ImpaQ Ecosystem•Clarivate, Scopus & CORE Data
Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #7,257Top JournalHybrid

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Acronym:prevet
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Abbreviation (ISO):PREV VET MED
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Identifier (ISSN):0167-5877(Print)/1873-1716(Online)
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Publisher:Elsevier
Clarivate IF (2026)
2.8↑ +0.4
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q1
WoS SCIETop Tier
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Preventive Veterinary Medicine

WoS Q1
12451.9220182.320192.320202.6720213.3720222.620232.220242.420252.82026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):2.8
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.772
#7,257

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
121

121 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate9.1%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
246articles/year
56.76% Gold OA•94.12% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Preventive Veterinary Medicine is one of the leading international resources for scientific reports on animal health programs and preventive veterinary medicine. The journal follows the guidelines for standardizing and strengthening the reporting of biomedical research which are available from the CONSORT, MOOSE, PRISMA, REFLECT, STARD, and STROBE statements. The journal focuses on: Epidemiology of health events relevant to domestic and wild animals; Economic impacts of epidemic and endemic animal and zoonotic diseases; Latest methods and approaches in veterinary epidemiology; Disease and infection control or eradication measures; The "One Health" concept and the relationships between veterinary medicine, human health, animal-production systems, and the environment; Development of new techniques in surveillance systems and diagnosis; Evaluation and control of diseases in animal populations.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine85.3%Biology83.1%Veterinary medicine67.1%Ecology59.2%Pathology52.7%Genetics51.2%Animal science45.9%Geography42%Internal medicine38.6%Computer science37.4%Virology34.8%Mathematics32.8%Immunology32.6%Environmental health31.6%Geology29.2%Sociology29.2%Herd29%Statistics26.3%Paleontology25.5%Demography23.8%Forestry22%Chemistry20.9%Economics20.8%

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSCIE2026

VETERINARY SCIENCES

Q1
Rank24/170
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

VETERINARY SCIENCES

Q1
Rank15/170
IndexSCIE

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
2026Latest
IF2.8
Articles / Year175
Total Citations44
2025
IF2.4
Articles / Year266
Total Citations684
2024
IF2.2
Articles / Year214
Total Citations1,248
2023
IF2.6
Articles / Year199
Total Citations1,775
2022
IF3.372
Articles / Year183
Total Citations2,118

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #7,257Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1982-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Agricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinary
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.772

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
2.92

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,129 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,661
3-Year Documents555
Citable Documents545

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)10

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate47.5%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1
Food AnimalsQ1
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 9.1%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Agricultural Sciences
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区VETERINARY SCIENCES
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Academic Intelligence Overview & Context

ImpaQ Analysis

Preventive Veterinary Medicine (acronym: prevet, abbr: PREV VET MED, ISSN: 0167-5877) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Agricultural Sciences, published by Elsevier in Netherlands since 1982. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.80, ranking in quartile Q1 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.772 (Q1), an H-index of 121.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with an average review speed of 11.5周, a publication frequency of Semimonthly, an annual output of approximately 246 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,129 USD. It serves as a benchmark publication platform for academics, researchers, and doctoral candidates seeking global research visibility.

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Open Access Model
Hybrid
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Semimonthly
Founding Year
1982
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed
Editorial Address
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 1000 AE

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Database Updated: 2026-10-16