Veterinary Record

Aims & Scope

Veterinary Record (branded as Vet Record) is the official journal of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and has been published since 1888.

It contains news, opinion, letters, scientific reviews and original research papers and communications on a wide range of veterinary topics, along with disease surveillance reports, obituaries, careers information, business and innovation news and summaries of research papers in other journals.

It is published on behalf of the BVA by Wiley.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.4
2024	1.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.403

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	116

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	13724

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	992

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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 Medicine and Veterinary, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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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.

• A novel progressive spongiform encephalopathy in cattle

  Citation: 762

  Authors: G., A., C., R., R., M., M., R.

• Guidelines on the recognition of pain, distress and discomfort in experimental animals and an hypothesis for assessment

  Citation: 757

  Authors: D., P.

• Prevalence of leg weakness in broiler chickens and its relationship with genotype

  Citation: 450

  Authors: S., T., A., N.

• The evolution of One Health: a decade of progress and challenges for the future

  Citation: 421

  Authors: E. Paul J.

• Cases of scrapie with unusual features in Norway and designation of a new type, Nor98

  Citation: 352

  Authors: S. L., P., B., J., M. A., B.

• Assessment of the welfare of dairy caftle using animal‐based measurements: direct observations and investigation of farm records

  Citation: 352

  Authors: H. R., D. C. J., L. E., A. J. F.

• Epidemiological study of wastage among racehorses 1982 and 1983

  Citation: 351

  Authors: P., R., N., K.

• An apparently new syndrome of porcine epidemic diarrhoea

  Citation: 339

  Authors: E.

• Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: epidemiological studies on the origin

  Citation: 316

  Authors: J., J., M.

• Experimental production of fatal mucosal disease in cattle

  Citation: 313

  Authors: J., M., C.

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