About this journal

Aims and scope

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine International is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online journal. The journal includes original research, updates, case reports, reviews and commentaries on current controversies.

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine International will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.

Innovative basic research and translational research related to pathology or human disease including:

  • Pathophysiology,
  • Genetic mechanisms in pathology,
  • Immunological aspects of pathology,
  • Cellular and molecular basis of pathology,
  • Diagnostic anatomic pathology (histopathology, cytopathology, diagnostic immunohistochemistry and diagnostic molecular genetics),
  • Advances in laboratory medicine.

The mission of the journal is to provide a bridge for pathologists in the developed world to those in developing countries. To promote and proliferate modern knowledge in the field of diagnostic and academic pathology and to improve the quality of patient care.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 8K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 0.8 (2023) Impact Factor
  • 0.6 (2023) 5 year IF

Editorial board

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr Paul Zhang, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Editorial Board:

Professor Gianfranco Alpini, Medical Physiology, Director of Baylor Scott & White DDRC, Central Texas Veterans Health Care Systems, Texas A & M University Health Science Center, TX, United States

Dr Adam Bagg, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Professor Rudy Castellani, Pathology, Center for Neuropathology, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States

Professor Ian Everall, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, United Kingdom

Dr John Goldblum, Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve; and Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, United States

Mr Mosab Nouraldein Mohammed Hamad, Parasitology and Medical Entomology, ST. Joseph In Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania

Professor Chao-Cheng Huang, Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taiwan

Professor Zhong Jiang, Pathology, Umass Memorial Medical Care, United States

Professor Jack Levin, Laboratory Medicine, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, United States

Professor Dario Marchetti, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine; Member, Houston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States

Professor Elliott Mufson, Neurological Sciences, Barrow Neurological Institute, United States

Professor Jeremy Tuttle, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Mansfield, CT, United States

Professor George Xu, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Professor Bin Yang, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Abstracting and indexing

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine International is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Open access

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine International is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

Article Publishing Charges (APC)

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