Laboratory Animals (journal)

{{Infobox journal

| title = Laboratory Animals

| cover = Laboratory_animals_journal_cover.jpg

| former_name =

| abbreviation = Lab. Anim.

| discipline = Animal testing

| editor = P. Jirkof, A. Lang, J. Lopez-Tremoleda, J.-P. Mocho, J. Sánchez Morgado

| publisher = SAGE Publishing on behalf of Laboratory Animals Ltd.

| country =

| history = 1967–present

| frequency = Bi-monthly

| openaccess = Hybrid

| license =

| impact = 1.3

| impact-year = 2023

| ISSN = 0023-6772

| eISSN = 1758-1117

| CODEN = LBANAX

| JSTOR =

| LCCN = sf78000754

| OCLC = 989824498

| OCLC2 = 46842204

| website = https://lal.org.uk/home-medical/publications/laboratory-animals-journal/

| link2 = https://journals.sagepub.com/home/LAN

| link2-name = Online archive

| link1 = https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/LAN/current

| link1-name = Online access

}}

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.{{cite web |title=Laboratory Animals |url=https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/laboratory-animals/journal202194 |website=SAGE Publications |access-date=6 December 2024 }}{{cite web |title=Laboratory Animals |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/home/LAN |website=Sage Journals |access-date=6 December 2024 }} 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.{{LCCN|sf78000754|Laboratory animals|long=yes}}. Retrieved 6 December 2024. It is the official journal of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations and a number of its member associations.{{cite web |title=Affiliated Socities: Laboratory Animals |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/page/lan/affiliated-societies |website=Sage Journals |access-date=6 December 2024 |language=en}}

As of 2024, its editors-in-chief are Paulin Jirkof, Annemarie Lang, Jordi Lopez-Tremoleda, Jean-Pierre Mocho, and José Sánchez Morgado.{{cite journal |title=Vacancy for EDITOR position to join the EIC team |journal=Laboratory Animals |date=October 2024 |volume=58 |issue=5 |pages=390–390 |doi=10.1177/00236772241281044}}

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 1.3.{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Laboratory Animals |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |edition=Science OR Social Sciences OR Emerging Sources OR Arts and Humanities |via=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}