Animal Models and Experimental Medicine
Animal Models and Experimental Medicine is an open access journal on laboratory animals and the models built from them, published by Wiley for two Chinese bodies.《Animal Models and Experimental Medicine》是一份聚焦实验动物及由其构建的模型的开放获取期刊，由威立为两家中国机构出版。
It was launched in March 2018 and set out to raise the standard of animal research and to speak for the welfare of the animals used.该刊于 2018 年 3 月创办，意在提高动物研究的水平，并为人所用动物的福祉发声。
In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the second quartile of medicine, research and experimental.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在医学-研究与实验类目列第二区。
Scope
- The journal takes research involving laboratory animals as its subject, and it asks how such work is done well and reported honestly.该刊以涉及实验动物的研究为题材，追问此类工作如何被做好、被如实报告。
- Animal models are named, and the journal carries work on how a model of a human disease is built and checked.动物模型被点名，该刊刊载人类疾病模型如何被构建与检验的工作。
- New models of human disease are sought, and the journal admits work that sets out a model which did not exist before.人类疾病的新模型受到求取，该刊收载阐明先前不存在的模型的工作。
- Laboratory animal biology is treated, and the journal takes work on how a species used in the laboratory lives and develops.实验动物生物学得到处理，该刊收载实验室所用物种如何生存与发育的工作。
- Laboratory animal medicine is named, and the journal carries work on how an animal is kept healthy and free of pain.实验动物医学被点名，该刊刊载动物如何被保持健康、免除痛苦的工作。
- Laboratory animal welfare is part of the remit, and the journal admits work on how housing and handling shape a result.实验动物福祉属于收稿范围，该刊收载饲养与操作如何塑造结果的工作。
- Laboratory animal biotechnology is treated, and the journal takes work on how a line is made or edited.实验动物生物技术得到处理，该刊收载品系如何被产生或编辑的工作。
- Experimental medicine is named, and the journal carries work that carries a model toward a treatment.实验医学被点名，该刊刊载把模型带向治疗的工作。
- Comparative medicine is part of the remit, and the journal admits work that asks what an animal model shows about a human condition.比较医学属于收稿范围，该刊收载动物模型显示人类病症何物的研究。
- Standardisation is treated, and the journal takes work on how a model is described so that another laboratory can repeat it.标准化得到处理，该刊收载模型如何被描述以使另一实验室可以重复的工作。
- Genetics and breeding are named, and the journal carries work on how a strain is established and characterised.遗传与繁育被点名，该刊刊载品系如何被建立与表征的工作。
- Behaviour and pain are weighed, and the journal admits work on how an animal's state is assessed rather than assumed.行为与疼痛受到权衡，该刊收载动物的状态如何被评估而非被假定的工作。
- Reproducibility is a stated concern, and the journal carries work on why a result from one colony may not hold in another.可复现性是明示的关切，该刊刊载某一群体所得结果为何在另一群体未必成立的工作。
- Reviews are taken alongside original work, and the journal asks that a survey set out where a field of models stands.综述与原创工作一并收载，该刊要求述评陈明模型领域的现状。
- The journal is meant to serve a global community, and it takes work from any country so long as an animal is treated to a high standard.该刊意在服务一个全球共同体，只要动物受到高标准对待，来自任何国家的工作都予收载。
History
- The journal was launched in March 2018, and its first issue appeared in that month.该刊于 2018 年 3 月创办，其首期于当月出版。
- It was set up by a learned society for laboratory animal science together with a research institute of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.该刊由中国实验动物学会联同中国医学科学院的一个研究所设立。
- The title is co-owned by those two bodies, and it is issued with a large commercial publisher that carries its content worldwide.该刊由这两家机构共同拥有，并与一家大型商业出版方合作发行，把其内容带向世界。
- A Chinese registration number stands beside the international ones, and the journal is carried in a national serials listing.一串中国登记号与国际刊号并列，该刊被一份全国性连续出版物名录收录。
- The journal began with four issues in a year, and it later moved to a monthly rhythm as submissions grew.该刊起初每年四期，随着投稿增多，其后改按月发行。
- A volume is published for each year, and the series had reached volume 9 by 2026.该刊每年出版一卷，到 2026 年已出至第 9 卷。
