Effective July 2020

This list applies to residents whose training started on or after July 1, 2020. Residents whose training started before July 2020 should refer to the Pre-2020 listing below.

Permanent Journals

American Journal of Veterinary Research
Equine Veterinary Journal
Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Journal of Small Animal Practice
Veterinary Comparative Orthopedics and Traumatology
Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound
Veterinary Surgery

Reviewed Journals – Veterinary Journals

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
BMC Veterinary Research Journal
Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
Journal of Veterinary and Comparative Oncology
Journal of Veterinary Cardiology
Journal of Veterinary Medical Education**
Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
New Zealand Veterinary Journal
PeerJ**
Preventative Veterinary Medicine
The Veterinary Journal
Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology Journal
Veterinary Medicine and Science
Veterinary Ophthalmology
Veterinary Pathology
Veterinary Record

Reviewed Journals – Non-Veterinary Journals

Acta Biomaterials
Advanced Healthcare Materials
American Heart Journal
American Journal of Pathology
American Journal of Physiology
American Journal of Surgery
American Journal of Sports Medicine, The
Anatomical Record
Anesthesiology
Animals*
Annals of Surgery
Arthritis and Rheumatism
Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
Biomaterials
BMC Research Notes
Bone
Cancer
Cells
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
Clinical Radiology Science
Human Gene Therapy
Journal of Applied Physiology
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Journal of Bone Oncology
Journal of Cell Biology
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Journal of Experimental Biology
Journal of Investigative Surgery
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
Journal of Rheumatology
Medical Engineering and Physics
Nature Biotechnology
Neuroscience Letters
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Pain
Pharmaceuticals
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
PLoS ONE
Stem Cells & Development

* Added in June 2024
** Added in October 2023

The Reviewed Journals list is subject to regular (five year) review by the Resident Credentialing Committee (RCC). Journals will be assessed using the criteria to add a publication to the list as detailed in the Residency Training Standards and Requirements:

• The journal must be listed on MEDLINE.
• Previously published articles in the journal must reflect the scientific method and report hypothesis- or objective-driven research.
• The impact factor (as determined by Research Gate) should be ≥ 0.8.
• The h5-index (as determined by Google Scholar metrics) should be ≥15.

Additional journals must be approved by the ACVS Board of Regents after review by the Resident Credentialing Committee (RCC). Please refer to the current Residency Training Standards and Requirements  for information on how to have the RCC review your request.

Manuscripts must meet requirements outlined in the Residency Training Standards and Requirements. View a sample ACVS Manuscript Evaluation Form, which is used by the Resident Credentialing Committee to see if the manuscript meets ACVS requirements. Residents may request an early review of their accepted manuscript. The deadlines for early manuscript reviews are February 1 and August 1 each year. Please refer to the “Optional Early Review of Publication Accepted in an Approved Journal” section of the Residency Training Standards and Requirements  for more information.