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Laboratory Investigation

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1959

ISSN1530-0307

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.468

H-Indexi

176

SNIPi

1.119

Total Worksi

8,437

Total Citationsi

200,324

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, Research & Experimental; Pathology; Molecular Biology; Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Cell Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1959

FrequencyMonthly, <June 2005->

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,437

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?

1530-0307

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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

204

2019

156

2020

199

4.5k

2021

122

2.2k

2022

194

2.2k

2023

136

805

2024

433

2025

1.8k

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.

Molecular BiologyQ1

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ1

Cell BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, Research & ExperimentalPathology

Scopus Categories

Pathology and Forensic MedicineMolecular BiologyCell Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsAI in cancer detectionSarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingLymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchBreast Cancer Treatment StudiesCancer Cells and MetastasisCell Adhesion Molecules Research

Frequently asked questions about Laboratory Investigation

Is Laboratory Investigation a predatory journal?

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

Laboratory Investigation 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 0.22.

Is Laboratory Investigation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Laboratory Investigation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Laboratory Investigation?