Journal metric profile

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 1.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q3 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 49/90 Recorded category rank

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.900, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q3.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 49 out of 90 journals in its listed category. A Q3 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 10,424 total citations, 142 total articles, 154 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.300, which is 0.400 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 1.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.840.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 15.3 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.2 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 0002-9173 and electronic ISSN 1943-7722. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameAMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
Abbreviated journalAM J CLIN PATHOL
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,733
ISSN0002-9173
eISSN1943-7722
Total cites10,424
Total articles142
Citable items154
Cited half-life15.3 years
Citing half-life7.2 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.900
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.800
Journal Citation Indicator0.840
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ3
JCR category rank49/90
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY is 1.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY is listed in quartile Q3. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY?

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY is listed as being published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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