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Journal of Laboratory Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
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ISSN 2567-9430Verify ISSN ↗2567-9449Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics | 13 / 99 | 87th | Q1 |
| Biochemistry (medical) | 42 / 78 | 46th | Q3 |
| Clinical Biochemistry | 83 / 124 | 33rd | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1992 (also 2013, 2018–present), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.
Journal of Laboratory Medicine is Q1 in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics (rank 13 of 99), Q3 in Biochemistry (medical) (rank 42 of 78) and Q3 in Clinical Biochemistry (rank 83 of 124), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Laboratory Medicine is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 87th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.352, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 21.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,130 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.
Journal of Laboratory Medicine is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH. Its print ISSN is 2567-9430 and its online ISSN is 2567-9449.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Laboratory Medicine has an h-index of 25 and a 2-year mean of 1.21 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #13 of 92 Scopus journals in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics.
Journal of Laboratory Medicine published 44 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 75. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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