OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Laboratory Animals is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
5th Congress of the Portuguese Society for Laboratory Animals Sciences (SPCAL), 25-26 January 2024, Coimbra, Portugal	21
Software for animal randomization: A tool for increasing the reproducibility of science	20
Depicting variability and uncertainty using intervals and error bars	18
Abstracts to the 16th FELASA Congress 2025	16
Comparing United States and European Union academic animal programs: Finances	16
Comparison of adhesion scoring performance between humans and large language models in experimental rat laparotomy	15
A customised combination of environmental enrichment reduces aggression in CD-1 male mice	12
Getting a handle on rat familiarization: The impact of handling protocols on classic tests of stress in Rattus norvegicus	12
Decision trees for determining the fate of laboratory animals	11
A simple and rapid shaking-based assay to genotype live, early developmental stage zebrafish embryos	11
Nest-building in breeding mice: Impact of macro- and micro-environment	11
Study design: think ‘scientific value’ not ‘ p -values’	10
Engaging on discussions about the use and the replacement of animals in research with young minds	9
A method for collecting high numbers of blood samples in standard vacuum tubes from non-heparinized pigs	9
Monitoring Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization murine model using a bioluminescent methicillin-resistant S. aureus	9
Auditory enrichment with different genres of music for colony queens	8
How to teach practical skills with live laboratory animals? Using collective reflection to explore approaches and systematise strategies	8
Guidelines for the establishment and functioning of Animal Ethics Commitees (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees) in Africa	8
Retrospective analysis on the occurrence of kidney cysts in mice in a central animal facility in the years 2009–2019	8
Carprofen increases the risk of anastomotic leakage in a mouse model of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass	8
Refinement of intranasal delivery in rats: A cadaveric study	8
Accuracy of smartwatches for measuring heart rate and oxygen saturation in cynomolgus macaques compared to clinical standards	6
Case report: An adverse response to cyclosporin A treatment in BALB/cJ mice	6
Advancing the 3Rs? Researchers’ perspectives on institutional facilitation in Switzerland – Part 2: executive facilitation	6
Characterization of pig skin microbiome and appraisal as an in vivo subcutaneous injection model	6

Half the price, twice the gain: How to simultaneously decrease animal numbers and increase precision with good experimental design	6
Fin clipping does not increase opercular beat rate in tricaine-treated zebrafish	6
A new method to replace oral gavage for the study of Cryptosporidium infection in mice	6
ECLAM news, February 2023	6
Let’s do it right: Eight steps to competence in laboratory animal science in the European Union	6
Call for submissions: Special issue on facility design and management	6
The importance of methodological detail and conceptual context when presenting laboratory animal science education tools: The authors’ reply	6
Comment on Frommlet and Heinze (2021): Correcting the error degrees of freedom	5
Twelve years after the ARRIVE guidelines: Animal research has not yet arrived at high standards	5
Management of dystocia due to secondary uterine inertia in rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ): A case report	5
The FELASA-AALAS recommendations for fish health monitoring are published	5
A successful return to in-person LASA Annual Conference 2022	5
The human skin organ culture model as an optimal complementary tool for murine pemphigus models	5
Supporting advancement of lab animal welfare and scientific integrity in developing countries: ACURET Cage Consortium (ACCON) Project	4
Teaching experimental design: outputs from the FELASA Working Group	4
Lethal Gram-negative sepsis in healthy pigs during anaesthesia with contaminated propofol	4
Dosage selection and effect evaluation of sodium pentobarbital in tree shrew anesthesia	4
A house is not a home: Shelter preferences of laboratory mice	4
Harmonisation of education, training and continuing professional development for laboratory animal caretakers, technicians and technologists: Report of the FELASA-EFAT Working Group	4
Antinociceptive and motor-blocking effects of epidurally administered diphenhydramine at different concentrations in conscious rabbits: a randomized–controlled trial	4
Conspecific images require longer visual processing than simple stimuli in healthy four-week old piglets	4
Advancing ethical standards in Göttingen Minipigs studies: The feasibility and reliability of Vascular Access Buttons™	4
Guidance on the assessment of learning outcomes for those designing procedures and projects – Report of an ETPLAS Working Group	4
Beitrag aus der GV-SOLAS: Forschungsförderung 2022; Contribution from the GV-SOLAS: Research funding 2022	4
