Veterinary Journal

Top Research Topics at Veterinary Journal?

Veterinary Journal mainly tackles studies in Veterinary medicine, Internal medicine, Pathology, Anatomy and Virology. The studies in Internal medicine featured incorporate elements of Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Cardiology. The Virology research dealing mostly with Virus is the focus of it.

• Veterinary medicine (11.26%)
• Internal medicine (10.03%)
• Pathology (7.94%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Current research on acute phase proteins in veterinary diagnosis: an overview. (802 citations)
• Subacute ruminal acidosis in dairy cows: the physiological causes, incidence and consequences. (611 citations)
• Bovine mastitis: an evolving disease. (597 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Veterinary Journal:

The most cited publications primarily focus on research topics in Virology, Veterinary medicine, Internal medicine, Immunology and Disease. The most cited articles explore issues in Virology which can be linked to other research areas like Antibody and Microbiology. While work presented in the journal publications provide substantial information on Internal medicine, it also covers topics in Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Surgery and Pathology.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Internal medicine
• Disease
• Surgery

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The aim of Veterinary Journal is to expand the discussion of research in Internal medicine, CATS, Cardiology, Veterinary medicine and Gastroenterology. Internal medicine research presented in it encompasses a variety of subjects, including Endocrinology and Kappa. Concepts in Kidney disease, as well as related topics in Kidney, Calcium metabolism, Fibroblast growth factor 23, Calcium and Bioinformatics, are covered in the CATS research presented in it.

The journal focuses on Cardiology but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Retrospective cohort study and Heart rate. The research on Veterinary medicine tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Epidemiology and Outbreak. Veterinary Journal explores issues in Gastroenterology which can be linked to other research areas like Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and Biomarker (medicine).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Cardiac arrhythmias in poorly performing Standardbred and Norwegian-Swedish Coldblooded trotters undergoing high-speed treadmill testing. (4 citations)
• Seasonal variation in canine anti-Leishmania infantum antibody titres. (3 citations)
• Ovine footrot: A review of current knowledge. (3 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Veterinary Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Frederick Hobday (100 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Henry Taylor (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Nathalie Kirschvink (35 papers) absent at the last edition,
• José J. Cerón (30 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
• Nicola Pusterla (29 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Veterinary Journal (based on the number of publications) are:

• Royal Veterinary College (322 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition,
• University of Liverpool (213 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
• Utrecht University (201 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• Ghent University (200 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
• University of Edinburgh (193 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 6.42% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 35.29% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.82% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 33.33% of all publications and 22.55% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.