title: Implementing guidelines on reporting research using animals (ARRIVE etc.): new requirements for publication in BJP.
abstract: The ARRIVE guidelines have been implemented in BJP for 4 years with the aim of increasing transparency in reporting experiments involving animals. BJP has assessed our success in implementing them and concluded that we could do better. This editorial discusses the issues and explains how we are changing our requirements for authors to report their findings in experiments involving animals. This is one of a series of editorials discussing updates to the BJP Instructions to Authors.
authors.affiliation: British Journal of Pharmacology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McGrath
authors.affiliation: Research Animals Department, Science Group, RSPCA, West Sussex, UK.
authors.forename: Elliot
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lilley
mesh_terms: D032761:Animal Experimentation; D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research; D035081:Editorial Policies; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D010600:Pharmacology