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Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 3.3), WoS SCIE. Published by National Research Council of Canada.
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ISSN 0008-4212Verify ISSN ↗1205-7541Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: National Research Council of Canada
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physiology (medical) | 68 / 117 | 42nd | Q3 |
| Pharmacology | 202 / 328 | 38th | Q3 |
| Physiology | 133 / 196 | 32nd | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1964–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 3.3.
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology is Q3 in Physiology (medical) (rank 68 of 117), Q3 in Pharmacology (rank 202 of 328) and Q3 in Physiology (rank 133 of 196), by CiteScore 2025.
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.3, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 42nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.468, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 101.
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology is published by National Research Council of Canada. Its print ISSN is 0008-4212 and its online ISSN is 1205-7541.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology has an h-index of 144 and a 2-year mean of 2.32 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #49 of 117 Scopus journals in Physiology (medical).
Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology published 57 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 183. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Canada (28.3%), United States (19%) and China (5.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 12 retracted papers are recorded (1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 2 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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