Journal profile · PATHOLOGY
Sage Open Pathology
ISSN 3050-2098
Sage Open Pathology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); subscription journal; median 160 days to acceptance (25 articles, last 24 months); 10 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Sage Open Pathology is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments and Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control, together about 25% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PATHOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine10%
- Bone Tumor Diagnosis and TreatmentsMedicine7.5%
- Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality ControlMedicine7.5%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine7.5%
- Vasculitis and related conditionsMedicine5%
- AI in cancer detectionComputer Science5%
- Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma CasesMedicine5%
- Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMedicine5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.66OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 29 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 2 |
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
160 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 134 days – 204 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 41 days (25 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 197 days
- Sample
- 25 articles with submission and acceptance dates (27 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- ISSN
- 3050-2098
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Sage Open Pathology
What CAS zone is Sage Open Pathology in?
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 Sage Open Pathology?
Based on the dates recorded on 25 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 160 days (interquartile range 134–204 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 Sage Open Pathology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Sage Open Pathology is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Sage Open Pathology open access, and what is the APC?
Sage Open Pathology is a subscription 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .