Journal profile · Pathology
Apmis
ISSN 0903-4641 · eISSN 1600-0463 · Blackwell Munksgaard · DENMARK · Monthly · Founded 1988
Apmis: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.2; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,460; median 124 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 37.5%; 155 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Apmis is published by Blackwell Munksgaard 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 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, together about 17.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology - the APMIS journal, formerly Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica, has been published since 1924. Keywords APMIS, Pathology, microbiology, immunology, biomedicine APMIS Member Societies Clinical Microbiologists of Finland Danish Immunology Society Danish Pathology Society Danish Society for Clinical Immunology Danish Society for Clinical Microbiology Danish Society of Infectious Diseases Danish Society of Virology International Academy of Pathology Icelandic Society for Anatomic Pathology Norwegian Pathology Society Norwegian Society for Medical Microbiology Scandinavian Societies for Immunology Swedish Society for Clinical Microbiology Swedish Society of Pathology Swedish Society of Virology Abstracting and Indexing Information Abstracts in Anthropology (Sage) Abstracts on Hygiene & Communicable Diseases (CABI) Academic Search (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) AGRICOLA Database (National Agricultural Library) AGRIS Database (FAO) BIOBASE: Current Awareness in Biological Sciences (Elsevier) Biological Abstracts (Clarivate Analytics) Biological Science Database (ProQuest) BIOSIS Previews (Clarivate Analytics) Botanical Pesticides (CABI) CAB Abstracts® (CABI) Current Contents: Clinical Medicine (Clarivate Analytics) Embase (Elsevier) Global Health (CABI) Helminthological Abstracts (CABI) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) Natural Science Collection (ProQuest) Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews Series A: Human & Experimental (CABI) Pig News & Information (CABI) Protozoological Abstracts (CABI) PubMed Dietary Supplement Subset (NLM) Review of Aromatic & Medicinal Plants (CABI) Review of Medical & Veterinary Entomology (CABI) Review of Medical & Veterinary Mycology (CABI) Rural Development Abstracts (CABI) Science Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Soils & Fertilizers Abstracts (CABI) Tropical Diseases Bulletin (CABI) Veterinary Bulletin (CABI)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Pathology
Editor-in-chief T. BjarnsholtPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Denmark 13, United States 3, United Kingdom 2, Germany 2, Sweden 2 (23 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.1%
- Antimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusMedicine6%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.1%
- Immune Cell Function and InteractionImmunology and Microbiology4.7%
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsMedicine4.2%
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 | Immunology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pathology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pathology | Zone 3 |
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 | Pathology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microbiology | 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
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,109OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 40.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 128LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 131Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 325,626Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,585 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 146 | 90 | 56 |
| 2025 | 155 | 84 | 275 |
| 2024 | 135 | 77 | 525 |
| 2023 | 105 | 76 | 641 |
| 2022 | 102 | 51 | 944 |
| 2021 | 111 | 54 | 1,035 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
124 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 77 days – 175 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (320 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 37.5%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 145 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer review, Open peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,460 / EUR 3,730 / GBP 2,960 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted12
- communicationAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- corrigendumAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- dissertationAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- editorialAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- erratumAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- letter to the editorAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- mini reviewAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- opinionAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- original articleAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- pmi technote (primer)APMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- review articleAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
- thesisAPMIS publishes the following types of submissions: Original Article Review Article Thesis Communication Editorial Letter to the Editor Opinion PMI TechNote (Pr…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- AI use Disclosing the use of Artificial Intelligence
If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section. You can read Wiley’s AI policy in full in the Best Practices Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
Author name change policy: Wiley updates and republishes the paper. Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. You can review the Authorship section of Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics for Wiley’s definition of authorship.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
When submitting your manuscript, you should disclose any potential conflicts of interests (also referred to as “competing interests”) that might appear to affect your or your co-authors' ability to present work objectively. Potential conflicts of interest come in many forms and may include financial (for example, patent ownership, stock ownership, research funding, consultancies, or speaker’s fees…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing
Data availability statement required. Model summary
This journal encourages data sharing. You can learn more about data sharing in Wiley’s Data Sharing Policies resource.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics COPE
This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices). Any concerns about research practices (e.g. plagiarism, data manipulation, and image manipulation) raised via the use of screening software, editors, peer reviewers or third parties will be followe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If you have included excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties, all sources must be credited within the manuscript. At minimum, the title and author should be provided. You are responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce the material "in print and other media" from the publisher of the original source and for supplying Wiley with that permission upon submission. For more…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
This is a subscription journal that offers an open access publication option. After acceptance, you’ll have the option to make the article open access. If you want to do so, the article will be subject to an Article Publication Charge (APC) unless a waiver applies. Please read more about APCs and whether you may be eligible for waivers or discounts through your institution, your funder, or a count…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Model
Peer review model: single-anonymized; at least two anonymous reviewers and an Associate or Assistant Editor. Model summary
We follow a single-anonymized peer review model, for applicable article types. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers and an Associate or Assistant Editor. Papers authored by Editors or Editorial Board members of the title, will be sent to Editors unaffiliated with the author or institution and monitored carefully to ensure there is no peer…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprints accepted; submitted versions may be posted to preprint servers at any time. Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. You will be asked to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You can review Wiley’s general preprint policy to learn more.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving definitions and policies
This journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. You can learn more by reading Wiley’s self-archiving policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Blackwell Munksgaard
- Country or region
- DENMARK
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1988
- ISSN
- 0903-4641
- Electronic ISSN
- 1600-0463
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 134, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Apmis
What CAS zone is Apmis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Apmis is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Immunology / Microbiology / Pathology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Apmis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.2; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 123.
How long does peer review take at Apmis?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 124 days (interquartile range 77–175 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 37.5%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Apmis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Apmis based?
Of the 23 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Denmark (13), United States (3) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Apmis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Apmis is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Apmis open access, and what is the APC?
Apmis is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,460.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .