Impact factor for the year 2020 for the journal Veterinarski arhiv is 0.496 (Science Citation Index Expanded ‐ SCIE; Web of Science ‐ Journal Citation Reports). It was calculated on the basis of cites in 2020 to items published in 2018 and 2019. We would appreciate an impact factor higher than 0.496. Therefore we would like to emphasize that the impact factor is entirely in the hands of authors. So, the authors are expected clearly to explain why the work presented has novelty and complements existing literature. In that case their paper will be recognized in relevant scientific community and cited in the journals indexed in Journal Citation Reports, Scopus and other data bases.