42 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Veterinary
42 peer-reviewed journals in Veterinary are Diamond open access: no article processing charge and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. All of them are indexed in Scopus and ranked below by their SCImago quartile and SJR: 5 are Q1 and 5 Q2. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 24% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 14 weeks. Most are published in Brazil (5), Iran (5) and Türkiye (5). 95% accept manuscripts in English and 36% accept at least one other language.
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Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).
| # | Journal | Quartile | SJR | H-index | Publisher | Country | Time to publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EFSA Journal 1831-4732 | Q1 | 1.122 | 167 | Wiley | Italy | 5 wk |
| 2 | Animal Frontiers 2160-6056 · 2160-6064 | Q1 | 1.01 | 60 | Oxford University Press | United States | 20 wk |
| 3 | Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering 2095-7505 · 2095-977X | Q1 | 0.862 | 39 | Higher Education Press | China | 12 wk |
| 4 | Laboratory Animal Research 1738-6055 · 2233-7660 | Q1 | 0.842 | 30 | BMC | United Kingdom | 8 wk |
| 5 | Animal Diseases 2731-0442 | Q1 | 0.537 | 15 | BMC | United Kingdom | 12 wk |
| 6 | Zoonoses 2737-7466 · 2737-7474 | Q2 | 0.485 | 14 | Compuscript Ltd | Ireland | 17 wk |
| 7 | Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews 1911-4745 | Q2 | 0.378 | 14 | Comparative Cognition Society | Canada | 12 wk |
| 8 | Archives of Razi Institute 0365-3439 · 2008-9872 | Q2 | 0.342 | 23 | Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute | Iran | 12 wk |
| 9 | Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi 1309-2251 | Q2 | 0.301 | 31 | Kafkas University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine | Türkiye | 21 wk |
| 10 | Veterinaria Italiana 0505-401X · 1828-1427 | Q2 | 0.292 | 32 | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale | Italy | 16 wk |
| 11 | Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 1300-0128 · 1303-6181 | Q3 | 0.256 | 46 | The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) | Türkiye | 24 wk |
| 12 | Veterinary Integrative Sciences 2629-9968 | Q3 | 0.253 | 11 | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University | Thailand | 12 wk |
| 13 | Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction 2305-0500 · 2305-0519 | Q3 | 0.238 | 33 | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications | India | 27 wk |
| 14 | Journal of Zoonotic Diseases 2717-2910 | Q3 | 0.224 | 6 | University of Tabriz | Iran | 6 wk |
| 15 | Ciência Animal Brasileira 1518-2797 · 1809-6891 | Q3 | 0.223 | 15 | Universidade Federal de Goiás | Brazil | 24 wk |
| 16 | Derecho Animal 2462-7518 | Q3 | 0.221 | 8 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Spain | 16 wk |
| 17 | Poultry Science Journal 2345-6604 · 2345-6566 | Q3 | 0.219 | 12 | Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | Iran | 12 wk |
| 18 | Acta Veterinaria Eurasia 2619-905X | Q3 | 0.216 | 12 | İstanbul University-Cerrahpasa | Türkiye | 25 wk |
| 19 | Macedonian Veterinary Review 1409-7621 · 1857-7415 | Q3 | 0.215 | 12 | Ss.Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje | North Macedonia | 12 wk |
| 20 | Veterinarski Glasnik 0350-2457 · 2406-0771 | Q3 | 0.213 | 6 | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Belgrade | Serbia | 16 wk |
| 21 | SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences 2535-1826 · 2535-1877 | Q3 | 0.196 | 5 | South Valley University | Egypt | 16 wk |
| 22 | Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux 0035-1865 · 1951-6711 | Q3 | 0.195 | 12 | CIRAD | France | 48 wk |
