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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Nature Research · United Kingdom · Est. 1967

ISSN1474-1784

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

30.506

H-Index

470

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

23.21

Total Works

6,795

Total Citations

763,811

2yr Mean Citedness

11.90

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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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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—

Review Time—

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OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/12 · 58%

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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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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?

Yes

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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

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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