ImpaQ Ecosystem•Clarivate, Scopus & CORE Data
Clarivate WoS 2024 / 2025 Data
IMPAQ
WoS SCIE Q2Scopus Q1SCImago #9,884Hybrid

Veterinary Clinics of North America-Food Animal Practice

Abbreviation (ISO):VET CLIN N AM-FOOD A
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Identifier (ISSN):0749-0720(Print)/1558-4240(Online)
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Publisher:W.B. Saunders Ltd
Clarivate IF (2026)
2.2↑ +0.3
Journal Impact Factor
IF Trend↓
WoS Quartile
Q2
WoS SCIEJCR Quartile
Clarivate WoS JCR
WoS Categories↓
JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2026)

Clarivate IF trend for Veterinary Clinics of North America-Food Animal Practice

WoS Q2
02571.1820181.5420191.6320203.3620214.6920224.120231.620241.920252.22026
Annual Impact Factor Metric
Current (2026):2.2
Scopus SJR & RankScopus Q1
0.598
#9,884

SCImago Journal Rank citation prestige weighting

Scopus Year: 2025
H-Index (2025)
96

96 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ2
Self-Citation Rate6.2%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
40articles/year
4.85% Gold OA•100% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice presents those in the veterinary medicine field with the most current treatment of food animals, updates on the latest advances, and provides a sound basis for choosing treatment options. Published 3 times a year—in March, July, and November—each issue features expert, state-of-the-art reviews on a single topic, including anesthesia/analgesia, infectious diseases, therapeutics, emergency medicine, surgery, gastroenterology, and clinical pathology.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Biology65.6%Medicine64.6%Internal medicine35.2%Genetics33.5%Pathology31.8%Ecology29.3%Computer science29.3%Chemistry24.9%Geography22.1%Animal science21.2%

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
JCRSCIE2026

VETERINARY SCIENCES

Q2
Rank52/170
IndexSCIE
JCISCIE2026

VETERINARY SCIENCES

Q1
Rank37/170
IndexSCIE

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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

12 year
2026Latest
IF2.2
Articles / Year45
Total Citations0
2025
IF1.9
Articles / Year47
Total Citations41
2024
IF1.6
Articles / Year48
Total Citations127
2023
IF4.1
Articles / Year70
Total Citations366
2022
IF4.69
Articles / Year49
Total Citations322

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #9,884Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1971-1978, 1985-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:MedicineVeterinary
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
0.598

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

Quartile: Scopus Q1
Citations / Doc (2 years)
2.08

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,216 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Estimated cost / article

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations273
3-Year Documents122
Citable Documents104

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

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate50.7%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

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

Scopus Subject Categories

Food AnimalsQ1
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2
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: 6.2%

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):
3区 (Zone 3)Agricultural Sciences
Minor Category (Specific Field):
2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

Veterinary Clinics of North America-Food Animal Practice (abbr: VET CLIN N AM-FOOD A, ISSN: 0749-0720) is a peer-reviewed international scholarly journal in the field of Agricultural Sciences, published by W.B. Saunders Ltd in United States since 1985. The periodical holds a Journal Impact Factor (JIF) of 2.20, ranking in quartile Q2 of Web of Science (SCIE), a Scopus SJR indicator of 0.598 (Q1), an H-index of 96.

The journal enforces rigorous peer evaluation with a publication frequency of Tri-annual, an annual output of approximately 40 scientific articles. In terms of accessibility and author fees, it operates under the Hybrid model with an estimated APC of $3,216 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
W.B. Saunders Ltd
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Tri-annual
Founding Year
1985
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed
Editorial Address
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, 1600 JOHN F KENNEDY BOULEVARD, STE 1800, PHILADELPHIA, USA, PA, 19103-2899

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