Impact Factor (2023): 3.8

AIM AND SCOPE

The Pakistan Veterinary Journal (Pak Vet J), a quarterly publication, is being published regularly since 1981 by the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. The “Pak Vet J” (www.pvj.com.pk) publishes scientific research articles, review articles, short communications and case reports from various disciplines within veterinary medicine. The “Pak Vet J” is included in Science Citation Index Expended and has got 3.8 impact factor in JCR 2023. Among Veterinary Science Journals of the world (168), “Pak Vet J” has been ranked at 9th position and category quartile is Q1. The journal is read, abstracted and indexed internationally. PVJ covers all aspects of major fields in veterinary medicine such as veterinary biomedical sciences, veterinary pathobiology and preventive medicine, veterinary public health, veterinary clinical sciences, veterinary humanities and social sciences. The corresponding subfields are as follows:
• Veterinary Biomedical Sciences: anatomy/histology, biotechnology, embryology, molecular and cellular biology, physiology, pharmacology, toxicology, veterinary nutrition, and metabolism
• Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology, and Preventive Medicine: immunology, infectious disease, pathology, microbiology, parasitology, and virology
• Veterinary Public Health: environmental health, epidemiology, food safety and hygiene, meat hygiene, milk hygiene, and zoonotic disease
• Veterinary Clinical Sciences: anesthesiology, animal behavior, comparative and translational medicine, dentistry, dermatology, clinical pathology, emergency and critical care, internal medicine, medical imaging, oncology, regenerative medicine, rehabilitation, ophthalmology, surgery, theriogenology, and veterinary acupuncture
• Veterinary Humanities and Social Sciences: animal welfare, human and animal bonds, One Health and eco-health, veterinary economics, veterinary education, veterinary policy, and wildlife health and conservation

Open access Policy: The management of the Pakistan Veterinary Journal ensures that the manuscripts published in it are freely accessible online/ via internet immediately upon publication, without any cost/barrier of subscription/registration to the readers universally.