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Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1963

ISSN1434-6621eISSN1437-4331

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.286

H-Indexi

150

SNIPi

1.306

Total Worksi

14,624

Total Citationsi

232,725

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) publishes articles on novel teaching and training methods applicable to laboratory medicine. It is focused on basic and applied research and cutting-edge clinical laboratory medicine. CCLM is one of the leading international journals in the field of clinical laboratory sciences and drives progress in the field. CCLM is led by a multi-institutional editorial board. CCLM is a hybrid journal published monthly in print and online. All contributions submitted for publication in JPEM are subject to single-anonymized peer review by at least two experts in the field, selected and invited by the Editor-in-Chief and a dedicated Editorial Team. CCLM publishes only English-language articles. Letters to the Editor and Congress Abstracts are published online only. CCLM is the official journal of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM).

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications14,624

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewsingle-anonymized

OA LicenseCC-BY-4.0

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1434-6621 / 1437-4331

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

single-anonymized

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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?

Portico

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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

321

6.2k

2019

389

14k

2020

338

4.3k

2021

366

4.5k

2022

458

3.9k

2023

336

2.3k

2024

453

946

2025

288

123

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 (medical)Q1

Clinical BiochemistryQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medical Laboratory Technology

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry (medical)Clinical BiochemistryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlMetabolism and Genetic DisordersFolate and B Vitamins ResearchDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsRenal function and acid-base balanceDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Is Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine a predatory journal?

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

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory 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 2.54.

Is Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.