Journal profile · PATHOLOGY
Polish Journal of Pathology
ISSN 1233-9687 · eISSN 2084-9869 · Versalius University Medical Publisher · POLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1994
Polish Journal of Pathology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.72; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Polish Journal of Pathology is published by Versalius University Medical Publisher 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 Cancer and Skin Lesions, Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer, together about 22.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Polish Journal of Pathology is indexed in: Web of Science Core Collection, PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, EBSCO, DOAJ, Ministry of Science and Higher Education Index (MNiSW). The Polish Journal of Pathology is the official journal of the Polish Society of Pathologists. The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles relevant to diagnostic, academic, translational and experimental pathology, with particular emphasis on human pathology, precision diagnostics, molecular pathology, digital pathology, computational pathology, biomarker studies, immunohistochemistry, cytopathology, autopsy pathology, biobanking, pathology quality assurance, clinicopathological correlations and education in pathology. The journal welcomes submissions from pathologists, laboratory medicine specialists, clinical researchers, translational scientists, molecular diagnosticians, bioinformaticians and other professionals working in pathology and diagnostic medicine. The Editors may suggest reclassification of a manuscript if another format is more appropriate. Number of issues:: 4 issues per year The articles in this journal are published open access (OA) Copyright: © Polish Society of Pathologists This is an Open Access journal, all articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. The rights to the article are usually transferred by the authors to the owner of the journal, who makes it available under the Creative Commons license. However, if the author does not want to transfer the copyright to the publisher, he/she may contact the editorial office and set separate rules - under which the editorial office may publish an article in the journal. For the detailed information, please contact with editorial office. Editorial Office Section editors International Editorial Board Abstracting and indexing Contact Ethical standards and procedures
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PATHOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Anna Szumera-CiećkiewiczPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cancer and Skin LesionsMedicine9.1%
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine7.2%
- Genetic factors in colorectal cancerMedicine6.2%
- Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.7%
- Breast Lesions and CarcinomasMedicine5%
- Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersMedicine4.5%
- Renal cell carcinoma treatmentMedicine4%
- Renal and related cancersBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pathology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbasePublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 0.72LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 165OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 42LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 776 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 38 | 6 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 16 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | 68 |
| 2023 | 56 | 56 | 111 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 179 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 115 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | EUR 380 / PLN 1,800 | Yes | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 250 / PLN 950 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 250 / PLN 950 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Chicago
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- case reportCase report Unstructured; up to 150 words Up to 2,000 words Up to 20 Up to 3Length not stated
- original articleOriginal article Structured or unstructured; up to 250 words Up to 5,000 words Up to 100 Up to 8Length not stated
- quizQuiz No abstract Up to 800 words Without references Up to 3Length not stated
- review articleReview article Unstructured; up to 250 words Up to 7,000 words Up to 150 Up to 5Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Ethics approval required for human tissue/clinical data or statement of waiver/exemption Model summary
For human tissue or clinical data, include ethics approval details or a clear statement explaining waiver/exemption or why approval was not required.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Citation policy: requests for additional citations must be scientifically justified and not used to inflate reviewer citations Model summary
Requests for citation of additional literature should be scientifically justified and should not be used to increase citations to the reviewer’s own work without clear relevance.
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
- Versalius University Medical Publisher
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- Polish, English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1994
- ISSN
- 1233-9687
- Electronic ISSN
- 2084-9869
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 77 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Polish Journal of Pathology
What CAS zone is Polish Journal of Pathology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Polish Journal of 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.
What is the impact factor of Polish Journal of Pathology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.72; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 26.
How long does peer review take at Polish Journal of Pathology?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Polish Journal of Pathology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Chicago; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Cover letter: Required. 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.
Which databases index Polish Journal of Pathology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Polish Journal of Pathology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Polish Journal of Pathology open access, and what is the APC?
Polish Journal of Pathology is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .