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Pathophysiology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
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ISSN 0928-4680Verify ISSN ↗1873-149XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathology and Forensic Medicine | 46 / 209 | 78th | Q1 |
| Physiology (medical) | 47 / 117 | 60th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1994–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.1.
Pathophysiology is Q1 in Pathology and Forensic Medicine (rank 46 of 209) and Q2 in Physiology (medical) (rank 47 of 117), by CiteScore 2025.
Pathophysiology is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, 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 5.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 78th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.901, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 63.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,689 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.
Pathophysiology is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). Its print ISSN is 0928-4680 and its online ISSN is 1873-149X.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Pathophysiology has an h-index of 73 and a 2-year mean of 3.42 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #21 of 208 Scopus journals in Pathology and Forensic Medicine.
Pathophysiology published 73 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 240. 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.
In its latest 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (19%), Russia (9.8%) and Italy (6.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). 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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