Veterinary Evidence welcomes Dr Louise Buckley as Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Dr Louise Buckley PhD FHEA RVN has been appointed as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Veterinary Evidence journal. In this newly created role, Dr Buckley’s main duties will be to manage the clinical query (PICO) submissions, as well as working alongside the Editor-in-Chief, Dr Kit Sturgess, to help with the strategic development of the journal.

Dr Buckley joined the Editorial Board of the Veterinary Evidence journal when it launched in 2016, becoming an Associate Editor in 2021. She has previously contributed to the journal in numerous ways, both as a reviewer and as an author of nine of her own Knowledge Summaries, two of which feature in the top five Altmetric Attention Scores for the journal.

Outside of her work with the journal, Dr Buckley is the Course Lead of the post-graduate course Evidence-based Medicine in Clinical Practice (Clinical Animal Behaviour) and the Deputy Programme Director for the ChM in Urology post-graduate programme at the University of Edinburgh. Dr Buckley is also a Registered Veterinary Nurse, and is committed to ensuring continued veterinary nursing and behaviour paraprofessional representation within the journal.

Bridget Sheppard, Managing Editor of Veterinary Evidence, said, “We are delighted to welcome Louise Buckley as Deputy Editor-in-Chief. Louise has already contributed to the journal’s success in a number of ways, through her position on the Editorial Board as well as her experience as both a reviewer and an author, and her expertise will be extremely welcomed in this new role.”

Veterinary Evidence is the only free, open access, peer-reviewed journal for veterinary professionals that publishes evidence based on clinically relevant questions that respond to specific information needs. The journal is aimed at veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses, paraprofessionals, and allied professions in the international veterinary community.

The journal publishes Knowledge Summaries, Audio Summaries, original research and editorials. It also publishes clinical audits, practice-based case studies, guidelines and systematic reviews, to give readers practical tools as well as evidence to use in their everyday practice.