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Best Pathology and Forensic Medicine journals

209 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 52 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease 45.5 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Endocrine Pathology 22.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Acta Neuropathologica 16.9 98th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Aging and Disease 15.5 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Modern Pathology 12.5 97th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Cell Systems 11.5 97th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Brain Pathology 10.9 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Journal of Pathology 10.6 96th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Acta Neuropathologica Communications 9.3 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Journal of Quantitative Criminology 9 95th Q1 SSCI – No
11 Journal of Pathology Informatics 8.8 94th Q1 – – Yes
12 European Journal of Cell Biology 8.6 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
13 Criminology 8.5 94th Q1 SSCI – No
14 American Journal of Surgical Pathology 8.3 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
15 Laboratory Investigation 8.3 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
16 Histopathology 7.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
17 Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 7.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
18 Cell and Tissue Research 7.7 91st Q1 SCIE – No
19 American Journal of Pathology 7.4 91st Q1 SCIE – No
20 Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research 7.3 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
21 Forensic Science International: Genetics 7 90th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics 6.8 89th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Journal of Liver Cancer 6.7 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
24 Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 6.7 88th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Cytometry Part A 6.6 88th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Aggression and Violent Behavior 6.6 87th Q1 SSCI – No
27 Head and Neck Pathology 6.4 87th Q1 ESCI – No
28 Virchows Archiv 6.4 86th Q1 SCIE – No
29 Experimental and Molecular Pathology 6.3 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
30 British Journal of Criminology 6.3 85th Q1 SSCI – No
31 Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology 6.3 85th Q1 SCIE – No
32 Forensic Science International: Synergy 6.3 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
33 Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 6.3 84th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 6.3 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
35 Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy 6.2 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
36 Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 6 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
37 Forensic Toxicology 5.9 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
38 Theoretical Criminology 5.8 82nd Q1 SSCI – No
39 Advances in Anatomic Pathology 5.8 81st Q1 SCIE – No
40 Analytical Cellular Pathology 5.8 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
41 Justice Quarterly 5.7 80th Q1 SSCI – No
42 Homicide Studies 5.6 80th Q1 SSCI – No
43 Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry 5.5 79th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Science and Justice 5.3 79th Q1 SCIE – No
45 Human Pathology 5.1 78th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Pathophysiology 5.1 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
47 Journal of Clinical Pathology 5.1 77th Q1 SCIE – No
48 Pathology and Oncology Research 5 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
49 Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 5 76th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine 5 76th Q1 SCIE – No
51 Pathology 5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
52 Pathobiology 4.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
53 Journal of Tissue Viability 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
54 Pathology International 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
55 International Journal of Experimental Pathology 4.6 73rd Q2 – – No
56 International Journal of Legal Medicine 4.6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
57 Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 4.6 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
58 Legal and Criminological Psychology 4.6 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
59 Crime and Delinquency 4.5 72nd Q2 SSCI – No
60 Anuario de Psicologia Juridica 4.5 71st Q2 SSCI – Yes
61 Forensic Chemistry 4.5 71st Q2 SCIE – No
62 Diagnostic Pathology 4.4 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
63 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 4.4 70th Q2 SSCI – No
64 Forensic Science International 4.4 69th Q2 SCIE – No
65 Pathologica 4.3 69th Q2 ESCI – No
