臨床化學(xué)是當(dāng)今臨床實(shí)驗(yàn)室進(jìn)行同行評(píng)審、原創(chuàng)研究的領(lǐng)先論壇。在臨床化學(xué)、臨床(或解剖)病理學(xué)、分析化學(xué)、輸血醫(yī)學(xué)、臨床微生物學(xué)等分支學(xué)科期刊中，Clin Chem除了是該領(lǐng)域被引用最多的期刊(2005年被引用超過18000次)外，其影響因子最高(2005年為7.717)。該雜志每月出版一期，發(fā)表有關(guān)基本材料或原理、分析和分子診斷技術(shù)、儀器儀表、數(shù)據(jù)處理、數(shù)據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)分析、化學(xué)在其中發(fā)揮重要作用的臨床研究或針對(duì)人類疾病的化學(xué)問題的實(shí)驗(yàn)室動(dòng)物研究的實(shí)驗(yàn)或理論貢獻(xiàn)。

Clinical Chemistry is the leading forum for peer-reviewed, original research on innovative practices in today s clinical laboratory. In addition to being the most cited journal in the field (over 18,000 citations in 2005), Clin Chem has the highest Impact Factor (7.717 in 2005) among journals of clinical chemistry, clinical (or anatomic) pathology, analytical chemistry, and the subspecialties, such as transfusion medicine, clinical microbiology. The journal issued monthly, publishes contributions, either experimental or theoretical, that concern basic materials or principles, analytical and molecular diagnostic techniques, instrumentation, data processing, statistical analyses of data, clinical investigations in which chemistry has played a major role, or laboratory animal studies of chemically oriented problems of human disease.