Grundy David
Department of Biomedical Science, The University, Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom.
J Physiol. 2015 Jun 15;593(12):2547-9. doi: 10.1113/JP270818.
The Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology have always used UK legislation as the basis of their policy on ethical standards in experiments on non-human animals. However, for international journals with authors, editors and referees from outside the UK the policy can lack transparency and is sometimes cumbersome, requiring the intervention of a Senior Ethics Reviewer or advice from external experts familiar with UK legislation. The journals have therefore decided to set out detailed guidelines for how authors should report experimental procedures that involve animals. As well as helping authors, this new clarity will facilitate the review process and decision making where there are questions regarding animal ethics.
《生理学杂志》和《实验生理学杂志》一直将英国法律作为其实验用非人类动物伦理标准政策的基础。然而，对于有来自英国以外地区的作者、编辑和审稿人的国际期刊而言，该政策可能缺乏透明度，有时还很繁琐，需要高级伦理审查员的干预或熟悉英国法律的外部专家的建议。因此，这些期刊决定制定详细的指南，说明作者应如何报告涉及动物的实验程序。这一新的明确规定不仅有助于作者，还将在出现动物伦理问题时促进审查过程和决策制定。