66 Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology 4.2 68th Q2 SCIE – No
67 Victims and Offenders 4.1 68th Q2 SSCI – No
68 Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica 4.1 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
69 Sage Open Pathology 4.1 67th Q2 ESCI – No
70 APMIS 4.1 66th Q2 SCIE – No
71 International Journal of Biological Markers 4.1 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
72 Forensic Sciences Research 4.1 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
73 Toxicologic Pathology 4.1 65th Q2 SCIE – No
74 Psychology, Crime and Law 4.1 64th Q2 SSCI – No
75 Turk Patoloji Dergisi 4.1 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
76 American Journal of Clinical Pathology 3.9 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
77 Criminal Justice and Behavior 3.9 63rd Q2 SSCI – No
78 International Journal of Gynecological Pathology 3.8 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
79 Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 3.8 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
80 Cardiovascular Pathology 3.8 61st Q2 SCIE – No
81 Journal of Forensic Sciences 3.7 61st Q2 SCIE – No
82 Journal of Microscopy 3.7 61st Q2 SCIE – No
83 Histology and Histopathology 3.6 60th Q2 SCIE – No
84 Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology 3.6 60th Q2 SCIE – No
85 Free Neuropathology 3.6 59th Q2 – – Yes
86 Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine 3.3 59th Q2 ESCI – No
87 Forensic Sciences 3.3 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
88 Crime, Law and Social Change 3.2 58th Q2 SSCI B No
89 International Journal of Forensic Mental Health 3.2 57th Q2 SSCI – No
90 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 3.2 57th Q2 SSCI – No
91 Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE – No
92 Molecular and Cellular Toxicology 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE – No
93 CytoJournal 3.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
94 International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 3.1 55th Q2 SSCI – No
95 Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology 3.1 54th Q2 – – No
96 Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 3 54th Q2 SCIE – No
97 Policing 3 53rd Q2 SSCI – No
98 Acta Cytologica 2.9 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
99 International Journal of Paleopathology 2.9 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
100 Medical Humanities 2.9 52nd Q2 AHCI – No
101 Surgical Pathology Clinics 2.9 51st Q2 – – No
102 Legal Medicine 2.8 51st Q2 SCIE – No
103 Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2.7 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
104 Folia Neuropathologica 2.7 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
105 Journal of Cutaneous Pathology 2.7 50th Q2 SCIE – No
106 Journal of Child Sexual Abuse: Research, Treatment, and Program Innovations for Victims, Suvivors, and Offenders 2.7 49th Q3 SSCI – No
107 Neuropathology 2.7 49th Q3 SCIE – No
108 Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology 2.7 48th Q3 SCIE – No
109 Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology 2.6 48th Q3 SCIE – No
110 Medical Molecular Morphology 2.6 47th Q3 SCIE – No
111 Academic Pathology 2.5 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
112 Forensic Science International: Reports 2.4 46th Q3 – – Yes
113 Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 2.4 46th Q3 SCIE – No
114 Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health 2.4 45th Q3 SSCI – No
115 Pediatric and Developmental Pathology 2.4 45th Q3 SCIE – No
116 Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine 2.4 44th Q3 SCIE – No
117 Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice 2.4 44th Q3 SSCI – No
118 Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2.3 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
119 Ultrastructural Pathology 2.3 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
120 Analytical Chemistry Letters 2.3 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
121 Cytopathology 2.3 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
122 Journal of Toxicologic Pathology 2.2 41st Q3 SCIE – No
123 Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology 2.1 41st Q3 SCIE – No
124 Journal of Clinical and Translational Pathology 2.1 40th Q3 ESCI – No
125 Medicine, Conflict and Survival 2.1 40th Q3 – – No
126 Diagnostic Cytopathology 2 39th Q3 SCIE – No
127 Forensic Imaging 2 39th Q3 ESCI – No
128 International Journal of Surgical Pathology 2 38th Q3 SCIE – No
129 Journal of Comparative Pathology 2 38th Q3 SCIE – No
130 Fetal and Pediatric Pathology 1.9 38th Q3 SCIE – No
131 Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour 1.9 37th Q3 ESCI – No
132 Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 1.8 37th Q3 SSCI – No
133 Comparative Clinical Pathology 1.8 36th Q3 – – No
134 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 1.8 36th Q3 – – No
135 Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas 1.8 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
