Focus and Scope

Focus & Scope

Annals of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (APALM) publishes peer-reviewed research and practice-oriented articles across the full breadth of pathology and laboratory medicine. Our primary audience is pathologists, microbiologists, biochemists, hematologists, transfusion medicine specialists, clinical laboratory professionals, and related researchers/clinicians. We welcome submissions from all countries.

Disciplines & topics covered

  • Histopathology and surgical pathology

  • Cytopathology (gynecologic and non-gynecologic)

  • Hematology and hematopathology

  • Clinical pathology / laboratory medicine and quality management

  • Transfusion medicine / blood banking

  • Clinical biochemistry

  • Medical microbiology — bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology

  • Molecular and genomic diagnostics, cytogenetics, and biomarkers

  • Infectious disease diagnostics and antimicrobial resistance testing

  • Digital pathology, image analysis, and AI in pathology

  • Forensic pathology and medico-legal aspects

  • Point-of-care testing and laboratory informatics

Article types considered

  • Original Articles (clinical, translational, or laboratory-based research)

  • Systematic Reviews/Meta-analyses and Review Articles

  • Case Reports/Case Series with clear learning value

  • Short Communications/Brief Reports

  • Images in Pathology (with concise discussion)

  • Letters to the Editor and Editorials (usually invited)

See Author Guidelines for structure, limits, and required reporting checklists (e.g., CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE, CARE, ARRIVE).

Editorial criteria

Submissions are selected for originality, methodological rigor (including appropriate statistics), clarity of reporting, ethical compliance (IRB/IEC/IAEC approvals and consent as applicable), data availability where appropriate, and relevance to pathology and laboratory medicine. All research articles undergo double-blind external peer review.

Out of scope

We generally do not consider manuscripts unrelated to pathology/laboratory medicine, purely clinical narratives without diagnostic/laboratory relevance, or opinion pieces lacking an evidence base.

DOI prefix: 10.21276/APALM (please cite article-level DOIs).


Related pages: Author Guidelines • Peer Review Policy • Publication Ethics • Open Access & Licensing • Research Data Availability • Repository & Self-Archiving