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Aims and scope

Aims and Scope

Veterinary Research is an open access journal that publishes high-quality and novel research and review articles focusing on all aspects of infectious diseases and host-pathogen interactions in animals.

The journal covers studies involving:

Farmed animals, including equines, and companion animals
Wild animals, when infections are of zoonotic interest and/or related to domestic animals
Laboratory animals and animal models of human infectious diseases

Particular attention is given to zoonotic, emerging, and re-emerging pathogens.

Manuscripts based on in vitro, ex vivo, or organoid models that mimic living tissue and disease processes are also welcome.

Topics of Interest

The journal publishes research in the following areas:

Pathogens and Host-Pathogen Interactions

Novel insights into viruses, bacteria, protozoa, helminths, fungi, and mammalian prions
Focus on molecular mechanisms driving host-pathogen interactions
Note: Purely descriptive or correlative studies (e.g., phenotypic/genotypic antibiotic resistance surveys) are not a priority

Immunity and Vaccinology

Fundamental studies on systemic and mucosal immunity in infected animals
Development and evaluation of new vaccines against pathogens

Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control of Infectious Diseases

Research enhancing our understanding of the dynamics and management of infectious diseases in animals
Epidemiological contributions from veterinary sciences, computational biology, economics, social sciences, and related fields

Diagnostic-Oriented Research

Diagnostic-focused manuscripts may be considered on a case-by-case basis, with a preference for:

Studies on serotype or variant distribution in under-reported or poorly documented regions
Diagnostic data directly linked to virulence or clinical outcomes in hosts
Validation of new diagnostic techniques that are broadly applicable and potentially game-changing

What Is Not Within Scope

Studies focused solely on treatment of diseases
Pathological or clinical case reports
Technical notes or incremental studies with limited originality
Research for which the results apply only to a narrow geographic scope without the potential for generalisability
Studies reporting negative results without significant scientific insight

Review Articles and Thematic Issues

Veterinary Research welcomes:

Review articles offering comprehensive, critical syntheses of current knowledge in host-microbe interactions or infectious disease epidemiology. Reviews should not focus solely on the authors’ own work.
Thematic issues composed of invited review articles centered on defined, relevant topics

Target Audience

The journal serves scientists working in:

Universities and research institutes
Governmental and non-governmental organizations
Private companies and the pharmaceutical/veterinary industries

Why publish your article in Veterinary Research?

We are an official journal of the world-leading French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment (INRAE)
Published for over 50 years, our journal has an international reputation for high quality research on infectious diseases in animals.
Our expert editorial team provides thorough and constructive peer review, and as an open access journal we ensure that your work is immediately accessible and highly discoverable.
We deliver high levels of author satisfaction, with 91% of our published authors reporting that they would definitely or probably publish with us again.

Open access

All articles published by Veterinary Research are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Further information about open access can be found here.

As authors of articles published in Veterinary Research you are the copyright holders of your article and have granted to any third party, in advance and in perpetuity, the right to use, reproduce or disseminate your article according to the licence terms.

For those of you who are US government employees or are prevented from being copyright holders for similar reasons, BMC can accommodate non-standard copyright lines. Please contact us if further information is needed.

Article processing charges (APC)

Authors who publish open access in Veterinary Research are required to pay an article processing charge (APC). The APC price will be determined from the date on which the article is accepted for publication.

The current APC, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable, is: £1690.00/$2390.00/€1875.00

Visit our open access support portal and our Journal Pricing FAQs for further information.

Open access funding

Visit Springer Nature’s open access funding & support services for information about research funders and institutions that provide funding for APCs.

Springer Nature offers agreements that enable institutions to cover open access publishing costs. Learn more about our open access agreements to check your eligibility and discover whether this journal is included.

Springer Nature offers APC waivers and discounts for articles published in our fully open access journals whose corresponding authors are based in the world’s lowest income countries (see our APC waivers and discounts policy for further information). Requests for APC waivers and discounts from other authors will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and may be granted in cases of financial need (see our open access policies for journals for more information). All applications for discretionary APC waivers and discounts should be made at the point of manuscript submission; requests made during the review process or after acceptance are unable to be considered.

Indexing services

All articles published in Veterinary Research are included in:

AGRICOLA
BIOSIS
CAB Abstracts
CAS
DOAJ
Embase
EMBiology
Google Scholar
HAL
MEDLINE
PubMed Central
Science Citation Index Expanded
SCImago
Scopus
UGC-CARE List (India)

The full text of all articles is deposited in digital archives around the world to guarantee long-term digital preservation. You can also access all articles published by BioMed Central on SpringerLink.

Peer-review policy

Peer-review is the system used to assess the quality of a manuscript before it is published. Independent researchers in the relevant research area assess submitted manuscripts for originality, validity and significance to help editors determine whether the manuscript should be published in their journal. You can read more about the peer-review process here.

Veterinary Research operates a single-blind peer-review system, where the reviewers are aware of the names and affiliations of the authors, but the reviewer reports provided to authors are anonymous. The benefit of single-blind peer review is that it is the traditional model of peer review that many reviewers are comfortable with, and it facilitates a dispassionate critique of a manuscript.

Before being sent to reviewers, manuscripts are pre-screened by the editorial office to check that they agree with the criteria for publishing in Veterinary Research: accordance with the aims and scope of the journal, nature of the study, originality of the results, quantity and quality of data, general conclusions, and presentation of the work with a good quality of English language. If the paper does not fulfill these criteria, it may be rejected at this stage without review.

Manuscripts deemed suitable for review will be sent to a minimum of two experts chosen by the Editors-in-Chief, and possibly a statistical reviewer if necessary, to determine originality, scientific merit, and significance to the field. Reviewers are asked to declare any competing interests they may have in reviewing a manuscript. Only papers of high quality and novelty and of general significance are published. If minor revisions are recommended by the reviewers, authors are expected to make the appropriate revisions within one month. For manuscripts requiring major revisions, the revised version must be sent to the Editorial Office within two months (four months if additional data are needed). Revised manuscripts may be reviewed a second time. Revised manuscripts that are received after the deadline will not be considered.

The journal aims for a first decision to be made within eight weeks of receipt of the submission and the Editors-in-Chief make the final decision on publication.

Veterinary Research is now a PCI Animal Science Friendly Journal

New Content Item

Veterinary Research is happy to announce their new partnership as a PCI Animal Science friendly journal. While the journal retains the right to further review manuscripts, they are happy to consider the existing reviews when papers are submitted from PCI Animal Science.

Editorial policies

All manuscripts submitted to Veterinary Research should adhere to BioMed Central's editorial policies.

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Citing articles in Veterinary Research

Articles in Veterinary Research should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number.

Article citations follow this format:

Authors: Title. Vet Res [year], [volume number]:[article number].

e.g. Roberts LD, Hassall DG, Winegar DA, Haselden JN, Nicholls AW, Griffin JL: Increased hepatic oxidative metabolism distinguishes the action of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor delta from Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in the Ob/Ob mouse. Vet Res 2009, 1:115.

refers to article 115 from Volume 1 of the journal.

Appeals and complaints

Authors who wish to appeal a rejection or make a complaint should follow the procedure outlined in the BMC Editorial Policies .

Benefits of publishing with BMC

High visibility

Veterinary Research's open access policy allows maximum visibility of articles published in the journal as they are available to a wide, global audience.

Speed of publication

Veterinary Research offers a fast publication schedule whilst maintaining rigorous peer review; all articles must be submitted online, and peer review is managed fully electronically (articles are distributed in PDF form, which is automatically generated from the submitted files). Articles will be published with their final citation after acceptance, in both fully browsable web form, and as a formatted PDF.

Flexibility

Online publication in Veterinary Research gives you the opportunity to publish large datasets, large numbers of color illustrations and moving pictures, to display data in a form that can be read directly by other software packages so as to allow readers to manipulate the data for themselves, and to create all relevant links (for example, to PubMed, to sequence and other databases, and to other articles).

Promotion and press coverage

Articles published in Veterinary Research are included in article alerts and regular email updates. Some may be highlighted on Veterinary Research’s pages and on the BMC homepage.

In addition, articles published in Veterinary Research may be promoted by press releases to the general or scientific press. These activities increase the exposure and number of accesses for articles published in Veterinary Research. A list of articles recently press-released by journals published by BMC is available here.

Copyright

As an author of an article published in Veterinary Research you retain the copyright of your article and you are free to reproduce and disseminate your work. For further information, see our guide to licensing, copyright and author rights.

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