Introdution of AMEM: Animal Models and Experimental Medicine (AMEM) is an international, open access publishing journal dedicated to disseminating research and contemporary information in the field of laboratory animal sciences. In 2022, it was changed from quarterly journal to bimonthly journal. AMEM has been indexed by CSCD, DOAJ, PubMed Central, WJCI, MEDLINE, ESCI and other domestic and foreign scientific databases. In 2023, AMEM received the first impact factor of 3.7. The objective of AMEM is to build an international academic exchange platform for research involving laboratory animals, animal models and related topics, including applied research in experimental medicine, and to increase understanding among the international academic community of the development of such studies and the welfare status of laboratory animals. Topics explored by AMEM include new animal models of human disease, laboratory animal biology, laboratory animal medicine, laboratory animal welfare, laboratory animal biotechnology, as well as other studies involving laboratory animals. AMEM serves as an official journal of the International Association for Comparative Medicine, is supported by the Chinese Association for Laboratory Animal Sciences(CALAS), and the Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical Collage, in cooperation with the Asian Federation of Laboratory Animal Science Associations (AFLAS) .
