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Cytopathology

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1990

ISSN1365-2303

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.389

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.579

Total Worksi

3,892

Total Citationsi

35,427

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cell Biology; Pathology; Histology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 126 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,892

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?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1365-2303

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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

131

740

2019

162

977

2020

150

734

2021

118

460

2022

157

460

2023

115

224

2024

105

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.

HistologyQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cell BiologyPathology

Scopus Categories

Pathology and Forensic MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)Histology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cervical Cancer and HPV ResearchSalivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and TreatmentBreast Lesions and CarcinomasThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentCancer and Skin LesionsGlobal Cancer Incidence and ScreeningCancer and biochemical researchEndometrial and Cervical Cancer TreatmentsInfectious Diseases and MycologyPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Frequently asked questions about Cytopathology

Is Cytopathology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for 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 Cytopathology?

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 0.90.

Is Cytopathology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cytopathology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cytopathology?