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About Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
What is Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica? Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal that encompasses all aspects of veterinary research and medicine of domestic and wild animals. It is the official journal of the Veterinary Associations of the Nordic Countries, and was founded in 1959 as a traditional print journal, but has taken the novel step of moving to an open access publishing model. Content overview Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica considers the following types of articles:
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica has a ‘closed’ peer review policy. Manuscripts submitted to the journal will be evaluated initially by the Editor-in-Chief, who will assign at least two expert reviewers either directly, or through a Section Editor. The peer review process will aim to ensure that all published manuscripts are scientifically sound and provide new scientific knowledge. Experimental research on animals must follow internationally recognized guidelines. A statement to this effect must appear in the Methods section of the manuscript, including the name of the body which gave approval, with a reference number where appropriate. Informed consent must also be documented. Manuscripts will be rejected if the editorial office considers that the research has not been carried out within an ethical framework, e.g. if the severity of the experimental procedure is not justified by the value of the knowledge gained. Edited by Mats Forsberg, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica is supported by an international Editorial Board. Publishing in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica All articles will be listed in PubMed immediately upon acceptance (after peer review), and will be covered by PubMed Central, MEDLINE, Thomson Reuters (ISI), CABI, Scopus and Current Contents. Articles in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. However, because articles in this journal are not printed, they do not have page numbers. Instead, they have a unique article number. The following citation: As an online journal, Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica does not have issue numbers. Each volume corresponds to a calendar year. To keep up to date with the latest articles from Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, why not register to receive alerts? Registration also enables you to customise your subject areas of interest, store your searches, and submit your manuscripts. Submission of manuscripts Manuscripts should be submitted electronically to Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica using the online submission system. Full details of how to submit a manuscript are given in the instructions for authors. General journal policies Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica is published by BioMed Central, an independent publisher committed to ensuring peer-reviewed biomedical research is Open Access. That means it is freely and universally accessible online, it is archived in at least one internationally recognised free access repository, and its authors retain copyright, allowing anyone to reproduce or disseminate articles, according to the BioMed Central copyright and licence agreement. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica however, has taken this further by making all its content Open Access. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica's articles are archived in PubMed Central, the US National Library of Medicine's full-text repository of life science literature, and also at INIST in France and in e-Depot, the National Library of the Netherlands' digital archive of all electronic publications. The journal is also participating in the British Library's e-journals pilot project, and plans to deposit copies of all articles with the British Library. BioMed Central is working closely with the Thomson Reuters (ISI) to ensure that citation analysis of articles published in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica will be available. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica is able to deliver summaries of frequently updated content via Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds. These are accessible via the orange "XML" button at the top of the list of recent articles or the list of most accessed articles. For more information about RSS feeds see our publisher's website. If you would like to help raise awareness of Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, why not download the journal's
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