136 Autopsy and Case Reports 1.8 35th Q3 – – Yes
137 Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science 1.7 34th Q3 SCIE – No
138 Journal of Forensic Nursing 1.6 34th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
139 Iranian Journal of Pathology 1.5 33rd Q3 – – No
140 Malaysian Journal of Pathology 1.5 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
141 American Journal of Dermatopathology 1.5 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
142 American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 1.4 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
143 Violence and Victims 1.4 31st Q3 SSCI – No
144 Clinical Neuropathology 1.3 31st Q3 SCIE – No
145 Journal of Forensic Practice 1.3 30th Q3 ESCI – No
146 Pathologie 1.3 30th Q3 SCIE – No
147 Polish Journal of Pathology 1.3 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
148 Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure 1.2 29th Q3 – – No
149 Academic Forensic Pathology 1.2 28th Q3 – – No
150 Journal of Cytology 1.2 28th Q3 SCIE – Yes
151 Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology 1.2 27th Q3 SCIE – Yes
152 Russian Journal of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology /Anesteziologiya i Reanimatologiya 1.2 27th Q3 – – No
153 Revista Espanola de Medicina Legal 1.1 27th Q3 – – No
154 Human Pathology Reports 1.1 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
155 Miznarodnij Endokrinologicnij Zurnal 1 26th Q3 – – Yes
156 Journal of Forensic Medicine Science and Law 1 25th Q3 – – No
157 Journal of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science 1 25th Q3 ESCI – No
158 Journal of Forensic Accounting Research 1 24th Q4 – B No
159 International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine 1 24th Q4 ESCI – Yes
160 Clinical Dysmorphology 1 23rd Q4 SCIE – No
161 Opera Medica et Physiologica 0.9 23rd Q4 – – No
162 Diagnostic Histopathology 0.9 22nd Q4 – – No
163 Revista Espanola de Patologia 0.8 22nd Q4 ESCI – No
164 Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology 0.8 21st Q4 – – No
165 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Medicine, and Pathology 0.8 21st Q4 ESCI – No
166 Fa yi xue za zhi 0.8 20th Q4 – – Yes
167 Rechtsmedizin 0.8 20th Q4 SCIE – No
168 Arkhiv Patologii 0.8 19th Q4 – – No
169 Journal of Hematopathology 0.7 19th Q4 SCIE – No
170 Medecine Tropicale et Sante Internationale (MTSI) 0.7 18th Q4 – – Yes
171 RSC Detection Science 0.7 18th Q4 – – No
172 Clinical and Experimental Morphology 0.7 17th Q4 – – No
173 Russian Journal of Operative Surgery and Clinical Anatomy 0.7 17th Q4 – – No
174 Journal of Forensic Identification 0.7 16th Q4 – – No
175 Criminal Law Review 0.6 16th Q4 – – No
176 Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertiza 0.6 16th Q4 – – No
177 Federal Probation 0.6 15th Q4 – – No
178 Russian Journal of Forensic Medicine 0.6 15th Q4 – – No
179 Forensic Science and Technology 0.6 14th Q4 – – No
180 Problemi Endokrinnoi Patologii 0.6 14th Q4 – – No
181 Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine 0.5 13th Q4 – – Yes
182 Pathologia 0.5 13th Q4 ESCI – Yes
183 Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine 0.5 12th Q4 – – Yes
184 Journal of the Anatomical Society of India 0.5 12th Q4 SCIE – No
185 Indonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 0.4 11th Q4 – – Yes
186 Problems of Forensic Sciences 0.4 11th Q4 – – No
187 Annales de Pathologie 0.4 10th Q4 SCIE – No
188 Chinese Journal of Pathology 0.4 10th Q4 – – No
189 Journal of Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
190 Revija za Kriminalistiko in Kriminologijo 0.4 9th Q4 SSCI – No
191 Reports of Morphology 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
192 Sarkomy Kostej, Magkih Tkanej i Opuholi Kozi 0.3 8th Q4 – – No
193 Archiwum Medycyny Sadowej i Kryminologii 0.3 7th Q4 – – Yes
194 Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
195 Archives of legal medicine 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
196 Laboratory Diagnostics. Eastern Europe 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
197 Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
198 Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pathology and Medical Laboratory 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
199 Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine 0.3 5th Q4 – – No
200 Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 0.3 4th Q4 ESCI – No
201 Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
202 Journal of Plastination 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
203 Journal of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers 0.2 3rd Q4 – – No
204 Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
205 Revue Francaise d'Histotechnologie 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
206 Philippine Journal of Pathology 0.1 1st Q4 – – Yes
207 Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 0 1st Q4 – – No
208 Journal of South India Medicolegal Association 0 0th Q4 – – No
209 Sante Mentale et Droit 0 0th Q4 – – No

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