About this journal

Aims and scope

Veterinary Quarterly is an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal that publishes research in the field of veterinary science and animal diseases.

The journal aims to share high-quality research contributions. Articles that describe the pathophysiology of a specific animal disease, a newly recognized disease or an important variation of a well-recognized disease are welcome.

Veterinary Quarterly accepts papers on a range of different animal species and topics including:

  • Wildlife species
  • Infectious diseases
  • Pharmacology and vaccination
  • Economically important species, such as domesticated and non-domesticated farm animals
  • Companion animals

Please note, the following article types are not published within Veterinary Quarterly:

  • Epidemiologic and/or questionnaire driven research
  • Animal models for human research

Veterinary Quarterly publishes original research articles and review articles.

The journal operates on a single-anonymized peer review policy.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 353K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 7.9 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 6.1 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 13.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 2.152 (2023) SNIP
  • 1.260 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 25 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 67 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 14 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 21% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief

Francesca Bonelli, Associate Professor for the Department of Veterinary Sciences, at the University of Pisa

Email: [email protected] 

Associate Editor

Dr Gerlinde Van de Walle,  Cornell University, UK

Editorial Board

Dr Nick Cave, Institute of Veterinary, Animal, and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand
Specialism - small animal medicine, nutrition

Dr Kuldeep Dhama, Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Specialism - veterinary microbiology and avian diseases

Dr Guy Grinwis, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Specialism – veterinary pathology

Dr Martin Heinrichs, Oberursel, Germany
Specialism – veterinary pathology

Prof. Geert Janssens, Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Ghent University, Belgium.
Specialism – animal nutrition

Dr Núria Mach, INRAE, École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, France.
Specialism- host-microbiota interactions, data integration in veterinary science

Prof. Tanja Opriessnig, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory / Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, USA.
Specialism – porcine: pathology and microbiology

Prof. Marko Samardzija, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Specialism - obstetrics and reproduction

Dr Willem Schaftenaar, Rotterdam Zoo, the Netherlands.
Specialism - zoological medicine

Prof. Hall Schot, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA.
Specialism – equine internal medicine

Dr. Muhammad Zubair Shabbir, Quality Operations Laboratory, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Pakistan
Specialism - Microbiology

Dr Henry Staempfli, Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada.
Specialism – large animal internal medicine

Prof María Teresa Tejedor-Junco, Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Specialism - Microbiology

Dr. Vincenzo Tufarelli, DETO - Section of Veterinary Science and Animal Production, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', Italy
Specialism - Animal Nutrition

Prof. Estelle H. Venter, Faculty of Veterinary Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
Specialism – virology and molecular biology

Abstracting and indexing

Indexing

  • CABI
  • AGRICOLA
  • Current Contents
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • EBSCOhost
  • EMBASE
  • Focus On: Veterinary Science and Medicine
  • Medline
  • OCLC
  • PMC
  • ProQuest
  • PubMed
  • Scopus

Open access

Veterinary Quarterly is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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