Aims & Scope

Diagnosis is a subscription journal, which focuses on how diagnosis can be advanced, how it is taught, and how and why it can fail, leading to diagnostic errors.

The journal welcomes both fundamental and applied works, improvement initiatives, opinions, and debates to encourage new thinking on improving this critical aspect of healthcare quality.

Diagnosis is the official journal of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine.

Topics: -Factors that promote diagnostic quality and safety- Clinical reasoning- Diagnostic errors in medicine- The factors that contribute to diagnostic error: human factors, cognitive issues, and system-related breakdowns- Improving the value of diagnosis – eliminating waste and unnecessary testing- How culture and removing blame promote awareness of diagnostic errors- Training and education related to clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills- Advances in laboratory testing and imaging that improve diagnostic capability- Local, national and international initiatives to reduce diagnostic error

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 2
2024 2.20

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 8986

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 402

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.642

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q2

h-index

Year Value
2024 34

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 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.


Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.


Quick Facts

Current Factor
2
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.642
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q2
First Published: 2024

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