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Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press · United States · Est. 1982

ISSN2157-1422eISSN2157-1422

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.146

H-Indexi

197

SNIPi

2.36

Total Worksi

1,337

Total Citationsi

151,549

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.57

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas (NLM/MEDLINE-assigned): Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1982

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,337

Publisher OrgCold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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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?

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2157-1422 / 2157-1422

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

107

5.6k

2019

4.7k

2020

2.4k

2021

970

2022

1.1k

2023

581

2024

2025

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, Research & Experimental

Scopus Categories

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

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Epigenetics and DNA MethylationRetinal Development and DisordersTuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsHepatitis B Virus StudiesInfluenza Virus Research StudiesCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismHepatitis C virus research

Frequently asked questions about Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Is Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in 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 Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine?

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in 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 3.57.

Is Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine?