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Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom

ISSN0012-6543

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.188

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.257

Total Worksi

3,767

Total Citationsi

8,402

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) covers practical, independent and evidence-based information on drugs, medication and prescribing. DTB publishes independent evaluations and practical advice on individual treatments and the overall management of disease. DTB summarises the best available evidence to enable doctors, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to make informed and unbiased choices to help patients get the best care. DTB is wholly independent of the pharmaceutical industry, government and regulatory authorities and is also free of advertising and other forms of commercial sponsorship.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 71 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications3,767

Publisher OrgBMJ

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0012-6543

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

287

2019

173

2020

190

2021

2022

135

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Pharmacology (medical)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology (medical)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pharmaceutical studies and practicesHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifePharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesAsthma and respiratory diseasesPharmaceutical Economics and Policy

Frequently asked questions about Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Is Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin?

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.188.

Is Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin is indexed in Scopus.