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Clinical Drug Investigation

Adis International Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1963

ISSN1179-1918

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.823

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.828

Total Worksi

4,099

Total Citationsi

58,215

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.14

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Clinical Drug Investigation covers: Clinical trials Outcomes research Pharmacoeconomics studies Pharmacoepidemiology studies Pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic studies Application of drug-delivery technology in healthcare

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,099

Publisher OrgAdis, Springer Healthcare

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Adis International Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1179-1918

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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?

English

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

141

2.3k

2019

111

2.2k

2020

116

1.8k

2021

119

1.2k

2022

100

807

2023

465

2024

164

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Pharmacology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology (medical)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyDiabetes Treatment and ManagementInflammatory mediators and NSAID effectsAsthma and respiratory diseasesPain Management and Opioid UsePharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsAnesthesia and Pain ManagementLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Drug Investigation

Is Clinical Drug Investigation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Drug Investigation: 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 Clinical Drug Investigation?

Clinical Drug Investigation 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 2.14.

Is Clinical Drug Investigation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Drug Investigation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.