Blood

pISSN: 0006-4971eISSN: 1528-0020• JCR: BLOODElsevier BVUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

23.9

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.8 (+3.5%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    23.9
  2. Metric year 2024

    23.1

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
HEMATOLOGYSCIEQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B1
CAS Block

Blood current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #66 in Medicine by impact factor and #66 among Q1 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Blood against journals publishing in the same field.

#66
of 6,225 field journals

Blood publication trend

Published 33,505 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 23.9.

2026 vs 2025: -8,938
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Journal Details

Total Articles
197,538
H-Index
636
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$5,000 USD
Subject Areas
HematologyGeneticsPathology and Forensic MedicineHematology

Article Volume

2022
7,036
2023
8,230
2024
8,841
2025
9,168
2026
230
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