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2001–2019
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BMC Clinical Pathology
BMC Clinical Pathology is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 1472-6890Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Scopus · Inactive
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Cost to publish: About US$2,290 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is BMC Clinical Pathology indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2001–2019).
What is the impact factor of BMC Clinical Pathology?
BMC Clinical Pathology has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
How much does it cost to publish in BMC Clinical Pathology?
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,290 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Who publishes BMC Clinical Pathology and what is its ISSN?
BMC Clinical Pathology is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 1472-6890.
Is BMC Clinical Pathology in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is BMC Clinical Pathology open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed BMC Clinical Pathology for 19 years, between 2001 and 2019. Coverage ended in 2019, 7 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 285 works and 9,448 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2019, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2019, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is BMC Clinical Pathology? — open metrics via OpenAlex
BMC Clinical Pathology has an h-index of 52 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
52
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
217
i10-index
285
works indexed
9,448
total citations
Publication fee · open access list price, US$
US$2,290
BMC Clinical Pathology published 5 papers in 2019; its busiest recent year was 2014 with 46. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for BMC Clinical Pathology? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2019. 1 retracted paper is recorded (3.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2019
- Retracted papers 1 · 3.5 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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