Drugs

ADIS INT LTD · Switzerland

ISSN0012-6667eISSN1179-1950

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

3.5

H-Indexi

258

SNIPi

3.428

Total Worksi

10,042

Total Citationsi

470,342

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Drugs promotes optimum pharmacotherapy by providing a programme of review and original research articles on the most important aspects of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics.

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General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Frequency24 No. A Year, 2003-

StatusActive

Total Publications10,042

Publisher OrgAdis, Springer Healthcare

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ADIS INT LTD

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0012-6667 / 1179-1950

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

208

15k

2019

203

14k

2020

204

13k

2021

158

8.7k

2022

161

6.4k

2023

145

3.2k

2024

136

1.3k

2025

118

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.

Pharmacology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & PharmacyToxicology

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyBlood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAsthma and respiratory diseasesPneumonia and Respiratory Infections

Frequently asked questions about Drugs

Is Drugs a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Drugs: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Drugs?

Drugs is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 9.49.

Is Drugs indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Drugs is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.