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Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.9), DOAJ. Published by University of Benin.
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ISSN 1596-5996Verify ISSN ↗1596-9827Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: University of Benin
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical Science | 144 / 191 | 24th | Q4 |
| Pharmacology (medical) | 227 / 278 | 18th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.9.
Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research is Q4 in Pharmaceutical Science (rank 144 of 191) and Q4 in Pharmacology (medical) (rank 227 of 278), by CiteScore 2025.
Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 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, 24th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.165, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 56.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$500 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.
Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research is published by University of Benin. Its print ISSN is 1596-5996 and its online ISSN is 1596-9827.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research has an h-index of 67 and a 2-year mean of 0.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.9, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #138 of 177 Scopus journals in Pharmaceutical Science.
Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research published 178 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 516. 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 91 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Nigeria (31.1%), Iraq (28.6%) and Indonesia (16.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 16 retracted papers are recorded (3.6 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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