Journal of Clinical Pathology

*Journal of Clinical Pathology*
Discipline	Pathology
Language	English
Editedby	Prof Tahir Pillay
Publication details
History	1947-present
Publisher	BMJ Group(United Kingdom)
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	After 12 months
Impact factor	3.4 (2022)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	J. Clin. Pathol.
Indexing;
CODEN	JCPAAK
ISSN	0021-9746(print); 1472-4146(web);
OCLCno.	01680973
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

TheJournal of Clinical Pathology (JCP)is apeer-reviewed medical journalcovering all aspects ofpathology,published by theBMJ Groupand co-owned by theAssociation of Clinical Pathologists.Diagnostic and research areas covered includehistopathology,virology,haematology,microbiology,cytopathology,chemical pathology,molecular pathology,forensic pathology,dermatopathology,neuropathology,andimmunopathology.Each issue contains reviews, original articles, short reports, case reports, correspondence, and book reviews.^[1]

In 2005 theJournal of Clinical PathologyincorporatedMolecular Pathology,which was published from 1995 to 2004.

Indexing and impact

The journal is abstracted and indexed inScience Citation Index,Index Medicus (Medline),Scopus,Google ScholarandEMBASE/Excerpta Medica.^[1]According to theJournal Citation Reports,its 2022impact factoris 3.4 ranking it 28th out of 76 journals in the category "Pathology"^[2]

The journal has been cited most often by the following journalsJournal of Clinical Pathology,Histopathology,Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine,Human Pathology,and theWorld Journal of Gastroenterology.The journals that have been cited most often by theJournal of Clinical PathologyareJournal of Clinical Pathology,American Journal of Surgical Pathology,Cancer,Cancer Research,andModern Pathology.