Journal profile · Medical Laboratory Technology
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
ISSN 0887-8013 · eISSN 1098-2825 · Wiley-Liss Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1987
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.5; fully open access; APC about USD 3,120; median 146 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 218 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis is published by Wiley-Liss Inc. 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, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis, together about 22.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis publishes original articles on newly developing modes of technology and laboratory assays, with emphasis on their application in current and future clinical laboratory testing. This includes reports from the following fields: immunochemistry and toxicology, hematology and hematopathology, immunopathology, molecular diagnostics, microbiology, genetic testing, immunohematology, and clinical chemistry.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medical Laboratory Technology
Editor-in-chief Rong FuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 14 in mainland China (about 93%); most named Mainland China 14, Canada 1 (15 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlMedicine8.5%
- Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.1%
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease PrognosisMedicine6.9%
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchMedicine6.3%
- MicroRNA in disease regulationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6%
- Circular RNAs in diseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.9%
- Blood groups and transfusionMedicine5.1%
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchMedicine3.8%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Medical Laboratory Technology | 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 | Medical Laboratory Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
Early warning / risk: CAS Early Warning Journal List: listed in the 2023 edition (medium risk); not listed in the other 5 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 2.5LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.85LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,715OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 161LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 163Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 892,488Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,895 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 217 | 217 | 27 |
| 2025 | 218 | 218 | 335 |
| 2024 | 139 | 139 | 533 |
| 2023 | 163 | 163 | 1,121 |
| 2022 | 638 | 638 | 9,491 |
| 2021 | 538 | 538 | 7,685 |
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
146 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 91 days – 205 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (90 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 165 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (428 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 17%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 17%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 20 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 139 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,120 / EUR 2,660 / GBP 2,370 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 5–10
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted9
- brief reportThe journal accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports, letters to the editor, consensuses, editorials, and commentaries.Length not stated
- case reportThe journal accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports, letters to the editor, consensuses, editorials, and commentaries.Length not stated
- commentaryThe journal accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports, letters to the editor, consensuses, editorials, and commentaries.Length not stated
- consensusPublic statement of what a representative group of experts agree to be evidence-based and state-of-the-art knowledge on an aspect of health services, health car…Length not stated
- editorialThe journal accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports, letters to the editor, consensuses, editorials, and commentaries.Length not stated
- letter to the editorLetters, sent to the journal to raise a point of interest,Length not stated
- letters to the editorThe journal accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports, letters to the editor, consensuses, editorials, and commentaries.Length not stated
- original research articleThe journal accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports, letters to the editor, consensuses, editorials, and commentaries.Length not stated
- review articleThe journal accepts original research articles, review articles, brief reports, case reports, letters to the editor, consensuses, editorials, and commentaries.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
The author submitting a manuscript must ensure that all authors listed are eligible for authorship. Each author should take responsibility for substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work AND drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content AND final approval of the version to b…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis requires that all authors fill out the ICMJE Form for Potential Conflicts of Interest upon initial submission of their manuscript and upload the completed forms as “Supplementary Material for Review”. In addition, any information disclosed on the form should be summarized as a statement on the manuscript title page. Authors may download the disclosure form b…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Encourages data sharing in public repositories Model summary
The journal encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Follows COPE core practices Model summary
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). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Read Wiley'sTop 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-blind peer review by one or two anonymous reviewers and the Editor Model summary
Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed by one or two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. All submissions, including solicited papers, are subject to review.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
We require that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Please include the name of the trial register and your clinical trial registration number at the end of your abstract. If your trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectively, please explain the…
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
- Wiley-Liss Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1987
- ISSN
- 0887-8013
- Electronic ISSN
- 1098-2825
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis
What CAS zone is Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Medical Laboratory Technology. 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 Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.5; CiteScore 8.1, h-index 85.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 146 days (interquartile range 91–205 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 17% (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 Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 5–10; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: 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 Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis based?
Of the 15 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 14 (about 93%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (14) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PMC, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,120.
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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .