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Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine · South Korea · Est. 1986

ISSN2234-3806eISSN2234-3814

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.034

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.26

Total Worksi

2,000

Total Citationsi

28,507

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.35

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medical Laboratory Technology; Biochemistry (medical); Medicine (miscellaneous); Clinical Biochemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,000

Publisher OrgSeoul National University

OA Since2014

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2234-3806 / 2234-3814

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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

123

2.5k

2019

2.1k

2020

1.4k

2021

103

2022

647

2023

527

2024

102

245

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 (medical)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Clinical BiochemistryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medical Laboratory Technology

Scopus Categories

Clinical BiochemistryBiochemistry (medical)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Acute Myeloid Leukemia ResearchBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBlood groups and transfusionMycobacterium research and diagnosisChronic Myeloid Leukemia TreatmentsAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia researchChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Is Annals of Laboratory Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of 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 Annals of Laboratory Medicine?

Annals of 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 2.35.

Is Annals of Laboratory Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Laboratory Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Laboratory Medicine?