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Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Dove Medical Press Ltd.
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ISSN 1179-1519Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Dove Medical Press Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) | 34 / 57 | 41st | Q3 |
| Pharmacology (medical) | 212 / 278 | 23rd | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2009–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.2.
Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials is Q3 in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (rank 34 of 57) and Q4 in Pharmacology (medical) (rank 212 of 278), by CiteScore 2025.
Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials 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. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 1.2, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 41st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.187, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 16.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,806 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.
Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials is published by Dove Medical Press Ltd. Its ISSN is 1179-1519.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 1.53 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.2, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #22 of 52 Scopus journals in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous).
Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials published 6 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 7. 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 23 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from United States (28.3%), India (13%) and China (8.7%).
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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