Aims & Scope

Aims and Scopes Blood Transfusion is a bimonthly Journal founded in 1956 by the Italian Society of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology (Società Italiana di Medicina Trasfusionale e Immunoematologia, SIMTI).

It is the official journal of SIMTI, Italian Association of Haemophilia Centres (Associazione Italiana dei Centri Emofilia, AICE), Croatian Society of Transfusion Medicine (Hrvatsko Društvo za Transfuzijsku Medicinu, HDTM), Spanish Society of Blood Transfusion and Cellular Therapy (Sociedad Española de Transfusión Sanguinea y Terapia Celular, SETS), and Italian Society for the Study of Haemostasis and Thrombosis (Società Italiana Studio per lo Studio dell'Emostasi e della Trombosi, SISET).

The journal also has two Affiliated Societies: Portuguese Association of Immuno-Haemotherapy (Associação Portuguesa de Imuno-Hemoterapia, APIH), and Hellenic Society of Blood Transfusion (HSBT).

It publishes Editorials, Reviews, State-of-the-Art Reports, Original Articles, Case Reports, Letters to the Editor, Book Reviews, Forums and Debates on all topics related to Transfusion Medicine, e.g.: transfusion clinical practice, immunohaematology, blood component collection and production, transfusion-transmissible diseases, immunogenetics, histocompatibility, transplantation, haemostasis, medical-legal correlations, biotechnology and connected molecular biology.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 2.3

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.711

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q2

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 7942

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 437

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

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


Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, 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.


Quick Facts

Current Factor
2.3
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.711
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q2
First Published: 2024

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