Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Veterinary Clinical Pathology
ISSN 0275-6382 · eISSN 1939-165X · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1977
Veterinary Clinical Pathology: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.99; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 204 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 100 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Veterinary Clinical Pathology is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Oncology Research, Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control and Microbial infections and disease research, together about 37.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Veterinary Clinical Pathology is the official journal of the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ASVCP) and the European Society of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ESVCP). The journal's mission is to provide an international forum for communication and discussion of scientific investigations and new developments that advance the art and science of laboratory diagnosis in animals. Veterinary Clinical Pathology welcomes original experimental research and clinical contributions involving domestic, laboratory, avian, and wildlife species in the areas of hematology, hemostasis, immunopathology, clinical chemistry, cytopathology, surgical pathology, toxicology, endocrinology, laboratory and analytical techniques, instrumentation, quality assurance, and clinical pathology education.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editor-in-chief Wendy Sprague ColoradoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Australia 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Veterinary Oncology ResearchMedicine19.1%
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlMedicine9.2%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology9.2%
- Animal health and immunologyVeterinary8.2%
- Veterinary Medicine and SurgeryVeterinary7%
- Infectious Diseases and MycologyVeterinary5.1%
- Bird parasitology and diseasesImmunology and Microbiology3.4%
- Platelet Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine3.2%
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 |
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, 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
- 0.99LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,214OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.79OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 54.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 83Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 370,363Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,286 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 51 | 5 |
| 2025 | 100 | 66 | 78 |
| 2024 | 104 | 66 | 135 |
| 2023 | 120 | 83 | 297 |
| 2022 | 150 | 40 | 615 |
| 2021 | 120 | 26 | 791 |
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
204 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 150 days – 257 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 68 days (90 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 277 days
- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (192 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)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 47%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 47%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 54 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 54 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 175 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 65 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 3,400 / EUR 2,870 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- AMA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Open access
- AI use 3.7 Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including large language models such as ChatGPT, into scientific writing and research workflows is growing. In alignment with recommendations from COPE (https://publicationethics.org), WAME (https://www.wame.org), and the JAMA Network (https://jamanetwork.com), Veterinary Clinical Pathology affirms that AI tools cannot be credited as authors o…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing open access
If the open access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
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
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1977
- ISSN
- 0275-6382
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-165X
- Society / sponsor
- American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 55, Issue 1 (March 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Veterinary Clinical Pathology
What CAS zone is Veterinary Clinical Pathology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Veterinary Clinical Pathology is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 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 Clinical Pathology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.99; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 81.
How long does peer review take at Veterinary Clinical Pathology?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 204 days (interquartile range 150–257 days); authors report an average review time of 18–36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 47% (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 Clinical Pathology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; 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 Clinical Pathology 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 (1), United Kingdom (1) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Veterinary Clinical Pathology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Veterinary Clinical Pathology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Veterinary Clinical Pathology open access, and what is the APC?
Veterinary Clinical Pathology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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: .