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Status
Active
Coverage
2025 (also 2014–2022, 2010)
Source type
Book Series
Open access
No
CiteScore
0.9
Best quartile
Q4 · 11th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Discovery | 143 / 161 | 11th | Q4 |
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RSC Drug Discovery Series
RSC Drug Discovery Series is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.9). Published by Royal Society of Chemistry.
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ISSN 2041-3203Verify ISSN ↗2041-3211Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
Scopus · Q4
0.9
CiteScore 2025
Q4
Best quartile
1
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
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Not in DOAJ
Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is RSC Drug Discovery Series indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2025 (also 2014–2022, 2010), best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.9.
What quartile is RSC Drug Discovery Series in Scopus?
RSC Drug Discovery Series is Q4 in Drug Discovery (rank 143 of 161), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of RSC Drug Discovery Series?
RSC Drug Discovery Series 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 0.9, quartile Q4, 11th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric.
Who publishes RSC Drug Discovery Series and what is its ISSN?
RSC Drug Discovery Series is published by Royal Society of Chemistry. Its print ISSN is 2041-3203 and its online ISSN is 2041-3211.
Is RSC Drug Discovery Series in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is RSC Drug Discovery Series open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is RSC Drug Discovery Series? — open metrics via OpenAlex
RSC Drug Discovery Series has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #149 of 159 Scopus journals in Drug Discovery.
19
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
49
i10-index
791
works indexed
1,887
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#149 of 159 Bottom 7% Drug Discovery
RSC Drug Discovery Series published 3 papers in 2022; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 83. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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.
Are there integrity warnings for RSC Drug Discovery Series? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
- Scopus statusActive
- 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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