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Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1973

ISSN2632-3559

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.645

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.993

Total Worksi

3,819

Total Citationsi

32,495

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, Research & Experimental; Medical Laboratory Technology; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous); Toxicology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

FrequencyBimonthly, <Mar. 2007->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,819

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2632-3559

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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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

376

2019

479

2020

292

2021

445

2022

338

2023

149

2024

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.

Medical Laboratory TechnologyQ1

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

ToxicologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, Research & Experimental

Scopus Categories

Medical Laboratory TechnologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)ToxicologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal testing and alternativesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Reforms and InnovationsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsCarcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchLegal Cases and Commentary

Frequently asked questions about Alternatives to Laboratory Animals

Is Alternatives to Laboratory Animals a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Alternatives to Laboratory Animals: 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 Alternatives to Laboratory Animals?

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals 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 1.38.

Is Alternatives to Laboratory Animals indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Alternatives to Laboratory Animals is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Alternatives to Laboratory Animals?