Lab Animal
Last updated ISSN 0093-7355
Lab Animal is published by Springer Nature in veterinary. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $5,390.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Lab Animal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Animal testing and alternatives
- Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia
- Animal Genetics and Reproduction
- Veterinary Practice and Education Studies
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
Key facts
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0093-7355, 1548-4475 |
| Subject area | Veterinary |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $5,390 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 4,731 |
| Publishing since | 1948 |
| Journal website | www.nature.com/laban/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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