How cage effects can hurt statistical analyses of completely randomized designs	4
Clinical evaluation of intranasal midazolam and alfaxalone for induction of anaesthesia in rabbits	4
LAS around the globe: Australia and New Zealand	4
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in conscious mice: a refined method for repetitive applications without restraint	4
Thanks to Reviewers	4
Reporting and transparency in laboratory animal science: Past achievements, present concerns and future directions	3
Comparative study of tricaine methanesulfonate (MS-222) and eugenol as euthanasia agents in zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) as an experimental model	3
Jacketed telemetry in rats: a novel non-invasive method for cardiorespiratory phenotyping during treadmill exercise	3
Expression of Concern: “Advances in research on the biology of the desert rodent Gerbillus tarabuli: a review”	3
Sex-specific histoarchitecture and functional correlation of the rat thyroid gland	3
Willkommen zur 60. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung der Gesellschaft für Versuchstierkunde GV-SOLAS und 21. Fortbildungsveranstaltung der IGTP 6. – 8. September 2023, Mainz, Deutschland	3
SMAFIRA: a literature-based web tool to assist researchers with retrieval of 3R-relevant information	3
Clinical efficacy of buprenorphine after oral dosing in rats undergoing major surgery	3
Retrospective descriptive report comparing access systems to refine intravenous self-administration in rats	3
Dental implants in large animal models with experimental systemic diseases: A systematic review	3
Oestrous cycle synchronization protocols in rats using cloprostenol and progesterone injections	3
Experiences of early career researchers: Influences on the design and reporting of animal experiments, and the practical and emotional support needed to enhance best practice methods	3
Pain management in zebrafish	3
The advisory body on animal ethics of a global pharmaceutical company: A global organization to address ethical and societal concerns about animal use	3
Complete Freund’s adjuvant in laboratory animals: Reported welfare-relevant outcomes and alternatives—a scoping review	3
FELASA in 2025: milestones completed!	3
Occupational stress, ethical conflicts, and job satisfaction in animal research environments in Korea	2
Introducing entrustable professional activities and competency-based development into workplace-based training within laboratory animal sciences	2
Current research and guidelines for euthanasia in laboratory fish with a focus on fathead minnows	2
Thanks to Reviewers	2
News from the EIC team	2

Virtual Reality in Biomedical Education in the sense of the 3Rs	2
Transversus abdominis plane block in rats: Preliminary cadaveric studies	2
Response to Landes: Comment on Frommlet and Heinze (2021): correcting the error degrees of freedom	2
Extended oxygen supplementation after thoracotomy in rats may improve welfare	2
Influence of general anaesthesia on circulating biomarkers of glucose metabolism in pigs	2
The effects of magnesium infusions on haemodynamic and nociceptive variables in minipigs undergoing thoracotomy	2
Sixty Years of Laboratory Animals	2
Support for 2025 ESLAV-ECLAM Summer School 'The art and science of surgical technique and experimental design'	2
An adaptable, user-friendly score sheet to monitor welfare in experimental fish	2
Insights and implications from a comparative analysis of in vitro fertilization success in Cavioidea and Muroidea rodents	2
An innovative approach for health and safety training and occupational health program annual enrollment for laboratory animal care and use personnel	2
Comparison of unilateral and bilateral embryo transfer in mice	2
Challenges and expectations on the use of automated home cage monitoring for advancing laboratory animal care and welfare	2
‘We have to talk about rodent surgery!’ – one day symposium, 12 June 2022 in Marseille, France	2
Methods of humane killing of laboratory fish: FELASA Working Group recommendations	2
Evaluating and developing sealants for the prevention of pulmonary air leakage: A systematic review of animal models	2
LASA 60th Annual Meeting – Championing Public Engagement with “Snippets of the 3Rs”	2
Population-genomic stability of a closed-herd GGTA1 -knock-out miniature pig line for xenotransplantation	2
Normative data on the hind foot of Sprague–Dawley rats	2
Methods for applying blinding and randomisation in animal experiments	2
Evaluation of a gel-based versus micro-pellet diet for adult zebrafish ( Danio rerio )	2
Can trained behavior serve as tool for welfare assessment? A pilot study in a cancer model with Wistar rats	2
Case-based teaching of experimental design – contributions for meaningful learning	2
Animal models for preventing seroma after surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	1
A framework for assessing practical competence in laboratory animal science (LAS): development of direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) by the ETPLAS Working Group	1
Evaluating rearing behaviour as a model-specific pain indicator in mouse osteotomy models	1
