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In Practice is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.8), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc..
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ISSN 0263-841XVerify ISSN ↗2042-7689Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Cost to publish: About US$2,900 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary (all) | 163 / 204 | 20th | Q4 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1991–present (also 1981–1989), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.8.
In Practice is Q4 in Veterinary (all) (rank 163 of 204), by CiteScore 2025.
In Practice is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.8, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 20th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.192, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 34.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,900 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
In Practice is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Its print ISSN is 0263-841X and its online ISSN is 2042-7689.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
In Practice has an h-index of 44 and a 2-year mean of 0.38 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.8, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #136 of 197 Scopus journals in Veterinary (all).
In Practice published 120 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 123. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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