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Journal History

2014 The inaugural issue is released, Veterinary Sciences is published as a quarterly journal.
2016 Veterinary Sciences sponsors the 2016 IFFRS/ISCAID Symposium.
2017 In April, Veterinary Sciences sponsors the First International Conference ‘Babies and Animals: Pediatrician Meet Vets’.
In June, Veterinary Sciences sponsors the 7th ARAE—Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and the Environment.
In August, Veterinary Sciences sponsors the 9th Tick and Tick-Borne Pathogen (TTP9) Conference and the First Asia Pacific Rickettsia Conference (APRC1).
In October, Veterinary Sciences was indexed in PubMed and full-text archived in PubMed Central from Vol. 2 (2015).
Veterinary Sciences was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2018 Veterinary Sciences announced the first edition of the Travel Awards. 2019 Veterinary Sciences Travel Award for Postdoctoral Students and PhD Students is released.
Veterinary Sciences received its first CiteScore (2018) of 1.4 in "General Veterinary".
2019 Veterinary Sciences established the following sections:
  • Anatomy, Histology and Pathology;
  • Microbiology and Immunology;
  • Physiology and Nutrition;
  • Clinical Veterinary Medicine;
  • Veterinary Education, Veterinary Communication and Animal Behavior.
2020 Veterinary Sciences was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 7 (Issue 1).
Veterinary Sciences published its 500th paper.
2021 Veterinary Sciences adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Veterinary Sciences received its first Impact Factor (IF) of 2.304, ranking 35/146 (Q1) in the category "veterinary Sciences" in the June 2021 release of the Journal Citation Reports®.
2022 Veterinary Sciences established the following sections:
  • Veterinary Internal Medicine;
  • Veterinary Biomedical Sciences;
  • Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics;
  • Veterinary Surgery;
  • Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology, and Immunology;
  • Veterinary Physiology, Pharmacology, and Toxicology;
  • Anatomy, Histology, and Pathology;
  • Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases in Veterinary Medicine;
  • Veterinary Food Safety and Zoonosis;
  • Veterinary Education, Veterinary Communication, and Animal Behavior.
Veterinary Sciences published its 1,000th paper.
2024 The year 2024 marked the 10th Anniversary of Veterinary Sciences.
2025 The College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University became affiliated to Veterinary Sciences.
2026 The Impact Factor increased to 2.7, ranked 28/170 in "Veterinary Sciences".
The CiteScore increased to 3.9, ranked 36/204 in "General Veterinary".

Editor-in-Chief

2014–2016 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Duncan C. Ferguson (Founding Editor)
2016–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Patrick Butaye

Section Editor-in-Chief

2024–2026 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Fred Sinowatz for the section on Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics
2024–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Louise van der Weyden for the section on Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Aizhen Guo for the section on Veterinary Food Safety and Zoonosis
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Francesco Staffieri for the section on Veterinary Surgery
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ángel Sainz for the section on Veterinary Internal Medicine
Section Editor-in-Chief: Kristina Kadlec for the section on Veterinary Microbiology, Parasitology and Immunology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Louis C. Penning for the section on Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Pathology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mark L. Weiss for the section on Anatomy, Histology and Pathology
2026–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Burim Ametaj for the section on Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases in Veterinary Medicine
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