Journal profile · Medical Laboratory Technology
Advances in Clinical Chemistry
ISSN 0065-2423 · eISSN 2162-9471 · Academic Press Inc. · UNITED STATES · Irregular · Founded 1958
Advances in Clinical Chemistry: impact factor 4.9; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 79 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Clinical Chemistry is published by Academic Press Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control, Metabolism and Genetic Disorders and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, together about 29.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advances in Clinical Chemistry volumes contain material by leading experts in academia and clinical laboratory science. The reviews cover a wide variety of clinical chemistry disciplines including clinical biomarker exploration, cutting edge microarray technology, proteomics and genomics. It is an indispensable resource and practical guide for practitioners of clinical chemistry, molecular diagnostics, pathology, and clinical laboratory sciences in general.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medical Laboratory Technology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlMedicine17.4%
- Metabolism and Genetic DisordersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.8%
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.2%
- Advanced Proteomics Techniques and ApplicationsChemistry5.1%
- Extracellular vesicles in diseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Advanced Biosensing Techniques and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
- Biomarkers in Disease MechanismsImmunology and Microbiology4.2%
- Chronic Kidney Disease and DiabetesMedicine3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Biochemistry | Q1 | 24/124 | 81st |
| General Chemistry | Q1 | 81/402 | 79th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 4.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40LetPub ·
- h-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 617OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,626 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 55 | 0 | 1,506 |
| 2025 | 79 | 3 | 2,740 |
| 2024 | 76 | 3 | 3,060 |
| 2023 | 65 | 5 | 2,922 |
| 2022 | 74 | 5 | 2,828 |
| 2021 | 37 | 1 | 2,423 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Academic Press Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 1958
- ISSN
- 0065-2423
- Electronic ISSN
- 2162-9471
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Clinical Chemistry
What is the impact factor of Advances in Clinical Chemistry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.9; CiteScore 8, h-index 87.
How long does peer review take at Advances in Clinical Chemistry?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Advances in Clinical Chemistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Clinical Chemistry is indexed in Scopus.
Is Advances in Clinical Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Clinical Chemistry is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .