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Journal of Comparative Pathology

pISSN: 0021-9975eISSN: 1532-3129Elsevier BVUnited Kingdom
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2026 Journal Metrics Score

0.3

Updated August 2026 · 2-year citation average from OpenAlex data

The Journal Metrics Score is the two-year mean citedness of a journal, computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data: citations received in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works. Quartiles rank journals within each OpenAlex subfield by score. Data source: OpenAlex (CC0).

Subject Category Quartiles

Quartiles computed within each OpenAlex subfield
CategoryQuartile
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ4
MicrobiologyQ4
GeneticsQ4
Animal Science and ZoologyQ4

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Journal of Comparative Pathology current release and quartile

Journal of Comparative Pathology's 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 0.3, updated August 2026 from OpenAlex citation data. The journal is ranked Q4 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Biology & Basic Science

Ranked #3,459 in Biology & Basic Science by Journal Metrics Score and #297 among Q4 Biology & Basic Science journals. This context helps compare Journal of Comparative Pathology against journals publishing in the same field.

#3,459
of 3,739 field journals

Journal of Comparative Pathology publication trend

Published 1,244 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current Journal Metrics Score of 0.3.

2026 vs 2025: -388
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Journal Details

OpenAlex Works
8,324
H-Index
111
Fully Open Access
No
Recent OA Works
714
Indicative APC
$3,240 USD
Subject Areas
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMicrobiologyGeneticsAnimal Science and Zoology

Source: the current OpenAlex source record. OpenAlex works can include multiple work types. Fully Open Access is a source-level flag. Recent OA Works is summed from OpenAlex's counts_by_year series (up to the latest ten years); it is not a lifetime OA percentage. Any APC shown here is an indicative OpenAlex value—verify current charges on the journal's official website.

Article Volume

2022
210
2023
270
2024
258
2025
447
2026
59
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