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Journal of Blood Medicine

Dove Medical Press Ltd · New Zealand · Est. 1999

ISSN1179-2736eISSN1179-2736

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.706

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.145

Total Worksi

715

Total Citationsi

12,306

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

An international, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal publishing laboratory, experimental and clinical aspects of all topics pertaining to blood-based medicine including but not limited to: Transfusion Medicine (blood components, stem cell transplantation, apheresis, gene-based therapeutics) Blood collection, Donor issues, Transmittable diseases, and Blood banking logistics Immunohematology Artificial and alternative blood-based therapeutics Hematology including disorders/pathology related to leukocytes/immunology, red cells, platelets and hemostasis Biotechnology/nanotechnology of blood related medicine Legal aspects of blood medicine Historical perspectives Original research, short reports, reviews, case reports and commentaries are invited. The Journal of Blood Medicine will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.

General Information

Country / RegionNew Zealand

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 57 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications715

Publisher OrgDove Medical Press

OA Since2009

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Dove Medical Press Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1179-2736 / 1179-2736

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

N/A

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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

981

2019

1.1k

2020

107

1.5k

2021

981

2022

664

2023

165

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.

HematologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hematology

Scopus Categories

Hematology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersBlood groups and transfusionIron Metabolism and DisordersPlatelet Disorders and TreatmentsHemophilia Treatment and ResearchBlood transfusion and managementBlood donation and transfusion practicesVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementBlood Coagulation and Thrombosis MechanismsMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Blood Medicine

Is Journal of Blood Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Blood Medicine: 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 Journal of Blood Medicine?

Journal of Blood Medicine 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 1.28.

Is Journal of Blood Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Blood Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.