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Best Pathology and Forensic Medicine journals

209 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 52 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease 45.5 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Endocrine Pathology 22.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Acta Neuropathologica 16.9 98th Q1 SCIE No
4 Aging and Disease 15.5 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
5 Modern Pathology 12.5 97th Q1 SCIE No
6 Cell Systems 11.5 97th Q1 SCIE No
7 Brain Pathology 10.9 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
8 Journal of Pathology 10.6 96th Q1 SCIE No
9 Acta Neuropathologica Communications 9.3 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Journal of Quantitative Criminology 9 95th Q1 SSCI No
11 Journal of Pathology Informatics 8.8 94th Q1 Yes
12 European Journal of Cell Biology 8.6 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Criminology 8.5 94th Q1 SSCI No
14 American Journal of Surgical Pathology 8.3 93th Q1 SCIE No
15 Laboratory Investigation 8.3 93th Q1 SCIE No
16 Histopathology 7.7 92th Q1 SCIE No
17 Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 7.7 92th Q1 SCIE No
18 Cell and Tissue Research 7.7 91th Q1 SCIE No
19 American Journal of Pathology 7.4 91th Q1 SCIE No
20 Journal of Pathology: Clinical Research 7.3 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
21 Forensic Science International: Genetics 7 90th Q1 SCIE No
22 Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics 6.8 89th Q1 SCIE No
23 Journal of Liver Cancer 6.7 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
24 Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 6.7 88th Q1 SCIE No
25 Cytometry Part A 6.6 88th Q1 SCIE No
26 Aggression and Violent Behavior 6.6 87th Q1 SSCI No
27 Head and Neck Pathology 6.4 87th Q1 ESCI No
28 Virchows Archiv 6.4 86th Q1 SCIE No
29 Experimental and Molecular Pathology 6.3 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 British Journal of Criminology 6.3 85th Q1 SSCI No
31 Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology 6.3 85th Q1 SCIE No
32 Forensic Science International: Synergy 6.3 84th Q1 ESCI Yes
33 Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 6.3 84th Q1 SCIE No
34 Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 6.3 83th Q1 SCIE No
35 Cancer Pathogenesis and Therapy 6.2 83th Q1 ESCI Yes
36 Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders 6 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
37 Forensic Toxicology 5.9 82th Q1 SCIE No
38 Theoretical Criminology 5.8 82th Q1 SSCI No
39 Advances in Anatomic Pathology 5.8 81th Q1 SCIE No
40 Analytical Cellular Pathology 5.8 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
41 Justice Quarterly 5.7 80th Q1 SSCI No
42 Homicide Studies 5.6 80th Q1 SSCI No
43 Cytometry Part B - Clinical Cytometry 5.5 79th Q1 SCIE No
44 Science and Justice 5.3 79th Q1 SCIE No
45 Human Pathology 5.1 78th Q1 SCIE No
46 Pathophysiology 5.1 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
47 Journal of Clinical Pathology 5.1 77th Q1 SCIE No
48 Pathology and Oncology Research 5 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
49 Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 5 76th Q1 SCIE No
50 Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine 5 76th Q1 SCIE No
51 Pathology 5 75th Q1 SCIE No
52 Pathobiology 4.9 75th Q1 SCIE No
53 Journal of Tissue Viability 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
54 Pathology International 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE No
55 International Journal of Experimental Pathology 4.6 73th Q2 No
56 International Journal of Legal Medicine 4.6 73th Q2 SCIE No
57 Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 4.6 72th Q2 ESCI No
58 Legal and Criminological Psychology 4.6 72th Q2 SSCI No
59 Crime and Delinquency 4.5 72th Q2 SSCI No
60 Anuario de Psicologia Juridica 4.5 71th Q2 SSCI Yes
61 Forensic Chemistry 4.5 71th Q2 SCIE No
62 Diagnostic Pathology 4.4 70th Q2 SCIE Yes
63 International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 4.4 70th Q2 SSCI No
64 Forensic Science International 4.4 69th Q2 SCIE No
65 Pathologica 4.3 69th Q2 ESCI No
66 Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology 4.2 68th Q2 SCIE No
67 Victims and Offenders 4.1 68th Q2 SSCI No
68 Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica 4.1 67th Q2 SCIE Yes
69 Sage Open Pathology 4.1 67th Q2 ESCI No
70 APMIS 4.1 66th Q2 SCIE No
71 International Journal of Biological Markers 4.1 66th Q2 SCIE Yes
72 Forensic Sciences Research 4.1 65th Q2 ESCI Yes
73 Toxicologic Pathology 4.1 65th Q2 SCIE No
74 Psychology, Crime and Law 4.1 64th Q2 SSCI No
75 Turk Patoloji Dergisi 4.1 64th Q2 ESCI Yes
76 American Journal of Clinical Pathology 3.9 63th Q2 SCIE No
77 Criminal Justice and Behavior 3.9 63th Q2 SSCI No
78 International Journal of Gynecological Pathology 3.8 62th Q2 SCIE No
79 Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 3.8 62th Q2 ESCI Yes
80 Cardiovascular Pathology 3.8 61th Q2 SCIE No
81 Journal of Forensic Sciences 3.7 61th Q2 SCIE No
82 Journal of Microscopy 3.7 61th Q2 SCIE No
83 Histology and Histopathology 3.6 60th Q2 SCIE No
84 Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology 3.6 60th Q2 SCIE No
85 Free Neuropathology 3.6 59th Q2 Yes
86 Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine 3.3 59th Q2 ESCI No
87 Forensic Sciences 3.3 58th Q2 ESCI Yes
88 Crime, Law and Social Change 3.2 58th Q2 SSCI B No
89 International Journal of Forensic Mental Health 3.2 57th Q2 SSCI No
90 Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 3.2 57th Q2 SSCI No
91 Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE No
92 Molecular and Cellular Toxicology 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE No
93 CytoJournal 3.1 55th Q2 SCIE No
94 International Journal of Law and Psychiatry 3.1 55th Q2 SSCI No
95 Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology 3.1 54th Q2 No
96 Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 3 54th Q2 SCIE No
97 Policing 3 53th Q2 SSCI No
98 Acta Cytologica 2.9 53th Q2 SCIE No
99 International Journal of Paleopathology 2.9 52th Q2 SCIE No
100 Medical Humanities 2.9 52th Q2 AHCI No

Rank and percentile are within the Pathology and Forensic Medicine Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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