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Pathologica

Pacini Editore Srl · Italy

ISSN0031-2983eISSN1591-951X
SJR Q1WOS ESCIScopus / SJROpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.922
H-Indexi
30
SNIPi
2.281
Total Worksi
676
Total Citationsi
4,899
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.57
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Pathologica is intended to provide a medium for the communication of results and ideas in the field of morphological research on human diseases in general and on human pathology in particular. The journal welcomes contributions concerned with experimental morphology, ultrastructural research, immunocytochemical analysis, and molecular biology. Reports of work in other fields relevant to the understanding of human pathology may be submitted as well all papers on the application of new methods and techniques in pathology.

General Information

Country / RegionItaly
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
FrequencyBimonthly
StatusActive
Total Publications676
Publisher OrgPacini Editore
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer Reviewpeer reviewed
OA LicenseCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Pacini Editore Srl
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0031-2983 / 1591-951X
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
peer reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
29
235
2019
41
2k
2020
61
1.4k
2021
56
704
2022
44
385
2023
50
206
2024
74
111
2025
31
5
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pathology

Scopus Categories

Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

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Frequently asked questions about Pathologica

Is Pathologica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pathologica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Pathologica?

Pathologica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.57.

Is Pathologica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pathologica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pathologica?

Pathologica is intended to provide a medium for the communication of results and ideas in the field of morphological research on human diseases in general and on human pathology in particular. The journal welcomes contributions concerned with experimental morphology, ultrastructural research, immunocytochemical analysis, and molecular biology. Reports of work in other fields relevant to the understanding of human pathology may be submitted as well all papers on the application of new methods and techniques in pathology.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref