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
Understanding and using journal metrics
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
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*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
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.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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