Journal profile · Medical Laboratory Technology
Clinical Laboratory
ISSN 1433-6510 · Verlag Klinisches Labor GmbH · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 1997
Clinical Laboratory: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.57; subscription journal; review about 2 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 85%; 360 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Laboratory is published by Verlag Klinisches Labor GmbH 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 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control, Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis and MicroRNA in disease regulation, together about 24.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Clinical Laboratory is an international fully peer-reviewed journal covering all aspects of laboratory medicine and transfusion medicine. In addition to transfusion medicine topics Clinical Laboratory represents submissions concerning tissue transplantation and hematopoietic, cellular and gene therapies. The journal publishes original articles, review articles, posters, short reports, case studies and letters to the editor dealing with 1) the scientific background, implementation and diagnostic significance of laboratory methods employed in hospitals, blood banks and physicians' offices and with 2) scientific, administrative and clinical aspects of transfusion medicine and 3) in addition to transfusion medicine topics Clinical Laboratory represents submissions concerning tissue transplantation and hematopoietic, cellular and gene therapies.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medical Laboratory Technology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlMedicine10%
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisMedicine8.6%
- MicroRNA in disease regulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.2%
- Blood groups and transfusionMedicine5.4%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia ResearchMedicine4.4%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.3%
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine3.7%
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
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
- 0.57LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 751OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 327LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,495 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 290 | 4 | 13 |
| 2025 | 360 | 0 | 163 |
| 2024 | 369 | 0 | 383 |
| 2023 | 362 | 1 | 733 |
| 2022 | 355 | 4 | 1,055 |
| 2021 | 361 | 7 | 1,562 |
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)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 85%LetPub ·
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
- Verlag Klinisches Labor GmbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1997
- ISSN
- 1433-6510
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Laboratory
What CAS zone is Clinical Laboratory in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Laboratory 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 Clinical Laboratory?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.57; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Laboratory?
Authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 85%”. 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 Clinical Laboratory?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Laboratory is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Clinical Laboratory open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Laboratory 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .