Experimental Animals

Aims & Scope

The aim of this international journal is to accelerate progress in laboratory animal experimentation and disseminate relevant information in related areas through publication of peer reviewed Original papers and Review articles.

The journal covers basic to applied biomedical research centering around use of experimental animals and also covers topics related to experimental animals such as technology, management, and animal welfare.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.2

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.614

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	54

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9438

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	450

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Medicine and Veterinary, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Effect of Three Types of Mixed Anesthetic Agents Alternate to Ketamine in Mice

  Citation: 492

  Authors: Sumiko, Yasuhiro, Shiro, Tsutomu

• Genetic Differences among C57BL/6 Substrains

  Citation: 300

  Authors: Kazuyuki, Kuniya, Ayumi, Satoe, Hatsumi, Kazuo, Yuichi, Atsushi

• Morris water maze: a versatile and pertinent tool for assessing spatial learning and memory

  Citation: 238

  Authors: Muhammad Zulfadhli, Zurina, Ahmad Tarmizi

• Changes in Colonic Mucosal Permeability in Mouse Colitis Induced with Dextran Sulfate Sodium.

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Shuji, Shigenobu, Masatoshi

• High fat diet induced obesity model using four strains of mice: Kunming, C57BL/6, BALB/c and ICR

  Citation: 192

  Authors: Jinglei, Haishan, Yuting, Liu

• Strain and Sex Differences in Anxiety-Like and Social Behaviors in C57BL/6J and BALB/cJ Mice

  Citation: 178

  Authors: Xiao-Lei, Jun-Xian, Rui-Yong, Ying, Fa-Dao, Shuang-Yan, Rui, Xia, En-Qi, Hugh

• Involvement of Sex, Strain and Age Factors in High Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in C57BL/6J and BALB/cA Mice

  Citation: 166

  Authors: Satomi, Akira, Kunio, Hiroyuki, Koji

• High-efficiency CAG-FLPe Deleter Mice in C57BL/6J Background

  Citation: 148

  Authors: Hiroaki, Hitomi, Shigeyoshi

• Dopamine Dynamics and Signaling in <i>Drosophila</i>: An Overview of Genes, Drugs and Behavioral Paradigms

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Shinya, Elaine S.

• Transgenic Mouse Sperm that Have Green Acrosome and Red Mitochondria Allow Visualization of Sperm and Their Acrosome Reaction in Vivo

  Citation: 141

  Authors: Hidetoshi, Yuko, Masahito, Noriko, Yoshihide, Masaru

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