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Journals in Pathology

Academic Pathology

  • ISSN: 2374-2895
  • 5 Year impact factor: 1.2
  • Impact factor: 1.2
The official open-access journal of the Association for Academic PathologyAcademic Pathology is the official open-access journal of the Association for Academic Pathology, established to give voice to innovations in education, practice, and management from academic departments of pathology and laboratory medicine, with the potential for broad impact on medicine, medical research, and the delivery of care.Academic Pathology addresses methods for improving patient care (clinical informatics, genomic testing and data management, lab automation, electronic health record integration, and annotate biorepositories); best practices in inter-professional clinical partnerships; innovative pedagogical approaches to medical education and educational program evaluation in pathology; models for training academic pathologists and advancing academic career development; administrative and organizational models supporting the discipline; and leadership development in academic medical centers, health systems, and other relevant venues. Intended authorship and audiences for Academic Pathology are international and reach beyond academic pathology itself, including but not limited to healthcare providers, educators, researchers, and policy-makers.Academic Pathology publishes original research, reviews, brief reports, and educational cases. All articles are rigorously peer-reviewed for relevance and quality.

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

  • ISSN: 1092-9134
  • 5 Year impact factor: 1.6
  • Impact factor: 1.5
A peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of articles dealing with traditional morphologic studies using standard diagnostic techniques and stressing clinicopathological correlations and scientific observation of relevance to the daily practice of pathology. Special features include pathologic-radiologic correlations and pathologic-cytologic correlations.

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

  • ISSN: 0196-4399
Clinical Microbiology Newsletter is published bi-monthly to to provide consistent educational features and to keep pace with advances in the fast-moving field of Clinical Microbiology.Clinical Microbiology Newsletter aims to provide articles to enable you to streamline procedures and improve results. It publishes reviews on infectious disease pathogens, reports on changes that affect your work, including articles on new diagnostic techniques, regulatory and guideline changes, and challenging diagnostic dogmas, clinical cases focused on diagnostic approaches for both common and uncommon pathogens.The journal publishes three types of articles:Mini-reviews Case presentationsMicrobe SnapshotsThese articles cover topics including:Minireviews on the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases,Practical articles on common and contemporary laboratory techniques,Indispensable updates on important clinical problems that impact the clinical laboratory,Editorials and opinions on controversial issues in laboratory medicine,Case-based articles focused on diagnostic approaches for infectious pathogens,Snapshots highlighting specific infectious pathogens,Helpful tips on improving the laboratory workplace.

Diagnostic Histopathology

  • ISSN: 1756-2317
This monthly review journal aims to provide the practising diagnostic pathologist and trainee pathologist with up-to-date reviews on histopathology and cytology and related technical advances.Each issue contains invited articles on a variety of topics from experts in the field and includes a mini-symposium exploring one subject in greater depth. Articles consist of system-based, disease-based reviews and illustrated case reports. They update the readers on day-to-day diagnostic work and keep them informed of important new developments. The journal aims to cover the main breadth of histopathology in a three year cycle.Both the contributors and readership are seen as being International. The trend toward continuing education/accreditation has a strong influence in the shaping of the journal's content and is reflected in the inclusion of a self-assessment section.

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

  • ISSN: 0732-8893
  • 5 Year impact factor: 2
  • Impact factor: 2.1
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease provides up to date and extensive articles on clinical microbiology.Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease aims to publish latest developments in clinical microbiology and the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. It publishes articles on studies in bacteriology, immunology, immunoserology.Submissions on new procedures, unusual cases, controversial issues, and important new literature. are particularly welcomed.The journal publishes topics including:Informed commentaries on new antibioticsRapid and cost-effective methods in the laboratoryInstructive case studies with emphasis on complex circumstancesInsightful editorials on important current issuesBook reviews that keep you up-to-date on recently published literatureLaboratory and clinical management of microbial diseasesEpidemiology and pathogenesis of infectionsAutomation in the diagnostic microbiology laboratoryAntibiotic susceptibility testing

Future Healthcare Journal

  • ISSN: 2514-6645
Future Healthcare Journal (FHJ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal with a multidisciplinary editorial board stimulating debate about all aspects of future healthcare. Each issue has a theme featuring commissioned articles from national and international experts providing authoritative overviews as well as submitted papers. Themed issues are published online when collated but all accepted articles are available immediately for rapidity of referencing and citation. Articles feature digital health and artificial intelligence, illness prevention, multidisciplinary workforce planning, system re-engineering, population health, lifestyle medicine and therapeutic advances. The emphasis is on providing practical solutions to current healthcare challenges. It has strong involvement of trainees and encourages submissions on QI and audit rarely found in other journals. FHJ tackles contentious issues and aims to provide readers with the tools to facilitate transformational change at an individual and organisational level. Articles should be of interest and understandable to a broad audience of healthcare professionals and leaders who may be involved in making system changes in their own organisation.  While the journal is affiliated with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), it has full editorial independence.From January 1, 2024, Future Healthcare Journal becomes a full gold open access journal freely available for everyone to access and read. All articles submitted after January 1, 2024, are subject to an article publishing charge (APC) after peer review and acceptance. We are pleased to inform you that Future Healthcare Journal waives the APC (Article Publishing Charge) for all submissions received before 31 December 2025, which are accepted for publication after peer review. Learn more about hybrid journals moving to open access.

