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FOOD AND DRUG LAW JOURNAL

FOOD DRUG LAW INST · US · Est. 1949

ISSN1064-590XeISSN1064-590X

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Bottom 25%

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.127

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.2

Aims & Scope

Building on more than 70 years of scholarly discourse, the Food and Drug Law Journal is a peer-reviewed quarterly devoted to the analysis of legislation, regulations, court decisions, and public policies affecting industries regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and related agencies and authorities, including the development, manufacture, marketing, and use of drugs, medical devices, biologics, food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, veterinary, tobacco, and cannabis-derived products.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1949

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications—

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

FOOD DRUG LAW INST

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1064-590X / 1064-590X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2004

2009

2010

2020

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.

LawQ4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

PharmacologyQ4

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & TechnologyLawNutrition & DieteticsPharmacology & Pharmacy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Intellectual Property and PatentsPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyBiomedical Ethics and RegulationBiotechnology and Related FieldsEFL/ESL Teaching and LearningHealthcare Policy and Management3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageGenetically Modified Organisms ResearchPlant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesGenomics and Rare Diseases

Frequently asked questions about FOOD AND DRUG LAW JOURNAL

Is FOOD AND DRUG LAW JOURNAL a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for FOOD AND DRUG LAW JOURNAL: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of FOOD AND DRUG LAW JOURNAL?

FOOD AND DRUG LAW JOURNAL 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.

Is FOOD AND DRUG LAW JOURNAL indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

FOOD AND DRUG LAW JOURNAL is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.