The SGV Meeting on 24–25 November 2026 in Lausanne, Switzerland	1
The use of performance-based outcomes in achieving better global harmonisation in the care and use of animals in research	1
The success of the 15th FELASA congress	1
Cardiopulmonary, echodopplercardiographic and cardiac output effects of isoflurane anaesthesia in male sheep	1
Widespread antimicrobial use in laboratory rodent vivaria in North America revealed by a cross-sectional survey of American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine certified veterinarians	1
Combining melatonin with dexmedetomidine improves anesthesia in rats	1
Periodic stays in a ‘playcage’ as an environmental enrichment measure for laboratory rats housed in individually ventilated cages: Short report	1
Is mindset awareness the key to unlocking your research potential?	1
A review of the comparative anatomy of the domestic pig ( Sus scrofa domestica ) and its relevance to translational research in abdominal transplantation	1
An innovative minimally-invasive vaginoscopic approach for intrauterine infusion in rats – an infertility perspective	1
A scoping review on reporting of methods in DSS colitis mouse models	1
The culture of care to enhance laboratory animal personnel well-being: a scoping review	1
Darkness during behavioral tests induces exploratory activity and decreases anxiety-related behavior in male mice	1
Determining the preferred liquid reward in adult C57BL/6 mice	1
Pathologic copulatory lock in a genetically engineered laboratory mouse breeding pair	1
Long-term eradication of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from a large Xenopus laevis hus	1
Preclinical pilot studies: Five common pitfalls and how to avoid them	1
Radiographic assessment of the impact of sex and the circadian rhythm-dependent behaviour on gastrointestinal transit in the rat	1
Recommendations to improve use and reporting of statistics in animal experiments	1
A communication pipeline for in vivo imaging core facilities	1
Effects of Directive 2010/63/EU on research on wild-sourced animals: a review of publication trends in studies on captive wild mice ( Apodemus sp.)	1
Improving biomedical research by automated behaviour monitoring in the animal home cage – action needed for networking	1
Call for submissions: Special issue on short introductory notes on biostatistics	1
The results of the survey on Fish Species Used for Research, Methods of Euthanasia, Health Monitoring, and Biosecurity in Europe, North America, and Oceania are published	1
Ditching the norm: Using alternative distributions for biological data analysis	1
Strengthening animal welfare: monitoring humane endpoints in a rat model of mammary tumorigenesis undergoing a ladder resistance training protocol	1
Shelved cages impact affective behavior in Sprague Dawley rats – implications for animal welfare	1
Thanks to Reviewers	1
Rodent surgeries: who is performing them and how?	1
Bibliometric analysis on cannibalism/infanticide and maternal aggression towards pups in laboratory rodents	1
Animal researchers’ views on the publication of negative results and subsequent policy adoptions	1
My journey towards higher education in laboratory animal science – a big thanks to European teaching and Laboratory Animals Limited (LAL) funding!	1
Sustainable education and training in laboratory animal science and ethics in low- and middle-income countries in Africa – challenges, successes, and the way forward	1
Watch out for five felasa working group recommendations	1
New perspectives for teaching Culture of Care and their strengths and challenges	1
Pharmacokinetics of single dose levobupivacaine after peri-incisional subcutaneous infiltration in anaesthetized domestic pigs	1
Spontaneous type II cell-derived bronchioloalveolar adenoma in a young ICR mouse	1
Urinary bladder catheterisation of female pigs: Influence of bladder content and Escherichia coli urinary tract infection on procedural outcome	1
Pitfalls in the analysis conditions of canine brain perfusion computed tomography	1
Refining urine collection in mice: Development of an innovative urine collection device	1
Pre-immunization of diet-induced obese male mice with inactivated pathogens increases power in a liraglutide intervention study	1
Case report: C57BL/6NTac and C57BL/6NCrl mice displaying neurological signs after deworming with ivermectin	1
FELASA recommendations for continuing professional development for professionals involved in animal research	1
Use of animals in dental research: Trends and ethical reflections	1
Launching SIRF-UP: a practical pathway for sex-inclusive animal research governance	1
Biological adaptation to a germ-free environment should not be mistaken as a burden for animals	1
Preceding sevoflurane inhalation in rats reduces the stress of intraperitoneal injection both in inexperienced experimenters and subject rats	1
Identification of vacuolar autophagic aggregates in the skeletal muscles of inbred C57BL/6NCrl mice	1
Sex and strain differences in the micropipette-guided drug administration (MDA) method in mice	1