Journal profile · Zoology
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology
ISSN 0932-0814 · eISSN 2567-6911 · Schattauer GmbH · GERMANY · Quarterly · Founded 1988
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.21; hybrid open access; review 18–36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 204 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology is published by Schattauer GmbH and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology, Bone fractures and treatments and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, together about 45.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology (VCOT) is the most important single source for clinically relevant information in orthopaedics and neurosurgery available anywhere in the world today. It is unique in that it is truly comparative and there is an unrivalled mix of review articles and basic science amid the information that is immediately clinically relevant in veterinary surgery today.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Zoology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Veterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary25.5%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine10.9%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine8.8%
- Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchVeterinary6.6%
- Veterinary Oncology ResearchMedicine6.4%
- Tendon Structure and TreatmentMedicine4.4%
- Hip disorders and treatmentsMedicine4%
- Foot and Ankle SurgeryMedicine3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Zoology | 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 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.21LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,014OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.05%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,267 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 156 | 7 | 4 |
| 2025 | 204 | 9 | 32 |
| 2024 | 145 | 22 | 94 |
| 2023 | 147 | 16 | 198 |
| 2022 | 159 | 13 | 220 |
| 2021 | 58 | 7 | 267 |
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)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Open access Secondary publication of your own articles from this journal in Open Access
Publisher is Thieme; OA policy can be found via Open policy finder Model summary
Publisher's Open Access Policy Publisher / Provider: Thieme Open policy finder: Find the publisher's Open Access policy in Open policy finder
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Free of charge with print subscription (campus wide license) Model summary
Pricetype annotation: free of charge with print subscription (campus wide license)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Secondary publication of own articles in Open Access permitted Model summary
Secondary publication of your own articles from this journal in Open Access
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
- Schattauer GmbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1988
- ISSN
- 0932-0814
- Electronic ISSN
- 2567-6911
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology
What CAS zone is Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences / Zoology. 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 Orthopaedics and Traumatology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.21; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology?
Authors report an average review time of 18–36 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.
Which databases index Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology open access, and what is the APC?
Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .