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Journal of Clinical Investigation
Medicine and clinical researchOpen accessIn DOAJ
Among the 50 medicine and clinical research journals in this index it has the 6th highest h-index and the 9th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 2 537 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 66% |
| China | 16% |
| Germany | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 7% |
| Canada | 5% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 98% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers | 4% |
| T-cell and B-cell Immunology | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Macrophages and microglia in glioblastoma: heterogeneity, plasticity, and therapy (2023, 415 citations)
- Alcohol-associated liver disease (2024, 355 citations)
- Molecular pathways that drive diabetic kidney disease (2023, 342 citations)
- The alanyl-tRNA synthetase AARS1 moonlights as a lactyltransferase to promote YAP signaling in gastric cancer (2024, 341 citations)
- FDA Modernization Act 2.0: transitioning beyond animal models with human cells, organoids, and AI/ML-based approaches (2023, 341 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0021-9738):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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- Cell
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