Determining scientific performance of some of laboratoryanimal journals in veterinary science with the ethical approach [Veteriner bilimleri alaninda yayimlanan bazi laboratuar hayvanlari dergilerinin bilimsel performanslarinin etik yaklaşimla deǧerlendirilmesi]

The present study was conducted to analyses the scientific performance of the veterinary studies with considering ethicalapproach which were published in laboratory animal journals by using rat and mouse. the following journals were investigatedin this study: atla- alternatives to laboratory animals,comparative medicine,experimental animals,lab animal,laboratoryanimals,and scandinavian journal of laboratory animal science. these journals (sourced from isi web of science database)were selected on the basis that they included too many publications with rats and mice. the present study determined thatthere were 519 articles between 1998-2007 years relating to mice being used in laboratory animal studies. furthermore,190of the articles were published with rats at the same period. it was also found that the average citation of mice publishes washigher than rats in all journals.