Heliyon

  • ISSN: 2405-8440
  • 5 Year impact factor: 3.9
  • Impact factor: 3.4
Heliyon considers research from all areas of the physical, applied, life, social and medical sciences. We publish manuscripts reporting scientifically accurate and valuable research, which adheres to accepted ethical and scientific publishing standards. As such Heliyon publishes new insights as well as extensions on existing theories, negative/null results and replication studies.Submissions covering arts, humanities and law are not considered in Heliyon. Authors of these submissions are encouraged to submit directly to our partner journal Social Sciences & Humanities Open.Heliyon classifies manuscripts/articles into different sections based on the research topic discussed. Some sections exclude certain types of studies from their scope. To know more and to see the kind of manuscripts the various sections publish, please visit: https://www.cell.com/heliyon/sectionsA dedicated in-house editorial office team, internal editors as well as external academic section and associate editors handle your manuscript and manage the publication process, giving your research the editorial support and quality control it deserves.If it's important to you, it's important to us. Submit your paper today.

Human Pathology

  • ISSN: 0046-8177
  • 5 Year impact factor: 2.7
  • Impact factor: 2.7
Human Pathology is designed to bring information of clinicopathologic significance to human disease to the laboratory and clinical physician. It presents information drawn from morphologic and clinical laboratory studies with direct relevance to the understanding of human diseases. Papers published concern morphologic and clinicopathologic observations, reviews of diseases, analyses of problems in pathology, significant collections of case material and advances in concepts or techniques of value in the analysis and diagnosis of disease. Theoretical and experimental pathology and molecular biology pertinent to human disease are included. This critical journal is well illustrated with exceptional reproductions of photomicrographs and microscopic anatomy.Benefits to authors We also provide many author benefits, such as free PDFs, a liberal copyright policy, special discounts on Elsevier publications and much more. Please click here for more information on our author services.Please see our Guide for Authors for information on article submission. If you require any further information or help, please visit our Support CenterCase reports should be submitted to our open access companion title, Human Pathology: Case Reports .

Human Pathology Reports

  • ISSN: 2214-3300
Human Pathology Reports, a companion title to the respected Human Pathology, is a peer-reviewed, open access journal. The journal focuses on concise yet novel case series and quality case reports, the submissions of which should report on rare, novel or unusual presentation of an entity; or new diagnostic modalities that provide valuable insight into the pathogenesis or prognosis of a disease. It also publishes a wide range of other content types, including short research articles, letters and timely reviews. The journal welcomes submissions covering the spectrum of pathology including, but not limited to, neoplasms, inflammatory diseases, immune mediated diseases and iatrogenic diseases. The journal also welcomes submissions on methodological/technical advances (immunohistochemistry and molecular genetic studies) as well as digital pathology (e.g., telepathology and artificial intelligence). The journal is well-illustrated with high quality photomicrographs and other images. The mission of Human Pathology Reports is to achieve excellence in research, education and advocacy of pathology.Human Pathology Reports maintains the highest standards of the peer review process. If accepted for publication, the authors are notified of the decision and requested to pay an Article Publishing Charge. Following payment of this fee, the article is made universally available to all on ScienceDirect.

Human Pathology Reports

  • ISSN: 2772-736X
Human Pathology Reports, a companion title to the respected Human Pathology, is a peer-reviewed, open access journal. The journal focuses on concise yet novel case series and quality case reports, the submissions of which should report on rare, novel or unusual presentation of an entity; or new diagnostic modalities that provide valuable insight into the pathogenesis or prognosis of a disease. It also publishes a wide range of other content types, including short research articles, letters and timely reviews. The journal welcomes submissions covering the spectrum of pathology including, but not limited to, neoplasms, inflammatory diseases, immune mediated diseases and iatrogenic diseases. The journal also welcomes submissions on methodological/technical advances (immunohistochemistry and molecular genetic studies) as well as digital pathology (e.g., telepathology and artificial intelligence). The journal is well-illustrated with high quality photomicrographs and other images. The mission of Human Pathology Reports is to achieve excellence in research, education and advocacy of pathology.Human Pathology Reports maintains the highest standards of the peer review process. If accepted for publication, the authors are notified of the decision and requested to pay an Article Publishing Charge. Following payment of this fee, the article is made universally available to all on ScienceDirect.