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Diagnostic Cytopathology

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1940

ISSN1097-0339

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.327

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.555

Total Worksi

8,607

Total Citationsi

115,598

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medical Laboratory Technology; Pathology; Histology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1940

Annual Volume~ 176 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,607

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1097-0339

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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

234

1.9k

2019

316

2.2k

2020

237

1.2k

2021

182

715

2022

185

479

2023

182

275

2024

161

127

2025

139

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.

HistologyQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medical Laboratory TechnologyPathology

Scopus Categories

Pathology and Forensic MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)Histology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

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Frequently asked questions about Diagnostic Cytopathology

Is Diagnostic Cytopathology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Diagnostic Cytopathology: 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 Diagnostic Cytopathology?

Diagnostic Cytopathology 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 0.69.

Is Diagnostic Cytopathology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Diagnostic Cytopathology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Diagnostic Cytopathology?