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Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 11.4), DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2590-2571Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 8 / 520 | 98th | Q1 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 24 / 736 | 96th | Q1 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 11.4.
Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery is Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 8 of 520) and Q1 in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (rank 24 of 736), by CiteScore 2025.
Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.4, quartile Q1, 98th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.389, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 28.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,680 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2590-2571.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery has an h-index of 34 and a 2-year mean of 6.49 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 11.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #10 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery published 35 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 71. 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 97 research articles (2022–2026), authors are most often from India (14.1%), Italy (11.9%) and United States (10.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (8.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 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.
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