In Practice is published in conjunction with The Veterinary Record and provides continuing educational material for veterinary practitioners. It focuses on the topics of clinical and practice management. Reviews cover all species, but principally farm and companion animals, providing a regular update on clinical developments. The journal is published 10 times a year by BVA Publications

BVA Publications

BVA Publications is the publishing department of the British Veterinary Association , the national representative body of the veterinary profession in the UK, which publishes the BVA's journals, The Veterinary Record and In Practice....

 in collaboration with the BMJ Group.

Citations

According to the 2008 Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports is an annual publication by the Healthcare & Science division of Thomson Reuters. It has been integrated with the Web of Knowledge, by Thomson Reuters, and is accessed from the Web of Science to JCR Web. It provides information about academic journals in the sciences and...

, the five journals that have cited In Practice most often are (in order of citation descending citation frequency) The Veterinary Record, Journal of Small Animal Practice, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, and In Practice itself. As of 2008 the five journals that have been cited the most frequently by articles published in In Practice are The Veterinary Record, Journal of Small Animal Practitioners, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, and In Practice itself. The journal has a 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

of 0.15, ranking it 126th out of 135 in the category Veterinary Sciences.