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Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1991

ISSN2213-2945eISSN2213-2953

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.681

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.069

Total Worksi

3,421

Total Citationsi

8,304

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Oncology; Pathology; Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,421

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2213-2945 / 2213-2953

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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?

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

210

780

2019

247

1.5k

2020

210

464

2021

218

487

2022

210

647

2023

192

246

2024

176

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.

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OncologyPathology

Scopus Categories

Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cervical Cancer and HPV ResearchThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchAI in cancer detectionLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentSalivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and TreatmentHead and Neck Cancer StudiesLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsBladder and Urothelial Cancer TreatmentsDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology

Is Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology: 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 Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology?

Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 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 0.53.

Is Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology?