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American Society for Clinical Investigation · ISSN 0021-9738 · 1558-8238

JCI impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.

Short answer

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 10.90 citations per paper for JCI, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
10.90Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
707Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
73936,661 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
OpenAPC about $5,200Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works JCI published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

4005006007008009002019202020212022202320242025739

Fig. 1 — Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Scope

What JCI publishes.

Mostly Immunology, Molecular Biology and Surgery, within Medicine.

  • T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Ion Transport and Channel Regulation
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
JCI10.90707Open
Acta Neuropathol10.92288Subscription
Gut11.44452Subscription
Kidney International12.77391Subscription
Brain8.89503Subscription
Questions

About JCI.

Comment 1What is the JCI impact factor?
Response

The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 10.90 citations per paper for JCI, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is JCI open access?
Response

Yes, JCI is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $5,200.

Comment 3How many papers does JCI publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 739 works in 2025, and 36,661 in total.

Sources

  1. 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026

The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.

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