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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Nature Research · United Kingdom · Est. 1967

ISSN1474-1784

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

32.577

H-Indexi

470

SNIPi

23.21

Total Worksi

6,795

Total Citationsi

763,811

2yr Mean Citednessi

11.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is a monthly journal aimed at everyone working in the drug discovery and development arena. In addition to the highest-quality reviews and perspectives covering the entire field, each issue includes news stories that investigate the hottest topics in drug discovery, timely summaries of key primary research papers, and concise updates on the latest advances in fast-moving areas such as new drug approvals, patent law and emerging industry trends.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,795

Publisher OrgNature Portfolio

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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

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Nature Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1474-1784

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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?

Yes

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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

242

35k

2019

251

35k

2020

247

36k

2021

243

21k

2022

244

11k

2023

244

6.5k

2024

241

2.7k

2025

168

138

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

PharmacologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyPharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyDrug DiscoveryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Science, Research, and MedicineBiotechnology and Related FieldsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchBiomedical Ethics and RegulationBiosimilars and Bioanalytical MethodsCAR-T cell therapy researchCRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Is Nature Reviews Drug Discovery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nature Reviews Drug Discovery: 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 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery?

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 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 11.90.

Is Nature Reviews Drug Discovery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.