Last updated: November 20, 2025

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee statement

Any article describing a study (basic research) involving animal subjects is required to have the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)’s institution name (such as the Genovese Institute) and protocol number (such as 14-9347-39G or EN-21549) stated explicitly in the Footnotes section. In addition, authors are required to provide the primary version (PDF) of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee’s official approval in the official language of the authors’ country to the Editorial Office; for example, authors from China should provide the Chinese version of the document, authors from Italy should provide the Italian version of the document, etc.

Sample wording: All procedures involving animals were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the [Name of Institution] (IACUC protocol number: [protocol number]).

Please click on the links below to download the sample documents of IACUC approval document(s)/letter(s):