Journal profile · MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
Point of Care
ISSN 1533-029X · eISSN 1533-0303 · Wolters Kluwer Health
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Point of Care: hybrid open access; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from December 2020 (Volume 19, Issue 4): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Point of Care is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control, Biosensors and Analytical Detection and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, together about 55.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Health Information Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Kent B. LewandrowskiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlMedicine37.5%
- Biosensors and Analytical DetectionEngineering9.6%
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility TestingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.4%
- Diabetes Management and ResearchMedicine6.2%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions3.2%
- Healthcare cost, quality, practicesHealth Professions3.1%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions3%
- Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Nursing | Q3 | 71/123 | 42nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.33%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 873 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 183 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 230 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 161 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 170 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 178 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 1533-029X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1533-0303
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 4 (December 2020)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Point of Care
Which databases index Point of Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Point of Care is indexed in Scopus.
Is Point of Care open access, and what is the APC?
Point of Care is a hybrid 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: .