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Letters in Drug Design and Discovery

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 1969

ISSN1570-1808eISSN1875-628X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total37

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

0.31

H-Index

CiteScore

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SNIP

0.402

Total Works

3,285

Total Citations

17,960

2yr Mean Citedness

0.68

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Letters in Drug Design and Discovery covers Pharmaceutical Science, Drug Discovery, and Molecular Medicine.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

Annual Volume~ 203 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,285

Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Bentham Science Publishers

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1570-1808 / 1875-628X

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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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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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 DiscoveryQ3

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ3

Molecular MedicineQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Medicinal

Scopus Categories

Drug DiscoveryPharmaceutical ScienceMolecular Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Synthesis and biological activityComputational Drug Discovery MethodsSynthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsClick Chemistry and ApplicationsChemical Synthesis and AnalysisSynthesis and Biological EvaluationSynthesis and Reactions of Organic CompoundsCancer therapeutics and mechanismsPhenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and ActivitiesCholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases