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Annals of Anatomy

Elsevier GmbH · Germany · Est. 1962

ISSN1618-0402

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.529

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.993

Total Worksi

4,562

Total Citationsi

55,338

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Anatomy & Morphology; Anatomy; Medicine (miscellaneous); Developmental Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1962

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,562

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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1618-0402

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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

106

2019

138

1.9k

2020

173

2.1k

2021

120

896

2022

125

731

2023

124

671

2024

364

193

2025

104

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.

AnatomyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Developmental BiologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Anatomy & Morphology

Scopus Categories

Developmental BiologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Anatomy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psychology, Coaching, and TherapyHealth and Medical StudiesBiomedical and Chemical ResearchSports Science and EducationAnatomy and Medical TechnologyDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMedical History and ResearchHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Anatomy

Is Annals of Anatomy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Anatomy: 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 Annals of Anatomy?

Annals of Anatomy 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 1.17.

Is Annals of Anatomy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Anatomy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Anatomy?