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Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.8). Published by Open Science Publishers LLP Inc..
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ISSN 2231-3354Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Open Science Publishers LLP Inc.
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy | 14 / 52 | 74th | Q2 |
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 207 / 466 | 55th | Q2 |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (all) | 38 / 79 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2011–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.8.
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science is Q2 in Pharmacy (rank 14 of 52), Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 207 of 466) and Q2 in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (all) (rank 38 of 79), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 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 2.8, quartile Q2, 74th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.325, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 64.
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science is published by Open Science Publishers LLP Inc. Its ISSN is 2231-3354.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science has an h-index of 56 and a 2-year mean of 3.74 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #2 of 50 Scopus journals in Pharmacy.
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science published 232 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 389. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from India (43.2%), Indonesia (20.7%) and Thailand (6.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.2 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.
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