Journal profile · PATHOLOGY
Clinical Pathology
ISSN 2632-010X · eISSN 3050-2098 · SAGE · United Kingdom
Clinical Pathology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 2,650; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 3 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Pathology is published by SAGE 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 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 22.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sage Open Pathology is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on all aspects of clinical pathology, including pathogenesis, diagnostics, the genetic basis of pathology, translational research, infection control, and medical microbiology. Manuscripts regarding Digital Pathology, Molecular Pathology, and Ethics and Policy are of particular interest. View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PATHOLOGY
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 15, India 7, Italy 5, Egypt 4, Mainland China 2 (51 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesMedicine7.9%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine7.9%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.7%
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.9%
- Bone Tumor Diagnosis and TreatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.9%
- Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer StudiesMedicine4.9%
- Oral and Maxillofacial PathologyDentistry4.9%
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 | Pathology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pathology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 196 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 194 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 167 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 381 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 104 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 4 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,650 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,848 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,650 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,200 / USD 2,560 | — | — |
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
- Abstract
- 150–200 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,500 words
- Reference style
- AMA
Article types accepted19, with length limits
- brief communicationView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
- brief reportView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- brief reportsBrief Reports Presents new research that adds to previous studies.Length not stated
- case reportView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- case reportsCase Reports Provides a summary of an interesting or rare case, finding, or outcome.Length not stated
- commentariesCommentaries Discusses the findings, implications, and/or outcomes of research on a particular topic.Length not stated
- commentaryView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
- correspondenceView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
- letter to the editorView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
- letters to the editorView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
- methodologiesMethodologies Explains a new methodology or an improvement in existing methodologies in therapeutic techniques or medical procedures.Length not stated
- opinionView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
- original researchView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
- perspectiveView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
- perspectivesPerspectives Presents an opinion based on practical experience.Length not stated
- reviewView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews A detailed examination including the benefits and drawbacks of a medicine, therapeutic technique, computer program, policy, or anything else appropriate…Length not stated
- technical advancesTechnical Advances Reports on advances for procedures, standard practices, tests, experimental methods, or computational methods.Length not stated
- viewpointView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Sage Open Pathology welcomes submissions…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Manuscript content licensed under Creative Commons Licenses Model summary
Manuscript content on this site is licensed under Creative Commons Licenses
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Online-only journal Model summary
Sage Open Pathology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid by the funde…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2632-010X
- Electronic ISSN
- 3050-2098
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Pathology
What CAS zone is Clinical Pathology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Pathology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pathology. 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.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Pathology?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. 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 Clinical Pathology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–200 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,500 words; Reference style: AMA. 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 Clinical Pathology based?
Of the 51 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (15), India (7) and Italy (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Clinical Pathology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Pathology is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Clinical Pathology open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Pathology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,650.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .