Advances in Laboratory Medicine

Aims & Scope

Objective: Advances in Laboratory Medicine / Avances en Medicina de Laboratorio (Adv Lab Med) is the official journal of the Spanish Society of Laboratory Medicine (SEQCML).

Adv Lab Med publishes contributions in the field of medical sciences, including Biochemistry, Hematology, Toxicology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Immunology, and Genetics.

Articles focusing on the choice, performance or interpretation of clinical tests are especially welcome.

Adv Lab Med publishes quarterly.

All contributions submitted for publication in Adv Lab Med are single-blind peer reviewed by at least two experts in the field, selected and invited by the Editor-in-Chief.

Adv Lab Med is an Open Access journal with an international board of renowned editors.

Authors are not charged for manuscript processing and Open Access publication.

SEQCML covers processing and publication charges.

The Society plays no role in the selection and publication of the articles, nor does it influence peer review.

Adv Lab Med is a bilingual journal, and all articles are published in both English and Spanish.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Health Professions, Medicine and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Health Professions, Medicine and Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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