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Journal of Pharmacological Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.7), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Japanese Pharmacological Society.
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ISSN 1347-8613Verify ISSN ↗1347-8648Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Japanese Pharmacological Society
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology | 117 / 328 | 64th | Q2 |
| Molecular Medicine | 91 / 179 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present (also 2000, 1996), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.7.
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences is Q2 in Pharmacology (rank 117 of 328) and Q3 in Molecular Medicine (rank 91 of 179), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences 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 5.7, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 64th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.891, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 106.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,070 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.
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences is published by Japanese Pharmacological Society. Its print ISSN is 1347-8613 and its online ISSN is 1347-8648.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences has an h-index of 106 and a 2-year mean of 2.93 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.7, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #121 of 319 Scopus journals in Pharmacology.
Journal of Pharmacological Sciences published 116 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 158. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from Japan (62.7%), China (21.7%) and Taiwan (2.9%). 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. 14 retracted papers are recorded (3.7 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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