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Pharmacological Reviews

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1949

ISSN1521-0081

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

4.967

H-Indexi

351

SNIPi

4.899

Total Worksi

2,335

Total Citationsi

442,170

2yr Mean Citednessi

24.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Pharmacological Reviews presents important review articles covering the broad spectrum of pharmacological research. Topics covered have included biochemical and cellular pharmacology, drug metabolism and disposition, renal pharmacology, neuropharmacology, and behavioral pharmacology. The journal publishes papers that provide a comprehensive perspective of innovations in pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1949

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,335

Publisher OrgAmerican Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

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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 Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1521-0081

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

4.9k

2019

5.2k

2020

4.5k

2021

2022

2.1k

2023

4.5k

2024

851

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.

Molecular MedicineQ1

PharmacologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

Molecular MedicinePharmacology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesBig Data and Digital EconomyNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyIon channel regulation and function

Frequently asked questions about Pharmacological Reviews

Is Pharmacological Reviews a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pharmacological Reviews: 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 Pharmacological Reviews?

Pharmacological Reviews 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 24.80.

Is Pharmacological Reviews indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pharmacological Reviews is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.