''Laboratory Animals'' is a bimonthly

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published by

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. Established in 1967, its focus is on

laboratory animal Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and ''in vivo'' testing, is the use of animals, as model organisms, in experiments that seek answers to scientific and medical questions. This approach can be contrasted ...

science, technology, welfare, and medicine, with a focus on the care of research animals. 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. It is the official journal of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations and a number of its member associations. As of 2024, its editors-in-chief are Paulin Jirkof, Annemarie Lang, Jordi Lopez-Tremoleda, Jean-Pierre Mocho, and José Sánchez Morgado. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2023

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of 1.3.

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*{{Official website, https://lal.org.uk/home-medical/publications/laboratory-animals-journal/ Academic journals established in 1970 SAGE Publishing academic journals Bimonthly journals Hybrid open access journals Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies Animal science journals Animal ethics journals