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1994-2009
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Online
Journal
of Veterinary Research©
ISSN
1328-925X
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OVERVIEW
The
Online Journal of
Veterinary Research, abbreviated as Online J Vet Res (OJVR)
was
created in 1994 for the purpose of disseminating original veterinary
research
electronically and currently has 26 scientific board members
specialized in different
areas of Veterinary
Science. The Journal is only available online, printed
versions are the responsibility of authors and subscribers. Submissions
are
usually reviewed by 2 board members or persons commissioned from
outside
institutions. The site consists of links to abstracts with full-text
articles
which may be purchased or are available to subscribers only. Published
articles
are permanently archived on the site. Articles are posted with relevant
meta
tags. The journal only publishes original research work in veterinary
science
as full-text articles or short communications. The Board may consider
the
publication of solicited or unsolicited reviews. As of the 16th
of
August, 2007 each article will be linked to the review report.
The
main criteria for publication in the OJVR is scientific
soundness,
originality and a high standard of written English. The Work, when
relevant, must be supported by Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
guidelines,
conciseness, raw data if requested, appropriate sampling and
statistical
analysis. Abstracts posted on OJVR should be able to be read by
persons
not specialized in the field. Submissions must comply with our Animal Ethics Statement (prepared
by The
Veterinary Editors Committee). A recent full-text article may be viewed
here. Authors are
usually
notified by email of an outcome within four weeks. Accepted articles
are
usually published within four weeks of acceptance notification. Please
note:
Submissions that do not meet the basic requirements (see below), will
not be
reviewed. Submissions will be subjected to an automatic plagiarism and
author
(only if relevant), check before review. Work must be of middle to high
significance to be considered for review. Currently (November 2009),
13% of
submitted articles are published in OJVR. A list of specific areas for
publication is
shown below:As a guide, but NOT in any priority order, OJVR will
consider
publication of animal research in:
Pathology and Toxicology
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR
AUTHORS
(Updated 1st September, 2010)
How
to submit:
The Online Journal of Veterinary Research (OJVR) is an electronic
journal. Basic requirements: Submissions must be emailed
here and when received will be acknowledged by OJVR by
a
return email. Authors submitting on behalf of an institution must
provide
evidence (email or otherwise) of acceptance of submission by the
institution.
Authors must identify or nominate the organization where the work was
done,
acknowledge collaboration, and nominate their qualifications
(qualifications
are not published with the articles). To avoid confusion, file names
should be
distinctive and include date of submission. For example "Influenza
virus:
biochemical perspectives, mutational variants and bird flu" should be
named "birdfluMay3rd08.doc", "influenzaMay3rd08.doc" or
mutationalMay3rd08.pdf" ect.
Review
and publication:
Submissions are reviewed by two or more editors, or persons
commissioned from
another institution. The criteria for publication are outlined in the Referee Form. If accepted with
or without
modifications, reports are usually emailed to authors within 30 working
days. After author notification by email, submissions not
published by
OJB are erased and copyright is returned to authors. If the work
is
deemed to be not an original contribution and requires
major changes,
the manuscript will not be considered for publication (but a report
will be
issued to the author(s)). From 2008, all review reports of
submissions
will be posted without author's names,
origin or
title. Reports are not provided to authors for submissions found to be
not
suitable for publication in OJB and no further correspondence
concerning the
submission will be entered into. Once authors have signed and returned
the
copyright form, and have been notified by the OJVR that a submission
has been
accepted, the board may at its own discretion not allow the work to be
withdrawn from publication. Emails or attachments with viruses are
deleted.
Upon acceptance of a submission, the TITLE and KEYWORDS will be posted
on the
internet and usually, published within 48 days. Submissions remain
posted
indefinitely and archived.
Copyright
and Conflict of
Interest:
OJVR is unable to process accepted submissions
further until the OJVR Copyright Form is received.
The form
must be sent here by email. Receipt of the
completed
form constitutes transfer of copyright (please read the form for
further
information). OJVR encourages the dissemination of scientific
work and
supports the SPARC initiative which allows
authors to
disseminate their work without financial gain. Authors are encouraged
to
complete the SPARC form here when submitting
work to the
OJVR. OJVR subscribes to the conflict of interest charter as
described
by the Council of Science Editors and
authors must
complete this form. While every effort
is made to assure
due diligence, submissions that are subsequently found to have been
plegariased, copied, repeated or published elsewhere whole or in part
will be
deleted from OJVR pages.
