Blood

Elsevier B.V. · United States · Est. 1842

ISSN1528-0020

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

5.912

H-Indexi

636

SNIPi

3.467

Total Worksi

197,509

Total Citationsi

5,585,472

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Hematology; Biochemistry; Cell Biology; Immunology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1842

FrequencyWeekly, Except For The Last Week In December, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications197,509

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1528-0020

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

6.7k

69k

2019

5.2k

78k

2020

5.9k

53k

2021

46k

2022

8.2k

27k

2023

8.8k

20k

2024

9.1k

2025

644

485

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Hematology

Scopus Categories

Cell BiologyHematologyImmunologyBiochemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia ResearchChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia ResearchLymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentChronic Myeloid Leukemia TreatmentsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationMultiple Myeloma Research and TreatmentsAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia researchHemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersPlatelet Disorders and TreatmentsCAR-T cell therapy research

Frequently asked questions about Blood

Is Blood a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Blood: 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 Blood?

Blood 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 1.01.

Is Blood indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Blood is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Blood?