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Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1559-6109eISSN1559-6109

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.447

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.878

Total Worksi

724

Total Citationsi

4,343

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Veterinary Sciences; Zoology; Animal Science and Zoology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications724

Publisher OrgAmerican Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1559-6109 / 1559-6109

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.1k

2019

1.2k

2020

638

2021

429

2022

268

2023

148

2024

137

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Veterinary SciencesZoology

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Veterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaAnimal testing and alternativesAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesPain Mechanisms and TreatmentsPrimate Behavior and EcologyAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsPharmacological Effects and AssaysNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorHuman-Animal Interaction StudiesAnesthesia and Pain Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Is Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science?

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.54.

Is Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science?