in question. From time to time, VCO may publish themed issues to cover areas of importance or debate, e.g. the management of a specific tumour type, or tumour-associated condition. Veterinary and Comparative Oncology is the official journal of the Veterinary Cancer Society, European Society of Veterinary Oncology, Japanese Veterinary Cancer Society, and ABROVET.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editor-in-chief Douglas H. ThammPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 2, Netherlands 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Veterinary Oncology ResearchMedicine36.2%
- Infectious Diseases and MycologyVeterinary12.6%
- Virus-based gene therapy researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
- Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyDentistry4.9%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology3.2%
- Cancer Research and TreatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.2%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.2%
- Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3%
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 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
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 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, AGRICOLA
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
- 1.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 797OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 53.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 71LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 71Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 392,018Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,638 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 84 | 59 | 13 |
| 2025 | 83 | 60 | 109 |
| 2024 | 90 | 55 | 240 |
| 2023 | 89 | 67 | 508 |
| 2022 | 77 | 35 | 625 |
| 2021 | 100 | 35 | 1,450 |
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
140 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 98 days – 213 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 156 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (177 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)
- over 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 43%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 124 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,730 / EUR 3,940 / GBP 3,210 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- Not considered
- case reports; small retrospective case series
Article types accepted11
- editorialVeterinary and Comparative Oncology publishes a number of different article types including: ARTICLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION WORD LIMIT (excluding references) MA…Length not stated
- editorialsEditorials Editorials are usually commissioned but unsolicited material may be considered. Please approach the Editorial Office (vcooffice@wiley.com) before sub…Length not stated
- letters to the editorVeterinary and Comparative Oncology publishes a number of different article types including: ARTICLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION WORD LIMIT (excluding references) MA…Length not stated
- meta-analysisVeterinary and Comparative Oncology publishes a number of different article types including: ARTICLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION WORD LIMIT (excluding references) MA…Length not stated
- original articleVeterinary and Comparative Oncology publishes a number of different article types including: ARTICLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION WORD LIMIT (excluding references) MA…Length not stated
- original researchVeterinary and Comparative Oncology publishes a number of different article types including: ARTICLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION WORD LIMIT (excluding references) MA…Length not stated
- reviewVeterinary and Comparative Oncology publishes a number of different article types including: ARTICLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION WORD LIMIT (excluding references) MA…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews Reviews should be critical reviews of the literature, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses. 6000 8 UnlimitedLength not stated
- short communicationVeterinary and Comparative Oncology publishes a number of different article types including: ARTICLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION WORD LIMIT (excluding references) MA…Length not stated
- short communicationsShort Communications A short report of new research findings. May be published more rapidly than original articles. 2000 4 20Length not stated
- systematic reviewVeterinary and Comparative Oncology publishes a number of different article types including: ARTICLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION WORD LIMIT (excluding references) MA…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use The use of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section), no…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
You will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. See the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on what to include in this section. Please ensure you liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement. The Conflict of Interest statement should be included within the ma…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Veterinary and Comparative Oncology recognizes the many benefits of archiving research data. The journal expects you to archive all the data from which your published results are derived in a public repository. The repository that you choose should offer you guaranteed preservation (see the registry of research data repositories at https://www.re3data.org/) and should help you make it findable, ac…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
COPE member. Model summary
Editorial Review and Acceptance The acceptance criteria for all papers is the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are double-blind peer reviewed. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Wiley’s policy on confide…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: double-blind unless otherwise stated. Model summary
Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are double-blind peer reviewed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy: preprints accepted; submitted version may be posted at any time. Model summary
Veterinary and Comparative Oncology will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
We require that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Please include the name of the trial register and your clinical trial registration number at the end of your abstract. If your trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectively, please explain the…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2003
- ISSN
- 1476-5810
- Electronic ISSN
- 1476-5829
- Society / sponsor
- Veterinary Cancer Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Veterinary and Comparative Oncology
What CAS zone is Veterinary and Comparative Oncology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Veterinary and Comparative Oncology is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Veterinary and Comparative Oncology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.79; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 68.
How long does peer review take at Veterinary and Comparative Oncology?
Based on the dates recorded on 86 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 140 days (interquartile range 98–213 days); authors report an average review time of over 24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 43% (2025). 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 Veterinary and Comparative Oncology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: AMA. 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 Veterinary and Comparative Oncology based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2) and Netherlands (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Veterinary and Comparative Oncology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Veterinary and Comparative Oncology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Veterinary and Comparative Oncology open access, and what is the APC?
Veterinary and Comparative Oncology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,730.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .