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Clinical Laboratory

Verlag Klinisches Labor GmbH · Germany · Est. 1899

ISSN1433-6510eISSN1433-6510

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.263

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.246

Total Worksi

4,348

Total Citationsi

22,625

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medical Laboratory Technology; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1899

Annual Volume~ 364 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,348

Publisher OrgClinical Laboratory Publications

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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?

Verlag Klinisches Labor GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1433-6510 / 1433-6510

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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

340

2.2k

2019

350

1.9k

2020

361

1.5k

2021

355

2022

362

716

2023

369

370

2024

360

148

2025

254

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medical Laboratory Technology

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisMicroRNA in disease regulationBlood groups and transfusionBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingAcute Myeloid Leukemia ResearchSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesHemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersCancer-related molecular mechanisms research

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Laboratory

Is Clinical Laboratory a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Laboratory: 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 Clinical Laboratory?

Clinical Laboratory 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 0.49.

Is Clinical Laboratory indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Laboratory is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Clinical Laboratory?