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Blood Purification

S. Karger AG · Switzerland

ISSN0253-5068eISSN1421-9735

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.648

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.837

Total Worksi

3,696

Total Citationsi

72,742

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Hematology; Urology & Nephrology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nephrology.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency6 No. A Year, 2002-

StatusActive

Total Publications3,696

Publisher OrgKarger Publishers

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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?

S. Karger AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0253-5068 / 1421-9735

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

167

3.6k

2019

156

2.6k

2020

166

1.8k

2021

104

785

2022

116

752

2023

269

2024

100

148

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.

HematologyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

NephrologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

HematologyUrology & Nephrology

Scopus Categories

HematologyNephrologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Dialysis and Renal Disease ManagementAcute Kidney Injury ResearchCentral Venous Catheters and HemodialysisDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMuscle and Compartmental Disorders

Frequently asked questions about Blood Purification

Is Blood Purification a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Blood Purification: 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 Blood Purification?

Blood Purification 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 1.29.

Is Blood Purification indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Blood Purification is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Blood Purification?