Preventive Veterinary Medicine

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.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.708

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	115

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7986

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1608

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Veterinary, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Principles and practical application of the receiver-operating characteristic analysis for diagnostic tests

  Citation: 1545

  Authors: M, D, R.D

• From “one medicine” to “one health” and systemic approaches to health and well-being

  Citation: 774

  Authors: J., E., D., M.

• The economic impacts of foot and mouth disease – What are they, how big are they and where do they occur?

  Citation: 680

  Authors: T.J.D., J.

• Herd-level economic losses associated with Johne's disease on US dairy operations

  Citation: 469

  Authors: Stephen L., Scott J., Bruce A.

• Estimation of diagnostic-test sensitivity and specificity through Bayesian modeling

  Citation: 444

  Authors: A.J., I.A., W.O.

• Interpreting vegetation indices

  Citation: 443

  Authors: Ray D., Alfredo R.

• Factors associated with morbidity, mortality, and growth of dairy heifer calves up to 3 months of age

  Citation: 418

  Authors: M.C., K.E., S.M., D.C., K.D., S.J.

• Estimation of sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests and disease prevalence when the true disease state is unknown

  Citation: 380

  Authors: Claes, Marios P, Wesley O

• Epidemiologic issues in the validation of veterinary diagnostic tests

  Citation: 361

  Authors: M, I.A

• Initial assessment of the economic burden of major parasitic helminth infections to the ruminant livestock industry in Europe

  Citation: 338

  Authors: J., L., V., H.W., C., H. Rose, B., G., B., M., T.L., M., S., H., B., H., S., L., J., E.R., D.J., E.

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