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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

🟒 JIF Indexed ⭐ Top Decile πŸ… Q1 Journal

ISSN: 0021-9738 · eISSN: 1558-8238 · 🌍 United States · 🏒 AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC

13.600 Impact Factor
97% Trust Score
Monthly Frequency
Hybrid Access
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Safe & Indexed
Overall Confidence Score 97/100

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Negligible
Predatory Risk
97%
Trust Score
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JIF Standing

Q1 JIF Quartile
5/195 Category Rank
318 Overall JIF Rank
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Journal Information

Publisher AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
Subject Pathology. Clinical medicine
Start Year 1924
Medium Hybrid
Country United States
Access Type Hybrid
Frequency Monthly
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Indexing & Abstracting

CABABSTRACTS CROSSREF DOAJ EZB FATCAT GLOBALHEALTH MEDLINE OPENALEX PUBMED PUBMEDCENTRAL ROAD SCOPUS SHERPA ROMEO SUDOC THE KEEPERS WEB OF SCIENCE WIKIDATA WIKIPEDIA DE (GERMAN) WIKIPEDIA EN (ENGLISH) WIKIPEDIA ES (SPANISH CASTILIAN) WIKIPEDIA FR (FRENCH) WIKIPEDIA IT (ITALIAN) WIKIPEDIA RU (RUSSIAN) ZDB
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Last reviewed: 03 Jan 2026

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Identifiers

ISSN 0021-9738
eISSN 1558-8238
Views 5
Journal ID 319
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