- Access was open from the start, and every article is free to read from the moment it appears.该刊自始即开放获取，每篇文章自出现那一刻起即可免费阅读。
- A publication charge applies to an accepted paper, and the journal points to the publisher's policy and to its waiver scheme.被录用的论文须缴纳出版费用，该刊指明出版方的政策与减免方案。
- Authors keep the copyright of their work, and every article is released under a licence that allows reuse with attribution.作者保留其作品的著作权，每篇文章以允许署名再用的许可发布。
- The impact figure has held near three, standing at 3.8 for 2023 and reaching 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子维持在 3 附近，2023 年为 3.8，2025 年版为 3.3。
- The journal was indexed step by step, and it was taken into an international biomedical database and then into the citation index.该刊逐步被收录，先进入一个国际生物医学数据库，继而进入引文索引。
- Its papers are deposited in a public archive, where they are free to read and are preserved.其论文存放在一所公共档案之中，在其中免费阅读并受保存。
- A themed issue is assembled from time to time, and the journal has gathered papers on such subjects as models of a respiratory disease.该刊不时编成主题期，汇集诸如呼吸系统疾病模型一类题目的论文。
Editors
- Chuan Qin of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences is editor-in-chief, and she directs the institute that studies laboratory animals.中国医学科学院的（Chuan Qin）担任主编，她主持研究实验动物的该研究所。
- She has led the field's national body and served on an international council for laboratory animal science.她曾领导该领域的全国性机构，并任职于一个国际实验动物科学理事会。
- Two honorary editors-in-chief are also named, one from a medical university in China and one from a science commission in Pakistan.该刊另列两位荣誉主编，一位来自中国的一所医科大学，一位来自巴基斯坦的一个科学委员会。
- A body of associate editors is drawn from several countries, and the journal names members from Asia, Europe and the Americas.一组副编辑从数个国家遴请，该刊列出亚洲、欧洲与美洲的成员。
- The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。
- Each paper is sent to independent referees, and the review is anonymous on the side of the reviewer.每篇论文送交独立审稿人，评审在审稿人一侧为匿名。
- Authors must declare any competing interest, and the journal states its ethical requirements in full.作者必须声明任何利益冲突，该刊完整说明其伦理要求。
- Work involving animals is held to a high standard, and the journal asks that the approval of an ethics body be recorded.涉及动物的研究须达到高标准，该刊要求记录伦理机构的批准。
- A paper is asked to report how an animal was housed and handled, so that another laboratory can judge whether the model holds.论文须报告动物如何被饲养与操作，使另一实验室可以判断该模型是否成立。
- Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's system, and a data sharing statement is required.稿件通过出版方的系统投递，并须提交数据共享声明。
- The journal is read by laboratory animal scientists and by veterinarians, by geneticists and by clinical researchers, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有实验动物科学家与兽医，也有遗传学家与临床研究者，它为这几类人写作。
- Work that carries a model toward a trial is given room, and the journal asks what the carrying changes.把模型带向试验的工作有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一带动改变了什么。
- Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a model that failed to reproduce a disease is worth recording.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为未能复现某一疾病的模型同样值得记录。
- Work on a transgenic line appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on how a line is made and validated.转基因品系方面的工作列于选题之中，该刊刊载品系如何被产生与验证的论文。
- Work on an animal's environment is treated, and the journal admits papers on how light, diet and cage shape a readout.动物所处环境方面的工作得到处理，该刊收载光照、饲粮与笼具如何塑造读数的论文。
- The journal keeps its reviews distinct from its original reports, and a reader can tell from the rubric which is which.该刊把综述与原始报告区分开来，读者可从栏目看出何者为何者。
- Work on a model of a metabolic disease is named, and the journal carries papers on how the model is made to mirror the human condition.代谢疾病模型方面的工作被点名，该刊刊载模型如何被做得贴近人类病症的论文。
- Work that compares two species is treated, and the journal asks what a difference between them says about the model.比较两个物种的工作得到处理，该刊追问二者之间的差异对模型说明了什么。
- The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。