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Journal of China Pharmaceutical University is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5). Published by China Pharmaceutical University.
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ISSN 1000-5048Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: China Pharmaceutical University
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical Science | 161 / 191 | 15th | Q4 |
| Pharmacology | 293 / 328 | 10th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present (also 1989–1991), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University is Q4 in Pharmaceutical Science (rank 161 of 191) and Q4 in Pharmacology (rank 293 of 328), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University 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 0.5, quartile Q4, 15th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.133, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 16.
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University is published by China Pharmaceutical University. Its ISSN is 1000-5048.
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 China Pharmaceutical University has an h-index of 8 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #162 of 177 Scopus journals in Pharmaceutical Science.
Journal of China Pharmaceutical University published 3 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 76. 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.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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