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Medicinal Chemistry

Bentham Science Publishers · United Arab Emirates · Est. 2005

ISSN1573-4064eISSN1875-6638

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

316

days submission → published

measured · last 18 articles · accept 60d

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.417

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.667

Total Worksi

1,943

Total Citationsi

25,165

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Medicinal; Drug Discovery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

Annual Volume~ 73 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,943

Publisher OrgBentham Science Publishers

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

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?

1573-4064 / 1875-6638

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

136

1.5k

2019

2020

505

2021

734

2022

315

2023

366

2024

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.

Drug DiscoveryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Medicinal

Scopus Categories

Drug Discovery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Synthesis and biological activityComputational Drug Discovery MethodsSynthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic CompoundsSynthesis and Biological EvaluationClick Chemistry and ApplicationsCancer therapeutics and mechanismsMulticomponent Synthesis of HeterocyclesCholinesterase and Neurodegenerative DiseasesPhenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and ActivitiesHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

Frequently asked questions about Medicinal Chemistry

Is Medicinal Chemistry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Medicinal Chemistry: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Medicinal Chemistry?

Medicinal Chemistry 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 1.97.

Is Medicinal Chemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Medicinal Chemistry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Medicinal Chemistry?