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Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences

Chinese Pharmaceutical Association · China

ISSN1003-1057

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Removed from DOAJ (2023-01-17). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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

0.14

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.108

Total Worksi

1,477

Total Citationsi

2,958

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.22

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences covers all areas of pharmaceutical sciences with emphasis on medicinal chemistry, pharmacognosy, natural products, pharmaceutical analysis, pharmaceutics and pharmacology. It publishes original research articles, short communications, reviews, developments in pharmaceutical research and introductions to new drugs.

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General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 80 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,477

Publisher OrgPeking University

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Chinese Pharmaceutical Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1003-1057

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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?

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

280

2019

132

2020

2021

2022

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.

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Pharmaceutical Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsNatural product bioactivities and synthesisTraditional Chinese Medicine AnalysisPhytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesNanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences

Is Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences a predatory journal?

Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2023-01-17). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences?

Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.14.

Is Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Chinese Pharmaceutical Sciences is indexed in Scopus.