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Advances in Pharmacology

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1962

ISSN1557-8925

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.543

H-Indexi

114

Total Worksi

2,237

Total Citationsi

61,416

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous); Pharmacology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1962

Annual Volume~ 50 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,237

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1557-8925

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

1.8k

2019

1.5k

2020

626

2021

556

2022

514

2023

114

2024

163

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

PharmacologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorPharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismIon channel regulation and functionNeuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyNitric Oxide and Endothelin EffectsHIV Research and TreatmentDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Pharmacology

Is Advances in Pharmacology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Advances in Pharmacology: it is indexed in 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 Advances in Pharmacology?

Advances in Pharmacology is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.543.

Is Advances in Pharmacology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Pharmacology is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Advances in Pharmacology?