Elsevier BV · ISSN 0006-4971 · 1528-0020
Blood 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: 1.64 citations per paper for Blood, retrieved 23 Oct 2026. OpenAlex also counts the conference abstracts the journal publishes, which are rarely cited, so this figure sits well below the citation rate of its research articles.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 1.64Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 635Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 9,118183,688 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- SubscriptionAPC about $5,500Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Blood published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Blood publishes.
Mostly Hematology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Genetics, within Medicine.
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research
- Platelet Disorders and Treatments
- Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | 1.64 | 635 | Subscription |
| Clin Cancer Res | 2.27 | 418 | Subscription |
| Gastroenterology | 0.74 | 586 | Subscription |
| Cancer Research | 0.63 | 469 | Subscription |
| Diabetes | 0.63 | 447 | Subscription |
About Blood.
Comment 1What is the Blood impact factor?
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: 1.64 citations per paper for Blood, retrieved 23 Oct 2026. OpenAlex also counts the conference abstracts the journal publishes, which are rarely cited, so this figure sits well below the citation rate of its research articles.
Comment 2Is Blood open access?
Blood is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.
Comment 3How many papers does Blood publish a year?
OpenAlex records 9,118 works in 2025, and 183,688 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.