Get an email when this journal's indexing changes
Added to or removed from Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ, FT50, UT Dallas or ONOS. One confirmation click; unsubscribe anytime.
Drug Discoveries and Therapeutics is Scopus-indexed, WoS ESCI. Published by International Advancement Center for Medicine and Health Research Co., Ltd..
Checked against the index lists dated .
ISSN 1881-7831Verify ISSN ↗1881-784XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: International Advancement Center for Medicine and Health Research Co., Ltd.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Listed in Scopus, coverage 2026 (also 2020, 2010–2018, 1997), but Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for this title — it may be newly indexed and not yet evaluated. Confirm its active status directly with Scopus before submitting.
Drug Discoveries and Therapeutics is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for this title.
Drug Discoveries and Therapeutics is published by International Advancement Center for Medicine and Health Research Co., Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1881-7831 and its online ISSN is 1881-784X.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Drug Discoveries and Therapeutics has an h-index of 43 and a 2-year mean of 2.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Drug Discoveries and Therapeutics published 59 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 63. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Japan (51.1%), China (46.5%) and Thailand (1.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (2.3 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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.
Comments load as you scroll here.