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Comparative Medicine

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science · United States · Est. 1959

ISSN1532-0820

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.433

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.491

Total Worksi

376

Total Citationsi

2,913

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Veterinary (miscellaneous); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1959

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2024)

Total Publications376

Publisher OrgAmerican Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-0820

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

2017

584

2018

1.1k

2019

386

2020

364

2021

329

2022

130

2023

108

2024

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.

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Q2

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Veterinary Pharmacology and AnesthesiaSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchAnimal testing and alternativesVirus-based gene therapy researchGut microbiota and healthCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesPrimate Behavior and EcologyDermatology and Skin DiseasesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Comparative Medicine

Is Comparative Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Comparative Medicine: it is indexed in 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 Comparative Medicine?

Comparative Medicine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.433.

Is Comparative Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Comparative Medicine is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Comparative Medicine?