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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

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total53

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.716

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.145

Total Works

715

Total Citations

12,306

2yr Mean Citedness

1.28

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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

Review Time~16 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

9/12 · 75%

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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?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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