title: Inclusion of policies on ethical standards in animal experiments in biomedical science journals.
abstract: Most published biomedical research involving animal models is evaluated carefully to ensure that appropriate ethical standards are met. In the current study, 500 journals randomly selected from MedLine were assessed for whether they presented animal research. Of the 138 journals that  did, the instructions to authors of 85 (61.6%) included a requirement for author assurance of adherence to ethical standards during experiments involving animals. In comparison to a wider range of biologic journals, biomedical science journals were more likely to have some sort of ethical  policy concerning the reporting and presentation of animal experiments.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Behavioural Biology, School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. sean.rands@bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sean A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rands
mesh_terms: D032761:Animal Experimentation / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards; D035843:Biomedical Research; D035081:Editorial Policies; D004989:Ethics; D016239:MEDLINE; D012693:Serial Publications