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Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1997

ISSN1093-5266eISSN1615-5742

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.474

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.739

Total Worksi

2,650

Total Citationsi

44,237

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pathology; Pediatrics; Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1997

Annual Volume~ 76 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,650

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1093-5266 / 1615-5742

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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

1.2k

2019

624

2020

105

778

2021

454

2022

285

2023

124

2024

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.

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ2

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PathologyPediatrics

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPathology and Forensic MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia StudiesPregnancy and preeclampsia studiesCongenital Anomalies and Fetal SurgeryPrenatal Screening and DiagnosticsRenal and related cancersNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchTumors and Oncological CasesUrological Disorders and TreatmentsSoft tissue tumor case studies

Frequently asked questions about Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Is Pediatric and Developmental Pathology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pediatric and Developmental 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 Pediatric and Developmental Pathology?

Pediatric and Developmental 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 0.66.

Is Pediatric and Developmental Pathology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pediatric and Developmental Pathology?