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Best Small Animals journals

25 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Small Animals. The top 25 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 6 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Theriogenology 5.3 98th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Annals of Animal Science 5.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery 4.9 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice 4.2 86th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Journal of Small Animal Practice 3.1 82th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 2.7 78th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Topics in Companion Animal Medicine 2.6 74th Q2 SCIE – No
8 Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice 2.6 70th Q2 – – No
9 Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Science 1.5 66th Q2 ESCI – No
10 Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 1.4 62th Q2 SCIE – No
11 Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports 1.3 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
12 Letters in Animal Biology 1.3 54th Q2 – – Yes
13 Pets 1.3 50th Q2 – – Yes
14 Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 1.1 46th Q3 SCIE – No
15 Dog Behavior 1 42th Q3 – – No
16 Archives of Veterinary Medicine 0.9 38th Q3 – – Yes
17 Tierarztliche Praxis Ausgabe K: Kleintiere - Heimtiere 0.9 34th Q3 SCIE – No
18 Journal of Poultry Sciences and Avian Diseases 0.8 30th Q3 – – No
19 Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal (Egypt) 0.7 26th Q3 – – Yes
20 Indian Journal of Small Ruminants 0.5 22th Q4 – – No
21 Analecta Veterinaria 0.3 18th Q4 – – Yes
22 Tanzania Veterinary Journal 0.2 14th Q4 – – No
23 Revue Veterinaire Clinique 0.2 10th Q4 – – No
24 Journal of Economic Animal 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
25 Kleintierpraxis 0.1 2th Q4 SCIE – No

Rank and percentile are within the Small Animals Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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