Formatting:
Submissions should be submitted in text or formatted HTML, MSWORD,
Latex, PDF
or other suitable word processing program. Additional formatting, if
required,
will be done by the OJVR. Submissions should include all original data.
Additional data will not be accepted after submission and the work will
not be
further considered. Submissions must be written in a high standard
of
English (Basic requirement). As a guide, authors should view a recent OJVR article (full-text).
ARTICLE
FORMAT
(Headings centered, Basic requirements))
TITLE
AUTHOR(S)
NAMES: with qualifications (DVM, PhD),
affiliations, address for correspondence and email address.
ABSTRACT
must be a concise compilation of the
work done, results and conclusions. In the abstract only, statements of
difference are assumed to be p < 0.05 or less. If required, only
values
lower (ie P < 0.01) need be stated. However, significance must be
stated in
the material and methods and/or results (see below). In the abstract,
abbreviations
may be used if repeated in the abstract.
KEY-WORDS.
INTRODUCTION
MATERIALS
and METHODS,
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
REFERENCES:
References in text should be set out as Jones GH
(1996) or Jones and Smith JK (2000) or for more than two authors,
Jones et
al (2001) or (Jones and others) with, title of work, journal name
in full,
volume, page(s) and year and/or numbered (1,2) and listed in order of
appearance (ie:"blood values1 ).
Wording: Statements should be made in the third person. For
example
"I/we found that.. is not acceptable", whereas "It was found
that using the proposed method", is acceptable. Submissions should
be
concise; for example, lengthy descriptions of a disease are not
appropriate for
a serological report.
Experimental
methods and statistical
significance:
Once a submission is reviewed, further data will not be
requested and the work will not be considered any further. Submissions
without
accompanying data to validate the findings will not be considered
(basic
requirement). Experimental methods and results, when relevant, must be
supported
by approved laboratory methods and standards (GLP) with
valid statistical or programming tests. For pharmacokinetic,
physio-pathological or similar studies with animals, six
subjects/samples or more
per group, are advisable to validate significance. With large animal
studies
(ie: laminitis in horses) or case studies, if variance is small or not
relevant, less subjects may suffice (basic requirements).
Animal
Ethics:
Housing and care of animal should comply with the Code of Practice for
the
Housing and Care of Animals used in Scientific Procedures (
Short
communications:
Contributors
may report novel and significant research results as a short abstract
with
supporting condensed data. Short reports should not exceed 1000 words
and 25
references.
Review
articles:
Authors may submit a compendium of their own research work or a review
of the
current and future status of areas of interest (see list above). Reviews
should
include an abstract, an introduction and brief headings. The article
should not
exceed 3000 words and 60 references.
Reprints:
Please
note, OJVR is an electronic journal only. Authors will be emailed a
copy
of the full-text published article for their own printing. Parts may
have to be
reformatted (ie: large images may be linked to a separate web page).
Correspondence Policy: Only
correspondence dealing with
submission and publication of your work will be answered.
Submission/Publication
Ratio
(adjusted September 2010)
Dates Submitted Published Percent
01/12/2006-01/12/2006 17 4 23
01/01/2007-30/01/2007 23 4 17
01/02/2007-31/03/2007 36 3 8
01/04/2007-31/05/2007 43 8 18
01/06/2007-31/07/2007 44 2 5
01/08/2007-31/09/2007 28 3 10
01/10/2007-31/11/2007 12 1 8
01/12/2007-01/03/2008 17 3 11
02/03/2008-15/01/2009 213 23 10
16/01/2009-18/04/2009 157 12 8
19/04/2009-02/11/2009 121 21 17
03/11/2009-03/10/2010 367 35 9
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any damage and/or injury to any persons, animals or property due to any
of the products,
ideas, methods or instructions published in Online Journal of
Veterinary
Research (OJVR). Inclusion of any of the products in material published
in OJVR
does not constitute an endorsement or guarantee of the quality of such
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