About Journal

The Iranian Veterinary Journal is a scientific open access peer-reviewed journal publishing original articles, reviews, short communications and scientific report of a high scientific and ethical standard in the veterinary sciences and related academic disciplines. This journal is published four times per year with twelve articles in each issue published in the Persian language with English abstracts by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. It covers all the scientific and technological subjects of veterinary sciences in general, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Bacteriology, Virology, Immunology, Molecular biology, Pathology, Public health, Parasitology, Infectious diseases, Clinical Sciences, Clinical Pathology, Poultry Science, Fisheries, Surgery, Epidemiology, Endocrinology, Nutrition, Welfare, Evolution, Alternative Veterinary Medicine and other Biomedical fields. Papers on all species of animals are considered and a priority publication scheme exists for papers of outstanding merit and topicality.

Types of accepted papers include:

  • Original articles                                                                       
  • Short communications
  • Clinical report

The Iranian Veterinary Journal is indexed by the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), Scientific Information Database (SID), Magiran and Google Scholars. The manuscripts are submitted electronically via the journal website at http://www.ivj.ir and after confirmations of the editorial board are sent for peer review by 3 expert reviewers and published following scientific and language editing. The submitted manuscripts are precisely scrutinized and the ones with the highest scientific quality are selected and published in the shortest space of time.

Publication Frequency
IVJ publishes four issues per year, with occasional special issues coming in addition.

Founder:Mansour Mayahi

Department of Clinical Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Director in-charge:Mohammad Razi Jalali

Department of Clinical Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Managing Editor:Soroush Sabiza 

Department of Clinical Sciences, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz
Copyright © 2014-2018 Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz. All rights reserved.
Address:Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Golestan Street, Ahvaz, 61357-43337 Iran
E-mail:IVJ@scu.ac.ir
Website:http://IVJ.ir

Open Access Statement
Iranian Veterinary Journal (IVJ) is committed to immediate and real open access for academic work. All the original articles, technical briefs and review papers published in this journal are free to access immediately from the date of publication. There are no author charges (commonly known as APCs) prior to publication, and no charge for any reader to download articles and reviews for their own scholarly use.


License Agreement
The non-commercial use of the article will be governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License as currently displayed on (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), except that sections 2 through 8 below will apply in this respect and prevail over all conflicting provisions of such license model. Without prejudice to the foregoing, the author hereby grants SCU Open the exclusive license for commercial use of the article (for U.S. government employees: to the extent transferable) according to section 2 below, and sections 4 through 9 below, throughout the world, in any form, in any language, for the full term of copyright, effective upon acceptance for publication.