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Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2017

ISSN2567-9449

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.352

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.57

Total Worksi

401

Total Citationsi

1,652

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.99

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Laboratory Medicine ( JLM ) reports on the latest developments in laboratory medicine. It focusses on the diagnostic, clinical, methodological and pathogenic aspects of the modern clinical laboratory, as well as on technical, regulatory and educational topics.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2017

Frequency6 issues per year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications401

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

OA Since2008

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2567-9449

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

404

2019

463

2020

309

2021

163

2022

326

2023

142

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 (medical)Q3

Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsQ3

Clinical BiochemistryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medical Laboratory Technology

Scopus Categories

Clinical BiochemistryBiochemistry (medical)Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyBacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsCancer Genomics and DiagnosticsSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingEthics in Clinical Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Is Journal of Laboratory Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Laboratory Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Laboratory Medicine?

Journal 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 0.99.

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

Journal of Laboratory Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.