Journal metric profile

VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 2.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 43/170 Recorded category rank

VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.000, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 43 out of 170 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 4,478 total citations, 64 total articles, 65 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.600, which is 0.600 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 1.010.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 13 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.7 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE is identified in this record by print ISSN 0195-5616 and electronic ISSN 1878-1306. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameVETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE
Abbreviated journalVET CLIN N AM-SMALL
PublisherW B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,303
ISSN0195-5616
eISSN1878-1306
Total cites4,478
Total articles64
Citable items65
Cited half-life13 years
Citing half-life7.7 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.000
5-Year Impact Factor2.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.000
Journal Citation Indicator1.010
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank43/170
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE is 2.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE?

VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE?

VETERINARY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA-SMALL ANIMAL PRACTICE is listed as being published by W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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