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Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.8), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Frontiers Media SA.
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ISSN 1482-1826Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology | 48 / 328 | 85th | Q1 |
| Pharmaceutical Science | 31 / 191 | 84th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1998–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.8.
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is Q1 in Pharmacology (rank 48 of 328) and Q1 in Pharmaceutical Science (rank 31 of 191), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical 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 8.8, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 85th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.106, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 95.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,200 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 Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is published by Frontiers Media SA. Its ISSN is 1482-1826.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has an h-index of 69 and a 2-year mean of 5.72 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.8, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #42 of 319 Scopus journals in Pharmacology.
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences published 21 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 68. 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 94 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Canada (24.5%), United States (13.3%) and China (10.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
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.
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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