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Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India

ISSN0377-4929eISSN0974-5130

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.253

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.273

Total Worksi

3,819

Total Citationsi

26,261

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.67

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pathology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Microbiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications3,819

Publisher OrgMedknow

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0377-4929 / 0974-5130

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

183

930

2019

221

1.1k

2020

257

890

2021

282

619

2022

331

544

2023

182

237

2024

116

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

Microbiology (medical)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pathology

Scopus Categories

Pathology and Forensic MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)Microbiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentLymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentCancer and Skin LesionsOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatmentTumors and Oncological Cases

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Is Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology?

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology 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 0.67.

Is Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology?