Australian Veterinary Journal: Profile & Metrics

The Australian Veterinary Journal is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Australian Veterinary Association covering clinical practice, animal welfare, and comparative veterinary medicine. Tracked in OpenAlex with a 2-year mean citedness of 1.37 and indexed in MEDLINE, its citation figures describe aggregate journal use rather than individual paper merit.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board

· Last updated 8 Nov 2026

Scope and Journal Governance

As the official organ of the Australian Veterinary Association, the publication serves both academic researchers and clinical practitioners. Its scope spans clinical veterinary medicine, epidemiological investigations, and experimental biology relevant to animal health. In laboratory settings, manuscripts frequently address compliance with animal research ethics frameworks and reporting criteria such as the ARRIVE guidelines.

Bibliometric Profile and Indexing

The Australian Veterinary Journal maintains full indexing across major biomedical and bibliographic databases:

MEDLINE / PubMed: Fully indexed in MEDLINE (National Library of Medicine unique ID 0370616; MedlineTA: Aust Vet J) with coverage dating from volume 41 (1965).
Crossref: Registered with primary publisher Wiley (Blackwell Publishing) under print ISSN 0005-0423 and online ISSN 1751-0813.
OpenAlex Record: Catalogs over 21,620 works and 204,880 citations, recording an h-index of 127 and an i10-index of 5,275.
NLM Classification: W1 AU698.

Australian Veterinary Journal Impact Factor and Citation Metrics

Bibliometric indicators provide insight into citation velocity within the broader discipline of veterinary science:

OpenAlex 2-Year Mean Citedness: 1.37 citations per work across the two-year post-publication window.
Clarivate Journal Impact Factor: Proprietary metric published in Journal Citation Reports. Clarivate calculates the Journal Impact Factor by dividing citations in a target year to articles published during the preceding two years by the total number of citable items in those years. Clarivate releases updated figures annually in June.

Responsible Evaluation and DORA Guidance

Institutional evaluators, grant review panels, and tenure committees evaluate veterinary research outputs using diverse qualitative and quantitative criteria. The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment advise against using journal-level indicators as proxies for the merit of specific scientific contributions.

When presenting bibliometric data in academic dossiers, researchers should report the specific metric, database provider, and observation year, rather than citing an unqualified number.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Australian Veterinary Journal?

The Australian Veterinary Journal is a peer-reviewed monthly publication established in 1927, published by Wiley on behalf of the Australian Veterinary Association, covering clinical veterinary medicine and animal science.

What is the Australian Veterinary Journal impact factor?

Clarivate calculates the Journal Impact Factor annually in Journal Citation Reports. In open bibliographic infrastructure, OpenAlex records a 2-year mean citedness of 1.37 across more than 21,600 cataloged publications.

Is the Australian Veterinary Journal indexed in PubMed?

Yes. The journal is fully indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed by the US National Library of Medicine under the title abbreviation Aust Vet J.

How should researchers evaluate publications in the journal?

Following DORA guidelines, papers should be evaluated on their scientific rigor, reproducibility, and contribution to veterinary practice, using journal-level metrics only as broad disciplinary context.

Sources

OpenAlex Source API: https://api.openalex.org/sources/S93354060 (2026-11-08)
Crossref Journal API: https://api.crossref.org/journals/0005-0423 (2026-11-08)
NLM Catalog: https://eutils.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/efetch.fcgi?db=nlmcatalog&id=370616&retmode=xml (2026-11-08)

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