Table 1. Identified Articles.
| Category | Journal Title | Impact Factor | Included Articles | ANE | EUTH | ESM | MethodSection | Animial Care Approval# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | Pain | 5.644 | 63 (25.6) | 52 (81.3) | 63 (100.0) | accepted | no word limit | statement required |
| Anesthesiology | 5.163 | 70 (28.5) | 60 (85.7) | 65 (92.9) | accepted | no word limit | statement required | |
| British Journal of Anaesthesia | 4.237 | 22 (8.9) | 18 (81.8) | 20 (90.9) | accepted | no word limit, ARRIVE guidelines referenced | statement required | |
| Anaesthesia | 3.486 | 3 (1.2) | 3 (100.0) | 2 (66.6) | accepted | no word limit, compliance with ARRIVE guidelines demanded | approval required§ | |
| Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine | 3.464 | 11 (4.5) | 10 (90.9) | 9 (81.8) | accepted | no word limit | statement required | |
| Anesthesia and Analgesia | 3.300 | 43 (17.5) | 36 (83.7) | 37 (86.0) | accepted | no word limit | statement required | |
| European Journal of Pain | 3.067 | 30 (12.2) | 30 (100) | 22 (73.3) | accepted | no word limit | statement required | |
| Minerva Anestesiologica | 2.818 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | not mentioned in authors’ guidelines | no word limit | statement required | |
| European Journal of Anaesthesiology | 2.792 | 4 (1.6) | 4 (100) | 3 (75.0) | accepted | no word limit, ARRIVE guidelines referenced | statement required | |
| Pain Practice | 2.605 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | not mentioned in authors’ guidelines | only reviews | statement required | |
| Total | 246 (29.1) | 213 (86.2) | 222 (89.9) | |||||
| Critical Care Medicine | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 11.041 | 32 (11.8) | 16 (50) | 32 (100) | accepted | methods limited to 500 words | approval required |
| Critical Care Medicine | 6.124 | 57 (21,0) | 48 (84.2) | 57 (100.0) | accepted | no word limit | statement required | |
| Chest | 5.854 | 4 (1.5) | 2 (50.0) | 3 (75.0) | accepted, but authors are charged 150 USD; | no word limit | approval§ | |
| Intensive Care Medicine | 5.258 | 16 (5.8) | 14 (93.3) | 15 (100) | accepted | no word limit | statement required | |
| Critical Care | 4.718 | 15 (5.5) | 13 (81.3) | 16 (100.0) | accepted | no word limit | not explicitly required | |
| Journal of Neurotrauma | 4.295 | 131 (48.1) | 118 (90.0) | 118 (90.0) | not mentioned in authors’ guidelines | no word limit | statement required | |
| Resuscitation | 4.104 | 18 (6.6) | 16 (88.8) | 17 (94.4) | accepted | no word limit,appended ARRIVE checklist demanded | Review Board approval identifier required | |
| Neurocritical Care | 3.038 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | not mentioned in authors’ guidelines | no word limit | not explicitly required | |
| Current Opinion in Critical Care | 2.967 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | accepted | only review articles | not applicable | |
| Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2.752 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | not mentioned in authors’ guidelines | only review articles | not applicable | |
| Total * | 273 (32.3) | 227 (83.5) | 258 (94.9) | |||||
| Respiratory System | Thorax | 8.376 | 11 (3.4) | 6 (54.5) | 11 (100) | accepted | no word limit | not explicitly required |
| European Respiratory Journal | 5.854 | 16 (4.9) | 10 (62.5) | 16 (100) | accepted; | no word limit | not explicitly required | |
| Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 5.112 | 14 (4.3) | 9 (64.3) | 14 (100.0) | not mentioned in authors’ guidelines | no word limit | statement confirming adherence to Helsinki declaration required | |
| Journal of Thoracic Oncology | 4.473 | 4 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | accepted | no word limit | not explicitly required | |
| American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology | 4.148 | 113 (34.6) | 44 (39.3) | 113 (100) | accepted | limited to 500 words | not explicitly required | |
| Respiratory Research | 3.642 | 27 (8.3) | 15 (55.5) | 27 (100.0) | accepted | no word limit | not explicitly required | |
| Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 3.526 | 9 (2.8) | 5 (55.5) | 9 (100) | accepted | no word limit | statement required | |
| American Journal of Physiology—Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology | 3.523 | 115 (35.3) | 58 (50.4) | 115 (100.0) | accepted | no word limit, ARRIVE guidelines referenced | statement required | |
| Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 3.454 | 7 (2.1) | 2 (28.6) | 7 (100) | not mentioned in authors’ guidelines | no word limit | statement required | |
| Lung Cancer | 3.392 | 10 (3.1) | 2 (20.0) | 10 (100) | accepted | no word limit | statement required | |
| Total * | 326 (38.6) | 151 (46.3) | 326 (100.0) | |||||
| Overall | 845 (100.0) | 591 (69.9) | 806 (95.4) |
Summary on the number of articles and journal characteristics according to the instructions to authors included in the final analysis with respect to 2012 ISI Web of Knowledge subject category, journal and impact factor. The journals "Seminars of Respiratory and Critical Care", "Thorax" and “Journal of Heart and Lung Transplant" were substituted for "Minerva Anestesiologica", "American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine" and "Chest" respectively, which were listed in more than one subject category. The substitution resulted in the inclusion of "Annals of Thoracic Surgery" and "Lung Cancer" in the present review. Values are given as number (% per category).
*: percentage related to total number of articles (845);
#: animal care approval statement in methods section according to the instructions to authors,
§: animal care approval required, but no explicit statement regarding animals care approval in methods section in the instructions to authors listed.
ANE: number of manuscripts involving animal anesthesia (percentages given related to number of included articles); EUTH: number of manuscripts involving animal euthanasia (percentages given related to number of included articles); ESM: Availability of an electronic online supplement.