Journal profile · Medical Laboratory Technology
Annals of clinical and laboratory science
ISSN 0091-7370 · eISSN 1550-8080 · Association of Clinical Scientists · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1973
Annals of clinical and laboratory science: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.91; subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 92 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of clinical and laboratory science is published by Association of Clinical Scientists and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 28.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Annals of Clinical & Laboratory Science welcomes manuscripts that report research in clinical science, including pathology, clinical chemistry, biotechnology, molecular biology, cytogenetics, microbiology, immunology, hematology, transfusion medicine, organ and tissue transplantation, therapeutics, toxicology, and clinical informatics.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medical Laboratory Technology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences9.5%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences9.5%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering9.5%
- Lipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Parasites and Host InteractionsImmunology and Microbiology4.8%
- Surfactants and Colloidal SystemsChemistry4.8%
- Parasite Biology and Host InteractionsEnvironmental Science4.8%
- Research on Leishmaniasis StudiesMedicine4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medical Laboratory Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medical Laboratory Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Medical Laboratory Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, Current Awareness in Biological Sciences/BIOBASE, Pascal Database
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.91LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 92LetPub ·
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
- Association of Clinical Scientists
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1973
- ISSN
- 0091-7370
- Electronic ISSN
- 1550-8080
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of clinical and laboratory science
What CAS zone is Annals of clinical and laboratory science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of clinical and laboratory science is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Medical Laboratory Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annals of clinical and laboratory science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.91; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 1.
How long does peer review take at Annals of clinical and laboratory science?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Annals of clinical and laboratory science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of clinical and laboratory science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Annals of clinical and laboratory science open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of clinical and laboratory science 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .