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American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States

ISSN0195-7910eISSN1533-404X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.273

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.541

Total Worksi

4,282

Total Citationsi

62,060

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, Legal; Pathology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications4,282

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0195-7910 / 1533-404X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

473

2019

130

966

2020

345

2021

226

2022

214

2023

101

125

2024

101

2025

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, LegalPathology

Scopus Categories

Pathology and Forensic MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Restraint-Related DeathsAutopsy Techniques and OutcomesTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body InjuriesInjury Epidemiology and PreventionPoisoning and overdose treatments

Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Is American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology: 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 American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 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 0.59.

Is American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology?