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Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Pharmaceutical Society of Japan · Japan · Est. 1980

ISSN1347-5215

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.518

H-Indexi

153

SNIPi

0.563

Total Worksi

11,319

Total Citationsi

278,695

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

The BPB covers various biological topics in the pharmaceutical and health sciences fields including scientific research from basic to clinical studies, while CPB deals with a wide range of chemical topics in the pharmaceutical and health sciences fields related to biologically active compounds, natural products, and medicines.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1980

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,319

Publisher OrgPharmaceutical Society of Japan

OA Since2012

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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?

Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1347-5215

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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

310

5.3k

2019

278

3.4k

2020

254

2.5k

2021

258

2022

254

1.3k

2023

256

816

2024

250

346

2025

157

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.

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

PharmacologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyPharmaceutical ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Drug Transport and Resistance MechanismsPharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsNatural product bioactivities and synthesisPharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchGinseng Biological Effects and ApplicationsAdvancements in Transdermal Drug DeliveryPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesGlycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Frequently asked questions about Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Is Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin: 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 Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin?

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 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 1.49.

Is Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.