Journal profile
ALTEX-ALTERNATIVEN ZU TIEREXPERIMENTEN
ISSN 0946-7785 · eISSN 1868-8551 · Switzerland · Quarterly
ALTEX-ALTERNATIVEN ZU TIEREXPERIMENTEN: fully open access; APC about USD 2,157; median 127 days to acceptance (51 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 103 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, ALTEX-ALTERNATIVEN ZU TIEREXPERIMENTEN's largest topics are Animal testing and alternatives, Computational Drug Discovery Methods and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, together about 47.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
ALTEX is issued by ALTEX Edition, c/o Zürcher Tierschutz, Zürichbergstrasse 263, 8044 Zurich, Switzerland ALTEX is the official organ ofCAAT - Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USACAAT-Europe - Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing - Europe, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, GermanyDoerenkamp-Zbinden Chairs in Germany (In-vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine at the University of Konstanz), USA (Evidence-based Toxicology at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore) and Switzerland (Doerenkamp-Naef-Zbinden Chair for Alternative Methods at the University of Geneva), EUSAATt4 - transatlantic think tank for toxicology, Baltimore, USA, Konstanz, Germany About ALTEXThe journal Alternativen zu Tierexperimenten was first published in 1984 by the Fonds für versuchstierfreie Forschung, Zurich (FFVFF, now Animalfree Research, Berne) and ran under ISSN 1018-4562 from 1991-1993 and ISSN 0946-7785 from 1994-2008. ALTEX has been owned and issued by the society ALTEX Edition since 2006 along with the journals ALTEX Proceedings and TIERethik. The journal title was changed to ALTEX - Alternatives to Animal Experimentation in 2009 (online ISSN: 1868-8551; print ISSN: 1868-596X). The journal began open access publication of research articles in 2007 and of full content in 2013 and has been recognized as a gold open access journal by the Directory of Open Access Journals since 2013. ALTEX has endorsed the ARRIVE guidelines for reporting on animal experiments since 2011. ALTEX was awarded a Special Prize of the Fondation E. Naef pour la recherche in vitro in 2003 and was recognized by a commendation in the category “Public Awareness” by the LUSH Prize in 2016. The best article published in the preceding year in the journal is awarded the annual ALTEX Award. ALTEX currently publishes four issues per year. Journal content is archived in the PKP Preservation Network (PKP-PN) and in CLOCKSS. Open access policyALTEX is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. Articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the o
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal testing and alternativesVeterinary27.3%
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science10.3%
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsEnvironmental Science9.6%
- 3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchEngineering7%
- Contact Dermatitis and AllergiesMedicine5.2%
- Agricultural safety and regulationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Pluripotent Stem Cells ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.4%
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.33LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 467OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.06OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,251 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 64 | 64 | 69 |
| 2025 | 103 | 103 | 184 |
| 2024 | 83 | 83 | 261 |
| 2023 | 82 | 82 | 468 |
| 2022 | 107 | 107 | 933 |
| 2021 | 76 | 76 | 740 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
127 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 90 days – 187 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (54 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 135 days
- Sample
- 51 articles with submission and acceptance dates (108 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | EUR 2,000 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0946-7785
- Print ISSN
- 1868-596X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1868-8551
- Society / sponsor
- CAAT
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ALTEX-ALTERNATIVEN ZU TIEREXPERIMENTEN
How long does peer review take at ALTEX-ALTERNATIVEN ZU TIEREXPERIMENTEN?
Based on the dates recorded on 51 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 127 days (interquartile range 90–187 days); the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index ALTEX-ALTERNATIVEN ZU TIEREXPERIMENTEN?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ALTEX-ALTERNATIVEN ZU TIEREXPERIMENTEN is indexed in DOAJ.
Is ALTEX-ALTERNATIVEN ZU TIEREXPERIMENTEN open access, and what is the APC?
ALTEX-ALTERNATIVEN ZU TIEREXPERIMENTEN is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,157.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .