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Diagnostics

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 2011

ISSN2075-4418eISSN2075-4418

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.848

H-Indexi

120

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.08

Total Worksi

18,235

Total Citationsi

207,911

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine, General & Internal; Clinical Biochemistry; Internal Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications18,235

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~6 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2075-4418 / 2075-4418

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

240

7.7k

2019

1.1k

30k

2020

2.5k

48k

2021

3.3k

49k

2022

3.6k

50k

2023

2.9k

19k

2024

3.3k

9.2k

2025

367

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.

Clinical BiochemistryQ2

Internal MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Scopus Categories

Clinical BiochemistryInternal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingAI in cancer detectionCOVID-19 diagnosis using AIAdvanced X-ray and CT ImagingDental Radiography and ImagingLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsMedical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Frequently asked questions about Diagnostics

Is Diagnostics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Diagnostics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Diagnostics?

Diagnostics 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 3.09.

Is Diagnostics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Diagnostics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Diagnostics?