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Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry
Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 1177-391XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2014–2016 (also 2008–2011)).
What is the impact factor of Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry?
Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry and what is its ISSN?
Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its ISSN is 1177-391X.
Is Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry for 7 years, between 2008 and 2016, with 2 years in that span missing. Coverage ended in 2016, 10 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 35 works and 3,693 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2016, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2016, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry has an h-index of 21 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry published 3 papers in 2016; its busiest recent year was 2008 with 8. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Perspectives in Medicinal Chemistry? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2016. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2016
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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