What Is the Impact Factor of Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica (AHC)?

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica (AHC) reports a Journal Impact Factor of 1.9 (2025) and a 5-year impact factor of 2.3, according to the journal's own website. These are the figures to cite if you are evaluating the journal's citation standing; if you need to judge article quality beyond the number, the site's Best Articles and Latest Articles sections give concrete examples of what it publishes.

The numbers at a glance

Two practical notes on reading these figures:

• The impact factor is labeled with the year 2025, so treat it as the journal's most recent reported value rather than a historical average.
• The 5-year figure (2.3) is higher than the single-year figure (1.9), which indicates that articles in this journal tend to accumulate citations over a longer window than one year. For a histochemistry and cytochemistry title, that pattern is worth weighing if you are comparing it against journals with faster citation turnover.

What the journal publishes

AHC is published in English and covers histochemistry and cytochemistry. Its content is hosted on J-STAGE, and the site organizes articles into Latest Articles and Best Articles.

Recent and highlighted titles show the range of topics:

• Latest Articles — Carbon black deposition in regional lymph nodes and disease control after immune checkpoint inhibitor–based therapy in recurrent esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; heterogeneous expression of TREM2 and STAB1 among tumor-associated macrophages in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma; a mammalian whole-embryo culture system for studying high-temperature effects on development.
• Best Articles — HMGB1, TLR2, and TLR4 in breast cancer; hepatic lipid overload and hepatocyte proliferation via the SphK1/S1PR2 pathway; CpG methylation of the RANK gene promoter and senescence-related changes in gene expression.

Each entry lists authors and a DOI, so you can locate the full article directly.

How to use this when judging the journal

• If you need a single citation metric: use 1.9 (2025), with 2.3 as the 5-year context.
• If you are deciding whether to submit or cite: read across the Best Articles list to see whether the journal regularly publishes work close to your topic, and check Latest Articles for current direction.
• If you are comparing journals: match the metric year and window (single-year vs. 5-year) before comparing, since the two AHC figures differ by 0.4.

Related practical details

The site also states that, from submissions dated June 1, 2024, authors pay an Article Processing Charge (APC): JPY 100,000 standard, or JPY 50,000 for members of the Japan Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry (JSHC). This is charged in addition to conventional page charges of JPY 5,000 per page. The journal is open access and publishes a Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement, an Open Access Policy, and a Digital Archiving and Repository Policy. Submission instructions, author guidelines, and editorial board information are available from the site's navigation.