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Behavioural Pharmacology

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1989

ISSN1473-5849

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

131

days submission → published

measured · last 6 articles · accept 106d

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.444

H-Indexi

108

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.52

Total Worksi

5,715

Total Citationsi

79,585

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Behavioral Sciences; Neurosciences; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Pharmacology; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 51 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,715

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1473-5849

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.4k

2019

909

2020

478

2021

352

2022

169

2023

115

2024

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.

PharmacologyQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Behavioral SciencesNeurosciencesPharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyPsychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchStress Responses and CortisolReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorMemory and Neural MechanismsNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors StudyTryptophan and brain disordersCannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchNeuropeptides and Animal Physiology

Frequently asked questions about Behavioural Pharmacology

Is Behavioural Pharmacology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Behavioural Pharmacology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Behavioural Pharmacology?

Behavioural 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 1.13.

Is Behavioural Pharmacology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Behavioural Pharmacology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Behavioural Pharmacology?