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WHO Drug Information

World Health Organization · Switzerland

ISSN1010-9609

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.

📊 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

0.105

H-Indexi

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

WHO Drug Information is a quarterly journal that provides an overview of topics related to medicines development and regulation. It communicates international news and trends to regulatory agencies, academic and training institutions, and researchers.

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General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

StatusActive

Total Publications—

Submission Info

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

World Health Organization

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1010-9609

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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.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Pharmacology (medical)Q4

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology (medical)Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Frequently asked questions about WHO Drug Information

Is WHO Drug Information a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for WHO Drug Information: 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 WHO Drug Information?

WHO Drug Information is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.105.

Is WHO Drug Information indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

WHO Drug Information is indexed in Scopus.