| 23 | Folia Veterinaria 2453-7837 | Q3 | 0.192 | 10 | Sciendo | Poland | 14 wk |
| 24 | Slovenian Veterinary Research 1580-4003 · 2385-8761 | Q3 | 0.184 | 22 | University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) | Slovenia | 12 wk |
| 25 | Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 0367-8318 · 2394-3327 | Q3 | 0.182 | 31 | Indian Council of Agricultural Research | India | 40 wk |
| 26 | Archives of Veterinary Medicine 1820-9955 · 2683-4138 | Q3 | 0.179 | 6 | Scientific Veterinary Institute “Novi Sad” | Serbia | 5 wk |
| 27 | The Iranian Journal of Veterinary Science and Technology 2008-465X · 2423-6306 | Q4 | 0.181 | 5 | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad | Iran | 14 wk |
| 28 | Eurasian Journal of Veterinary Sciences 1309-6958 · 2146-1953 | Q4 | 0.178 | 5 | Selcuk University Press | Türkiye | 12 wk |
| 29 | Meat Technology 2466-4812 · 2560-4295 | Q4 | 0.171 | 9 | Institute of meat hygiene and technology | Serbia | 8 wk |
| 30 | Revista Mvz Cordoba 1909-0544 | Q4 | 0.169 | 18 | Universidad de Cordoba | Colombia | 16 wk |
| 31 | تحقیقات تولیدات دامی 2252-0872 · 2538-6107 | Q4 | 0.163 | 3 | University of Guilan | Iran | 24 wk |
| 32 | Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine 1311-1477 · 1313-3543 | Q4 | 0.159 | 20 | Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | Bulgaria | 15 wk |
| 33 | Veterinary Evidence 2396-9776 | Q4 | 0.157 | 4 | RCVS Knowledge | United Kingdom | 13 wk |
| 34 | Revista de Ciências Agroveterinárias 1676-9732 · 2238-1171 | Q4 | 0.155 | 11 | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina | Brazil | 16 wk |
| 35 | Exploratory Animal and Medical Research 2277-470X · 2319-247X | Q4 | 0.146 | 10 | West Bengal Veterinary Alumni Association | India | 20 wk |
| 36 | Archives of Veterinary Science 1517-784X · 2317-6822 | Q4 | 0.144 | 11 | Universidade Federal do Paraná | Brazil | 14 wk |
| 37 | Revista Científica 0798-2259 · 2521-9715 | Q4 | 0.138 | 16 | Universidad del Zulia | Venezuela | 9 wk |
| 38 | Veterinary Sciences and Practices 2822-3608 | Q4 | 0.135 | 7 | Atatürk University | Türkiye | 12 wk |
| 39 | Analecta Veterinaria 0365-5148 · 1514-2590 | Q4 | 0.124 | 3 | Universidad Nacional de La Plata | Argentina | 24 wk |
| 40 | Revista Acadêmica Ciência Animal 2596-2868 | Q4 | 0.12 | 3 | Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Animal (PPGCA) | Brazil | 8 wk |
| 41 | Medicina Veterinária 1809-4678 · 2675-6617 | Q4 | 0.119 | 7 | Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco | Brazil | 12 wk |
| 42 | SPERMOVA 2223-9375 · 2308-4928 | Q4 | 0.104 | 4 | Asociación Peruana de Reproducción Animal | Peru | 9 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top publishers
- BMC 2
- Asociación Peruana de Reproducción Animal 1
- Atatürk University 1
- CIRAD 1
- Comparative Cognition Society 1
- Compuscript Ltd 1
Manuscript languages accepted
- English 40
- Spanish 7
- Portuguese 5
- French 2
- Persian 1
- Slovenian 1
Narrower categories in Veterinary
About this list
This list contains the journals that SCImago assigns to the subject area Veterinary (a journal can belong to several areas) and that the DOAJ lists with no APC and no other fees. Journals in the DOAJ but not in Scopus have no quartile and are not counted here; the finder can show them too.
Diamond open access (also called Platinum) means the journal is free to read and free to publish in: the DOAJ records it with “APC: no” and “other fees: no”. Quartiles come from the latest SCImago edition: Q1 is the top 25% of journals in a subject category, Q4 the bottom 25%; the lists show a journal’s best quartile. Read more in our open access guide.
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