Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Journal of Laboratory Medicine is published by Walter de Gruyter 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 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control and Medical and Health Sciences Research, together about 31% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

About this journal ObjectiveThe Journal of Laboratory Medicine (JLM) reports on the latest developments in laboratory medicine. It focusses on the diagnostic, clinical, methodological and pathogenic aspects of the modern clinical laboratory, as well as on technical, regulatory and educational topics. JLM is published bi-monthly. All articles submitted for publication in JLM are subject to single-anonymized peer review by at least two experts in the field, selected and invited by the Editor-in-Chief and a dedicated editorial team. JLM publishes only English-language articles.JLM is an open access journal. To sustain the publication of all fully peer-reviewed manuscripts, each article accepted for publication in JLM is subject to an article processing charge (APC), paid by the authors' affiliated institutions, funde rs, sponsors or institutions that have an agreement with us. Open access publication is also partially funded by an unrestricted educational grant from the German Society for Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (DGKL) and the Austrian Society for Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Chemistry (ÖGLMKC). This grant plays no role in the selection and publication of articles, nor does it influence the peer review process.TopicsAllergy and Autoimmunity // Applied Statistical Methods in Laboratory Medicine // Biobanking // Clinical Chemistry and Metabolism // Drug Monitoring and Toxicology // Extra-Analytics // Hematology // Hemostaseology // Infectiology and Microbiology // Inflammation and Sepsis // Informatics in Laboratory Medicine // Laboratory Management // Molecular-Genetic and Cytogen etic Dia g nostics // Oncological Diagnostics/Liquid Profiling // Pediatric Laboratory // Point-of-Care-Testing // Proteomics and MetabolomicsArticle formatsReview, Mini Review, Original Article, Opinion Paper, Guidelines and Recommendations, Point/Counterpoint, Editorial, Case Study-Mini Review, Laboratory Case Report, Short Communication, Images from the Medical Laboratory, Letter to the Editor & Reply.Useful linksInstructions for AuthorsSubmission ChecklistTemplate for Ethical and Legal DeclarationsManuscript Preparation and Manuscript TemplatesDeutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmedizin (DGKL)medlabportalÖsterreichische Gesellschaft für Laboratoriumsmedizin und Klinische Chemie (ÖGLMKC)Congresses and EventsResources for AuthorsAuthor Language ServiceData Sharing PolicyRights and Permissions2025 Reviewer AcknowledgmentsJLM is the offi

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Research area (LetPub): Mathematics-Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics

Editor-in-chief Ralf LichtinghagenPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

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Impact

Impact factor

1.92LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.9Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher)

1.5Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

3LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

3Publisher website · 2026-09-29

SJR 2026-06

0.35LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.63LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

26OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

136OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.21OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

5.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

31LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

about 10 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 10 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Walter de Gruyter

Country or region

GERMANY

Language

English

ISSN

2567-9430

Electronic ISSN

2567-9449

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
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• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
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