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Clinical Pharmacokinetics

ADIS INT LTD · Switzerland · Est. 1907

ISSN1179-1926

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.211

H-Indexi

238

SNIPi

1.477

Total Worksi

4,026

Total Citationsi

283,607

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Clinical Pharmacokinetics is the major review journal in the area of clinical pharmacokinetics, the study of drug disposition in the human body, which is an integral part of drug development and rational pharmacotherapy. The Journal promotes the continuing development of clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, for the improvement of drug therapy and to further postgraduate education in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, by publishing critical and comprehensive review articles and clinically focused original research articles.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1907

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,026

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ADIS INT LTD

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1179-1926

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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

126

4.8k

2019

109

3.4k

2020

127

3.2k

2021

125

1.8k

2022

134

1.6k

2023

129

2024

141

580

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.

PharmacologyQ1

Pharmacology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyPharmacology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyPharmacological Effects and Toxicity StudiesDrug Transport and Resistance MechanismsPharmaceutical studies and practicesEpilepsy research and treatmentHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsAnalytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Is Clinical Pharmacokinetics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Pharmacokinetics: 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 Pharmacokinetics?

Clinical Pharmacokinetics 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 3.66.

Is Clinical Pharmacokinetics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Pharmacokinetics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.