About Veterinary Record

Veterinary Record is the official journal of the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and has been published weekly since 1888. It contains news, comment, letters and clinical research papers on a wide range of veterinary topics. Its classified advertisement section includes an extensive list of veterinary and veterinary-related jobs. It is published on behalf of the BVA by BMJ Group.

Editor

Martin Alder

Editorial Office

Veterinary Record, BMJ Group
BMA House, Tavistock Square
London
WC1H 9JR
UK

Email: editorial{at}bva-edit.co.uk

Frequency

51 times a year

Launch date

1888

ISSN Veterinary Record

0042-4900

ISSN Veterinary Record Online

2042-7670

Readership

Veterinary practitioners and researchers

Print circulation

10,767
Not including online only or consortia customers

Indexed by

Index Medicus (Medline), ISI Current Contents (Web of Science), Excerpta Medica (Embase), Sociedad Iberoamericana de Informacion Cientifica (SIIC)

Impact factor

The 2010 impact factor is 1.482 (ISI Web of Science)

Submitting to Veterinary Record

All papers must be submitted through ScholarOne, our online submission and review system.

Veterinary Record welcomes:
Original papers
Editorials (usually commissioned)
Review articles (usually commissioned)
Viewpoint articles
Letters to the Editor
Product news
Papers to summarise in Research Digest

Veterinary Record will consider rapid review and publication for articles of outstanding interest. Further information is available in the Instructions to Authors

Lead times

Time from submission to first decision: mean 56 days
About 25% of submissions are rejected without external peer review
Time from acceptance to print publication: approximately 4 months (original papers)

Acceptance rate

25%

Subscriptions

Personal subscription options include:

Personal print + online subscription
Personal online only subscription

Purchase an article for £20 (€32 or $30)
Online access for 24 hours. The PDF version can be downloaded

To find out more about institutional subscriptions, please email consortia{at}bmjgroup.com

Information on prices and how to subscribe

Copyright

Authors submitting paper to Veterinary Record must assign copyright or a licence to publish to the BVA/BMJ Group.

Authors retain rights for limited non-commercial personal and educational reproduction of their paper, as defined in the copyright agreement.

They can also make their articles available on Open Access by paying for them to be Unlocked

To view the copyright agreement, click here

Permissions

Material published in Veterinary Record may not be reproduced in full or part in any medium or language without prior permission of BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. If you wish to reproduce material please refer to Permissions.

Advertising

For display advertising rates contact Kevan Bowen:
Tel: +44 (0)7768 880 410
Email: kbowen{at}bmjgroup.com
Advertising

For classified sales contact Michael Keane:
Tel: +44 (0)20 7874 7068
Email: sales.vetrecordjobs{at}bmj.com

For classified sales contact Sam Thomson
Tel: +44 (0)20 7874 7066
Email: sales.vetrecordjobs{at}bmj.com

Feedback

Veterinary Record welcomes feedback on the journal and this website.

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