Lab Animal

Lab Animal is a journal of Nature Portfolio, part of Springer Nature, that serves the laboratory animal science community and was established in 1972, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.8《实验室动物》（Lab Animal）是（Nature Portfolio）旗下、隶属（Springer Nature）的期刊，服务实验动物科学界，1972 年创办，2025 年影响因子为 6.8

Scope

• The journal covers the care and use of animals in research该刊覆盖研究用动物的饲养与使用
• Laboratory animal medicine and comparative pathology are central实验动物医学与比较病理学是核心
• Animal welfare, ethics and regulatory compliance are covered动物福利、伦理与法规合规在其范围
• Genetics, husbandry and colony management are within scope遗传学、饲养与种群管理同样收录
• Research models for human and animal disease are published人类与动物疾病的研究模型均在发表之列
• Facility management and refinement of experimental methods are addressed设施管理与实验方法的改良亦被讨论

History

• The title dates from 1972 and has long been a reference for animal care in the laboratory该刊自 1972 年出版，长期作为实验室动物照护的参考读本
• It is published in the Nature Portfolio, part of Springer Nature期刊在（Nature Portfolio）出版，隶属（Springer Nature）
• Its audience spans veterinarians, facility managers, researchers and ethicists读者涵盖兽医师、设施管理者、研究人员与伦理工作者
• The journal is published by Springer Nature and appears monthly, under print ISSN 0093-7355, electronic ISSN 1548-4475该刊由（Springer Nature）出版，按月刊出版，印刷 ISSN 为 0093-7355，电子 ISSN 为 1548-4475。-
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 12.625 in 2021 and reached 6.8 in 2025, with the reported series 6.8, 3.9, 9.667, 12.625其影响因子由 2025 年的 6.8、2024 年的 3.9、2022 年的 9.667、2021 年的 12.625 等年度数据构成，最新为 2025 年的 6.8。

Editors

• The journal is edited by specialists in laboratory animal science and medicine期刊由实验动物科学与医学领域的专家编辑
• Its content includes research papers, reviews and news for the animal research community内容包含研究论文、综述与面向动物研究界的动态报道
• Methods papers describing refinement of experimental techniques are also published描述实验技术改良的方法学论文亦在发表之列
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, MEDLINE and Scopus该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）、（MEDLINE）与（Scopus）收录。