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Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

American Chemical Society · United States

ISSN0022-2623eISSN1520-4804

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.726

H-Indexi

366

SNIPi

1.55

Total Worksi

40,302

Total Citationsi

1,939,579

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Medicinal; Drug Discovery; Molecular Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive

Total Publications40,302

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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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?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0022-2623 / 1520-4804

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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

801

39k

2019

900

43k

2020

1.1k

41k

2021

936

28k

2022

20k

2023

1.3k

19k

2024

1.5k

8.9k

2025

1.1k

715

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.

Drug DiscoveryQ1

Molecular MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Medicinal

Scopus Categories

Drug DiscoveryMolecular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Synthesis and Biological EvaluationSynthesis and biological activityReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingChemical Synthesis and AnalysisComputational Drug Discovery Methods

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Is Journal of Medicinal Chemistry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Medicinal Chemistry: 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 Journal of Medicinal Chemistry?

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 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 5.95.

Is Journal of Medicinal Chemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry?