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Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1471-4973

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.521

H-Indexi

173

SNIPi

0.967

Total Worksi

2,956

Total Citationsi

155,792

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Current Opinion in Pharmacology helps specialists keep up to date with advances in pharmacology and drug discovery. The journal explores topics such as the design strategies of recombinant molecules for pain treatment and emerging trends in the discovery of natural product antibacterials.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,956

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1471-4973

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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

125

4.4k

2019

121

2020

136

2.9k

2021

127

2.3k

2022

499

2023

382

2024

151

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.

Drug DiscoveryQ1

PharmacologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyDrug Discovery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingHuman auditory perception and evaluationNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchEducational Robotics and EngineeringAsthma and respiratory diseasesNeuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyIon channel regulation and functionDiet and metabolism studiesGastrointestinal motility and disorders

Frequently asked questions about Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Is Current Opinion in Pharmacology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Opinion in Pharmacology: 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 Current Opinion in Pharmacology?

Current Opinion in Pharmacology 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 3.17.

Is Current Opinion in Pharmacology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Opinion in Pharmacology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.