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COVID-19 and impact on peer review
Editor's Highlights
A veterinary perspective on One Health in the Arctic
Sonne et al.
Neuromas at the castration site in geldings
Bengtsdotter et al.
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The influence of equine body weight gain on inflammatory cytokine expressions of adipose tissue in response to endotoxin challenge
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Ovarian follicular response to oestrous synchronisation and induction of ovulation in Norwegian Red cattle
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A comparison of respiratory function in pigs anaesthetised by propofol or alfaxalone in combination with dexmedetomidine and ketamine
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Regenerative potential of allogeneic adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal cells in canine cutaneous wounds
Article collection
Wildlife Diseases
This collection of articles highlights interesting wildlife research, ranging from diseases in reindeer to mountain goats to gulls to otters to moles.
Collection published: July 2018
Cross journal collection
One Health
This series aims to help us better understand the inter-connected fields of veterinary medicine, public health and environmental sciences.
Edited by: Professor Ulf Magnusson
Collection published: November 2017
Cross journal collection
From farm to plate - make food safe
This series features recently published articles from our microbiology and veterinary journals, investigating different aspects of food safety and security.
Collection published: 2 April 2015
Thematic series
Q fever: a zoonotic infection in animals
This series focuses on all areas of research in Q fever in animals, including zoonotic implications, vaccination, and laboratory studies to help promote advances in this field.
Collection published: 26 March 2015
On the BMC blog
Identifying climate-sensitive infectious diseases in animals and humans in Northern regions
Published: 08 January 2020
Goats in the City
Published: 23 March 2018
Rabies ecology in a changing Arctic, an Alaskan example
Published: 24 March 2017
“What would you do?” Should vets be involved in making the decisions for seriously ill pets?
Published: 25 May 2016
Editor-in-Chief
Jørgen S Agerholm, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Aims and scope
Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica is an open access journal encompassing all aspects of veterinary research and medicine of domestic and wild animals.
Call for Papers: Wildlife Diseases
This collection of articles highlights interesting wildlife research, ranging from diseases in reindeer to mountain goats to gulls to otters to moles. Submit to this collection today!
Call for papers: Update to our Q fever collection
Q fever remains a significant public health problem worldwide, with unpredictable outbreaks. We welcome new contributions to build upon our collection dedicated to this zoonosis.
Featured Collection: One Health
More than half of infectious diseases in humans originate from animals. This series aims to enhance our understanding of the inter-connected fields of veterinary medicine, public health and environmental sciences.
Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Veterinary Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy; and the Summit of the American Association of Rehabilitation Veterinarians; and the American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
These proceedings focus on veterinary sports medicine, including reports on dynamic warm-up protocols and heart rate testing in agility dogs, rehabilitation of injuries in guinea pigs, spinal posture in horses and correction of angular limb deformities in foals using kinesiology taping.
Editors' profiles
Prof Jørgen Agerholm - Editor-in-Chief
Jørgen Agerholm, DVM, PhD, DVSci is full professor in veterinary reproduction and obstetrics at the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He obtained his PhD in Veterinary Pathology in 1993 from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen. He was a senior researcher at the Danish National Veterinary Institute from 1992-2000 and thereafter associated professor in veterinary pathology at the University of Copenhagen. From 2009, he has been full professor in veterinary reproduction and obstetrics. Dr. Agerholm joined Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica as deputy editor in 2006 and has served as Editor-in-Chief since 2013.
His main research interest is reproductive pathology. Dr. Agerholm has since 1989 done research in congenital syndromes, genetic disorders, abortion diagnostics and fetal and neonatal pathology. During recent years, he has also had a research focus on genital tract infection and inflammation.
Prof Eva Axnér - Deputy Editor
Eva Axner is educated as DVM and has a PhD in obstetrics and gynaecology. She is European Diplomate in Animal Reproduction and a Swedish specialist in dog and cat reproduction. In 2008 she became associate professor in reproduction, and since 2012 she has been a professor in reproduction in carnivores.
Her research focuses on reproduction in dogs and cats, with a particular emphasis on gamete preservation in the cat. She is also interested in the link between feline reproduction, breeding and animal welfare. In addition, her expertise encompasses reproduction in wild carnivores and domestic animals as models for creating gene banks for threatened species.
Dr Sigríður Björnsdóttir - Deputy Editor
Sigríður Björnsdóttir is educated as DVM, graduating from The Norwegian College of Veterinary Medicine, and works as a Veterinary Officer for Health and Welfare of the Horse at the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authorities. She is visiting professor at The Agricultural University of Iceland. Sigríður Björnsdóttir completed a PhD in Clinical Radiology from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Dept. of Clinical Radiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in 2002 on bone spavin in Icelandic horses.
Sigríður Björnsdóttir has more than 20 years of experience in research and diagnostic work on horses, including a wide range of disciplines: diagnostic imaging, joint diseases, gait analysis, infectious diseases, immunology, fertility, genetics and welfare. The common thread of her research is epidemiology and design of animal models.
Prof Lars Erik Larsen - Deputy Editor
Lars Erik Larsen, is educated as DVM and has a PhD in Veterinary Virology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is Diplomate of the European College of Porcine Health Management and is currently a Professor at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
He has more than 20 years’ experience in research and diagnostic work on viruses infecting production animals and is responsible for the Danish diagnostic preparedness program on influenza A virus in animals. The expertise of his research relates primarily to the study on virus pathogenesis, molecular epidemiology, determination of virulence factors, host response as well as the development of diagnostic tools and vaccine candidates for pathogens of veterinary and zoonotic importance.
Prof Toomas Orro - Deputy Editor
Toomas Orro is educated as DVM. He obtained his PhD in 2008 from the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Since 2012, he is professor of clinical veterinary immunology and currently he is the head of the Chair of Clinical Veterinary Medicine in Estonian University of Life Sciences.
He is an expert in veterinary immunology and especially in innate immunity. His main research topics are inflammatory response and acute phase proteins in animals. He has good expertise in clinical epidemiology and Prof Orro has published more than 80 scientific articles.
Prof Timo Soveri - Deputy Editor
Timo Soveri is educated as DVM and is currently professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Timo Soveri’s particular interest and scientific expertise includes diseases of ruminants, physiology of ruminants and wildlife diseases.
Prof Morten Tryland - Deputy Editor
Morten Tryland is educated as DVM and has a PhD in virology. He has experience as a veterinary practitioner, but has during his 25 years of scientific career been associated with Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Dept. of Arctic Veterinary Medicine, Tromsø, and is currently a professor in infection biology at Institute of Arctic and Marine Biology, Research group for Arctic Infection Biology at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Northern Norway. He also holds a professor position at the Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø.
His work has focused on virus infections, zoonoses and infection biology in marine and terrestrial arctic wildlife, including semi-domesticated reindeer. Together with Susan Kutz, University of Calgary, Canada, he has edited the book «Reindeer and Caribou – Health and Disease», published by CRC Press (2018).
Official journal of
Veterinary Associations of the Nordic Countries
Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
88 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
56 days to first decision for all manuscripts
200 days from submission to acceptance
10 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
1.509 - 2-year Impact Factor
1.678 - 5-year Impact Factor
1.054 - Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP)
0.637 - SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
Usage
487,193 Downloads
92 Altmetric Mentions