Journal Overview

  • Launch Date: November 2016 as Clinical Mass Spectrometry. Name changed on January 2021 to Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Advances in the Clinical Lab (JMSACL).
  • Peer Review Model: Single-blind. Authors cannot see reviewers, but reviewers can see authors.
  • Publication Model: Published online only as a continuous annual volume throughout the calendar year. Articles are made available as soon as they are ready. Special thematic collections are continuously coordinated and populated.
  • Licensing:  All papers published in JMSACL are licensed under the Creative Commons open access license CC BY.
  • Publishing Formats: The journal publishes articles online as HTML and PDF.
  • Types of Papers
    • Research Article
    • Short Report
    • Full and Mini-Review
    • Case Report
    • Guideline
    • Technical Report
    • Commentary
    • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Perspective
  • Indexed in:
    • Current Contents – Clinical Medicine
    • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
    • Embase
    • Essential Science Indicators
    • PubMed Central (PMC)
    • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
    • Scopus
  • Metrics:
    • SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
    • SNIP
    • Google Scholar coverage
  • Digital Archive: PubMed Central (PMC)
  • Unique Article Identifiers: Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
  • Author Guide and Information: See Guide for Authors.

Journal Insights

  • Impact Factor: 3.4 (2024)
  • CiteScore: 5.1 (2024)

Journal Statistics

  • Acceptance Rate:  25% (trailing 12 months)
  • Submission to Publication: 140 days (average)

Submission fee

  • $0

Publication fee

  • $0

Reading/Access fee

  • $0