Laboratories | Aims and Scope Update

To further enhance the quality of Laboratories and the papers published within, under the guidance of our Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Gassan Hodaifa, the journal has updated and revised its scope. The original scope and the updated version are listed below.

Aims (new version):

Laboratories (ISSN: 2813-8856) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on laboratory management. It publishes reviews, research papers, and short communications. This journal has a multidisciplinary character, and our aim is to publish papers exploring all the aspects related to laboratory construction and maintenance, management and planning, equipment and supplies, automatization, hazards, and other pertinent topics.

Scope (new version):

This journal welcomes manuscripts on different aspects of laboratories, including but not limited to the following:

Laboratories’ role in driving scientific and technological innovation through research and development;
Innovation in the interaction between laboratories and quality industries;
The critical analysis of existing legislation, proposals for improvement, and new aspects to be included;
Good practices in biological laboratories, risks, and health;
Occupational health and hygiene monitoring;
Novel methods or new equipment and their integration into laboratory management;
New laboratories, construction, planning, equipment, computational tools, automatization, management, maintenance, and supplies;
Laboratory hazardous waste management and process safety standards;
Spills, safety legislation and practices, and related concerns;
Fires and explosions;
Protective equipment;
Laboratory animals;
Laboratory problems and challenges.

Aims (old version):

Laboratories (2813-8856) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on laboratory management. It publishes reviews, research papers, and short communications. This journal has a multidisciplinary character, and our aim is to publish papers exploring all the aspects related to laboratory construction and maintenance, management and planning, equipment and supplies, automatization, hazards, and other pertinent topics.

Scope (old version):

This journal welcomes manuscripts on different aspects of laboratories, including but not limited to the following:

Laboratories’ role in driving scientific and technological innovation through research and development.
Innovation in the interaction between laboratories and quality industries.
The critical analysis of existing legislation, proposals for improvement, and new aspects to be included.
Good practices in biological laboratories, risks, and health.
Occupational health and hygiene monitoring.
Research results generated using novel methods or new equipment.
New laboratories, construction, planning, equipment, computational tools, automatization, management, maintenance, and supplies.
Laboratory hazardous waste management and process safety standards.
Spills, safety legislation and practices, and related concerns.
Fires and explosions.
Protective equipment.
Laboratory animals.
Laboratory problems and challenges.

With this update, we encourage high-quality contributions in the above-mentioned fields. For more detailed information, please visit the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/laboratories/about.

Laboratories Editorial Office