- Open access · CC BY 4.0
- ISSN 2689-5773
- Published by Open Access Pub
About the Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Pathology
The Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Pathology (JCDP) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal of research on how disease is recognized, classified and reported in the laboratory. It covers anatomic and clinical pathology and laboratory medicine, and Volume 1 began in 2018.
Diagnosis, from the tissue section to the assay
JCDP serves pathologists, laboratory scientists, clinicians and educators who depend on sound evidence about how disease is diagnosed.
JCDP publishes research, reviews and case-based work on the diagnosis and classification of disease. The journal covers anatomic pathology, including surgical pathology, histopathology and cytopathology, and clinical pathology and laboratory medicine, including hematology, clinical chemistry, microbiology, virology, immunopathology and molecular diagnostics.
Its aims are to publish methodologically sound work that improves diagnostic accuracy and laboratory practice, to document instructive cases and new laboratory methods, and to make the results freely available to everyone who can use them.
The journal also welcomes work in digital and computational pathology, forensic and autopsy pathology, and laboratory quality and informatics. The Aims and Scope page describes the scope and eligibility in full.
What JCDP publishes
Each type is peer reviewed. Preparation guidance for every type is in the Instructions for Authors.
Original Research
Diagnostic, laboratory and clinicopathologic studies with full methods and results.
Review
Narrative and systematic reviews, including meta-analyses of diagnostic evidence.
Case Report
Unusual or instructive cases with pathological findings and clinical correlation.
Technical Note
New or improved laboratory methods, staining protocols and assay validations.
Short Communication
Concise reports of focused or preliminary diagnostic findings.
Letter
Comment on published work or on questions in pathology practice and education.
Reference information
The journal’s identity, ownership, editorial responsibility, rights, review, fees and preservation.
- Full title
- Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Pathology. Short title JCDP.
- ISSN
- 2689-5773
- Publisher and owner
- Open Access Pub, which owns and publishes the journal. openaccesspub.org
- Editor-in-Chief
- Wael M. EL-Deeb, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia. Editorial Board
- Publication history
- Volume 1 began in 2018. Articles are collected in volumes and issues.
- Access
- Open access. Every article is free to read, download and share from the day of publication, with no subscription or registration.
- License and copyright
- Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain copyright.
- Peer review
- Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
- Article processing charge
- Charged by article type and payable only after acceptance; withdrawal after submission is subject to the journal’s withdrawal policy. Amounts are on the Article Processing Charges page.
- Persistent identifiers
- Articles receive DOIs registered with Crossref, in the form 10.14302/issn.2689-5773.jcdp-YY-NNNN.
- Research integrity
- Submitted manuscripts are screened with Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate.
- Preservation
- The journal’s content will be deposited in Portico.
- Contact
- info@openaccesspub.org. Editorial office of the Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Pathology.
Who is responsible for the journal
The Editor-in-Chief leads the journal’s editorial direction and oversees its decisions, supported by an international editorial board whose members handle manuscripts within their expertise and advise on the journal’s scope and policies.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. They are independent of the article processing charge and of any fee-relief inquiry. Editors with a conflict of interest are recused from handling the manuscript.
Peer review
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal’s scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts. The full process is set out in the Editorial Policies.
Submit to JCDP
Manuscripts are welcome throughout the year, and the submission routes are set out on the submission page.