Journal profile · MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
ISSN 2576-9456 · eISSN 2475-7241 · Oxford University Press
Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,212; median 81 days to acceptance (105 articles, last 24 months); 243 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine is published by Oxford University Press 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, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, together about 34.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Ian S. YoungPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlMedicine22.4%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.4%
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testingMedicine5.4%
- Biosimilars and Bioanalytical MethodsImmunology and Microbiology4.7%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences4.5%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine4.3%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.1%
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug AnalysisPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 330OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.37%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 123LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,745 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 143 | 140 | 35 |
| 2025 | 243 | 124 | 363 |
| 2024 | 180 | 99 | 599 |
| 2023 | 130 | 70 | 690 |
| 2022 | 107 | 45 | 758 |
| 2021 | 183 | 96 | 1,514 |
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
81 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 47 days – 115 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 41 days (41 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 138 days
- Sample
- 105 articles with submission and acceptance dates (450 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".
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 4,212 | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access Publishing
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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
- Oxford University Press
- ISSN
- 2576-9456
- Electronic ISSN
- 2475-7241
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
What CAS zone is Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 105 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 81 days (interquartile range 47–115 days). 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 Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,212.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .