The URL of official journal web site is https://www.e-jvc.org . The JVC team endeavors to make a good website. JVC website demonstrates that care has been taken to ensure high ethical and professional standards. It does not contain any misleading information, including any attempt to mimic another journal/publisher’s site.

The official journal title is the Journal of Veterinary Clinics (JVC) the abbreviation of ISO is JVC.

The JVC has on online submission and peer review system at https://e-jvc.org/submission.

All papers, including those invited by the Editor, are subject to peer review. A manuscript is first reviewed for its format and adherence to the aims and scope of the journal. If the manuscript does not fit the aims and scope of the Journal or does not adhere to the Instructions for Authors, it may be returned to the author immediately after receipt and without a review.

The journal uses a double-blind peer-review process: the reviewers do not know the identity of the authors, and vice versa. Manuscripts are reviewed by at least 2 external experts and editors. JVC’s average turnaround time from submission to decision is 2 weeks. The editor is responsible for the final decision whether the manuscript is accepted or rejected.

This journal is owned by the publisher, The Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics (KSVC). (http://ksvc.or.kr/index_eng.html?pg_idx=62).

The governing body is the journal's editorial board. The full names and affiliations of the journal’s editors and members of journal management team are displayed on the About (Editorial Board & Journal Management Team) tab of journal homepage, and the contact information for the Editor and editorial office is on the About (Contact Us) tab.

Copyright to all published materials is owned by the Journal of Veterinary Clinics (JVC) All authors should agree to the copyright transfer during the submission process.

JVC is an open access journal. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To use the tables or figures of JVC in other journals, books or media for scholarly, educational purposes, the process of permission request to the publisher of JVC is not necessary. All contents of the journal are available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

JVC uses the Open Access publishing model in which all published articles are freely accepted for publication.

The editorial board of JVC have carefully examined all submitted manuscripts whether these are abided by the ethical guidelines of the ICMJE and COPE. The published articles have involved the statements of conflict of interest, institutional review board, informed consent, and human/animal rights.

When the Journal faces suspected cases of research and publication misconduct such as a redundant (duplicate) publication, plagiarism, fabricated data, changes in authorship, undisclosed conflicts of interest, an ethical problem discovered with the submitted manuscript, a reviewer who has appropriated an author’s idea or data, complaints against editors, and other issues, the resolving process will follow the flowchart provided by the COPE (http://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts). The editorial board of JVC will discuss the suspected cases and reach a decision. JVC will not hesitate to publish errata, corrigenda, clarifications, retractions, and apologies when needed.

Journal of Veterinary Clinics adheres to ethical guidelines given below for publication and research. For other ethical regulations unspecified in the said guideline, authors may refer to the Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals 3rd (Korean Association of Medical Journal Editors, KAMJE;
https://www.kamje.or.kr/board/view?b_name=bo_publication&bo_id=13&per_page=) and the International Standards for Editors and Authors by the Committee on Publication Ethics (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines). All cases of suspected misconduct will be resolved as per the COPE Flowchart (https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Flowcharts).

Our publication ethics are displayed on the Editorial Policy (Publication Ethics) tab of journal homepage.

JVC is published bimonthly (30th of February, April, June, August, October, December) a year.

JVC is an open access journal. A free full-text service both in the XML and PDF formats is available immediately upon publication without embargo period.

Full text of JVC has been archived in National Library of Korea (http://www.nl.go.kr). According to the deposit policy (self-archiving policy) of Sherpa/Romeo (http://www.sherpa.ac.uk), authors cannot archive pre-print (i.e., pre-refereeing), but they can archive post-print (i.e., final draft post-refereeing). Authors can archive publisher's version/PDF. JVC provides the electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content in the event the journal is no longer published by archiving in National Library of Korea.

Revenue sources of journal are from the support of publisher (The Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics) and advertising rates.

Advertisements are reviewed in light of appropriate ethical considerations before being accepted for publication. The publication of advertisements relies on the responsibility of the advertiser to comply with all legal requirements relating to the marketing and sale of the products or services advertised. The publication of an advertisement neither constitutes nor implies a guarantee or endorsement, by The Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics of the product or service advertised, or the claims made for it by the advertiser. The Korean Society of Veterinary Clinics reserves the right to discontinue any advertisement it so wishes.

Journal propagation has been done through the journal web site and distribution of an introduction pamphlet. Invitations to submit a manuscript are usually focused on the presenters at conferences, seminars, or workshops if the topic is related to the journal's aims and scope.