Laboratory Animals (journal)

Laboratory Animals is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by SAGE Publishing. Established in 1967, its focus is on laboratory animal science, technology, welfare, and medicine, with a focus on the care of research animals.^[1][2] The journal published on a semi-annual basis from its inception to 1971, on a triannual basis from 1972 to 1974, and on a quarterly basis from 1975 to 2015; it has published on a bimonthly basis since 2016.^[2][3] It is the official journal of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations and a number of its member associations.^[4]

Laboratory Animals

Discipline	Animal testing
Language	English
Edited by	P. Jirkof, A. Lang, J. Lopez-Tremoleda, J.-P. Mocho, J. Sánchez Morgado
Publication details
History	1967–present
Publisher	SAGE Publishing on behalf of Laboratory Animals Ltd.
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	1.3 (2023)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Lab. Anim.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	LBANAX
ISSN	0023-6772 (print) 1758-1117 (web)
LCCN	sf78000754
OCLC no.	989824498
OCLC no.	46842204
Links
Journal homepage Online access Online archive

As of 2024, its editors-in-chief are Paulin Jirkof, Annemarie Lang, Jordi Lopez-Tremoleda, Jean-Pierre Mocho, and José Sánchez Morgado.^[1][5]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 1.3.^[6]