Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
VETERINARY JOURNAL
ISSN 1090-0233 · eISSN 1532-2971 · Bailliere Tindall Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1997
VETERINARY JOURNAL: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.6; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,310; median 142 days to acceptance (119 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy (Elsevier website: 20%); 198 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
VETERINARY JOURNAL is published by Bailliere Tindall Ltd 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 Equine Medical Research, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Veterinary Oncology Research, together about 25.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Veterinary Journal is Elsevier's veterinary flagship journal that was first established in 1875. The journal is an open access, peer-reviewed, worldwide, scientific journal.The Veterinary Journal (TVJ) publishes soundly designed and reproducible contributions of high clinical quality related to disease aetiology, diagnosis, prevention and treatment in domestic, companion and farm animals.Novel and innovative research articles in all veterinary science areas will be considered. The following topics are particularly welcomed:Anaesthesia, behaviour, ethics, pain management, pharmacology, toxicology and therapeuticsAvian and poultry diseasesClinical pathology, cardiology, ophthalmology, oncology, parasitology, comparative biomedical physiology and immunologyDiagnostics and laboratory methods, radiology, dermatology, virology, bacteriology and mycologyEpidemiology, statistical modelling of infectious & communicable diseases, nephrology, urology, neurology, pulmonology, and respiratory disordersGastroenterology, nutrition and metabolism in domestic, farm and compLarge farm animal medicine - bovine, caprine, equine, ovine and porcine diseasesMusculoskeletal disorders, orthopaedics and soft tissue surgery, disorders of the ear, nose, throat, head and neckStem cell biology, quantitative and molecular geneticsSmall animal internal medicineTheriogenology, animal breeding, reproduction and veterinary educationThe Veterinary Journal does not consider manuscripts focused exclusively on wildlife or wild animal species. In addition, case reports and case study manuscripts are not accepted. Submissions must align with the journal’s scope and article types to be considered for peer review.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 17, Australia 7, Belgium 6, United Kingdom 5, Mainland China 3 (57 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchVeterinary13.8%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary5.8%
- Veterinary Oncology ResearchMedicine5.8%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology5.4%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Veterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary4.5%
- Veterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaVeterinary4.4%
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 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 1 |
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
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
- 2.6LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 158OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,753OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 185LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,573 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 313 | 174 | 102 |
| 2025 | 198 | 102 | 289 |
| 2024 | 186 | 120 | 982 |
| 2023 | 71 | 52 | 665 |
| 2022 | 82 | 41 | 891 |
| 2021 | 112 | 39 | 1,395 |
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 PubMed · to
142 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 96 days – 188 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 2 days (119 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 145 days
- Sample
- 119 articles with submission and acceptance dates (558 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 20%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 75 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 126 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 3,310 / EUR 3,100 / GBP 2,650 / JPY 410,540 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,830 | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
Article types accepted12, with length limits
- case reportManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
- case studyManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
- letters to the editorManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
- meta-analyses and systematic reviewsMeta-analyses and systematic reviews which answer a specific research question and use an evidence-grading approach are welcomed. These should be formatted as O…Length not stated
- meta-analysisManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
- narrative reviewManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
- original articleManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
- original researchManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
- original research articleManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
- review articleManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
- short communicationManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…main text ≤ 2,500 words · abstract ≤ 200 words
- systematic reviewManuscripts may report original research in an Original Article or a Short Communication. Review articles should be based on peer-reviewed, published science; t…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Group authorship
Group authorship refers to the attribution of an article to a defined and named group of authors whose members have contributed to the work. Examples include research consortia, clinical trial groups, collaborative networks, task forces or working groups, expert panels or consensus groups, and participatory research groups. Group authorship must be declared on the title page at submission. When av…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interests
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or bias their work. Examples of potential competing interests include:EmploymentConsultanciesStock ownershipHonorariaPaid expert testimonyPatent applications or registrationsGrants or any other fundingAffiliation with the journal as an Editor or Advisory Board …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics in publishing Model summary
Authors must follow ethical guidelines stated in Elsevier's Publishing Ethics Policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright License options
Authors will be offered open access user license options which will determine how you, and third parties, can reuse your open access article. We advise that you review these options and any funding body license requirements before selecting a license option.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
We refer you to our open access information page to learn about open access options for this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Single anonymized review process Model summary
This journal follows a single anonymized review process. Your submission will initially be assessed by our editors. If your submission is deemed suitable, it will typically be sent to be reviewed by a minimum of two reviewers for an independent expert assessment of the scientific quality. The decision as to whether your article is accepted or rejected for publication will be made by our editors.Re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprint sharing allowed; does not count as prior publication Model summary
Preprint sharingAuthors may share preprints in line with Elsevier's article sharing policy. Sharing preprints, such as on a preprint server, will not count as prior publication.We advise you to read our policy on multiple, redundant or concurrent publication. In support of Open Science, this journal offers its authors a free preprint posting service on SSRN, Elsevier’s preprint and early research …
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
- Bailliere Tindall Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1090-0233
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-2971
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about VETERINARY JOURNAL
What CAS zone is VETERINARY JOURNAL in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, VETERINARY JOURNAL is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of VETERINARY JOURNAL?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.6; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 158.
How long does peer review take at VETERINARY JOURNAL?
Based on the dates recorded on 119 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 142 days (interquartile range 96–188 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy (Elsevier website: 20%)”. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of VETERINARY JOURNAL based?
Of the 57 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (17), Australia (7) and Belgium (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index VETERINARY JOURNAL?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, VETERINARY JOURNAL is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is VETERINARY JOURNAL open access, and what is the APC?
VETERINARY JOURNAL is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,310.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .