Transparency in Research involving Animals: The Basel Declaration and new principles for reporting research in BJP manuscripts

This article discusses the background to the need for change in the reporting of experiments involving animals, including a report of a consensus meeting organised by the and that sought to Internationalise guidelines for reporting experiments involving animals. A commentary on the evolution of BJP's attempts to implement the ARRIVE guidelines and details of our new guidance for authors is published separately (McGrath, 2014). This is one of a series of discussing updates to the BJP Linked EditorialsThis Editorial is the first in a series. The other Editorials in this series will be published in the forthcoming issues. To view them, visit: