Drug Delivery
Informa Healthcare · United Kingdom
ISSN1071-7544eISSN1521-0464
SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access
75
/ 100
High Trust
Score Breakdown
✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
✓ Scopus Q1+25
✓ DOAJ Verified+15
Total75
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
1.38
H-Index
127
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
1.265
Total Works
3,138
Total Citations
115,954
2yr Mean Citedness
4.54
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Retractions
8
Source: Retraction Watch
Aims & Scope
Subject areas: Therapeutics. Pharmacology. Topics: drug delivery systems, drug targeting, pharmaceutical sciences
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
9
weeks to review
Fast · median is 15 wks
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field
General Information
Country / RegionUnited Kingdom
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published—
FrequencyBimonthly, 2004-
StatusActive
Total Publications3,138
Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis
Submission Info
Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer ReviewSingle-blind
Review Time~9 weeks
Acceptance Rate—
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC
OA Rate—
Ethics & Quality
COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes
📦 Long-term Preservation
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Think.Check.Submit Compliance
10/12 · 83%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
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Does the journal have a website?
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Is the ISSN verified?
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Indexed in a trusted database?
✅
Peer review process documented?
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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
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APC fees clearly disclosed?
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Not on predatory/blacklists?
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Long-term digital preservation?
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Plagiarism detection in place?
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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
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Primary language documented?
Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.
Publication & Citation Trend
Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher
SJR Quartile by Discipline
Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1
Pharmaceutical ScienceQ1
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Scopus Categories
Pharmaceutical ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Advanced Drug Delivery SystemsNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryAdvancements in Transdermal Drug DeliveryRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryDrug Solubulity and Delivery Systems
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