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European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Elsevier Masson s.r.l. · France

ISSN0223-5234eISSN1768-3254

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.152

H-Indexi

233

SNIPi

1.328

Total Worksi

18,867

Total Citationsi

674,934

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Medicinal; Drug Discovery; Medicine (miscellaneous); Organic Chemistry; Pharmacology.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, <2003->

StatusActive

Total Publications18,867

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Masson s.r.l.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0223-5234 / 1768-3254

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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?

N/A

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

45k

2019

992

38k

2020

854

26k

2021

882

19k

2022

943

17k

2023

12k

2024

1.2k

5.2k

2025

670

271

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Organic ChemistryQ1

PharmacologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Medicinal

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyDrug DiscoveryOrganic ChemistryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Synthesis and biological activitySynthesis and Biological EvaluationCancer therapeutics and mechanismsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsClick Chemistry and Applications

Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Is European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry a predatory journal?

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

European 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 5.00.

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

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

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