Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
College of American Pathologists · United States · Est. 1926
✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.
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Aims & Scope
The Archives is the monthly, peer-reviewed medical journal of the College of American Pathologists. It offers global reach and the highest measured readership among pathology journals. Published since 1926, the Archives was voted in 2009 the only pathology journal among the top 100 most influential journals of the past 100 years by the Bio Medical and Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association. Online access to the full-text and PDF files of Archives articles is free. The Archives is an official publication of the College of American Pathologists.
General Information
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Ethics & Quality
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Publication & Citation Trend
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
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Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Is Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list.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 Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine?
Archives of Pathology 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 PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date.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 2.06.
Is Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.
What is the aims and scope of Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine?
The Archives is the monthly, peer-reviewed medical journal of the College of American Pathologists. It offers global reach and the highest measured readership among pathology journals. Published since 1926, the Archives was voted in 2009 the only pathology journal among the top 100 most influential journals of the past 100 years by the Bio Medical and Life Sciences Division of the Special Libraries Association. Online access to the full-text and PDF files of Archives articles is free. The Archives is an official publication of the College of American Pathologists.
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