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Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 2005

ISSN1671-4083eISSN1745-7254

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

2.691

H-Indexi

142

SNIPi

1.658

Total Worksi

4,490

Total Citationsi

168,485

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

APS (Acta Pharmacologica Sinica) encourages submissions from all areas of pharmacology and the life sciences. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to, anticancer pharmacology, cardiovascular and pulmonary pharmacology, clinical pharmacology, drug discovery, gastrointestinal and hepatic pharmacology, genitourinary, renal and endocrine pharmacology, immunopharmacology and inflammation, molecular and cellular pharmacology, neuropharmacology, pharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,490

Publisher OrgSpringer Nature

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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?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1671-4083 / 1745-7254

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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

✅

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

132

6.3k

2019

248

16k

2020

258

10k

2021

202

7.5k

2022

167

4.9k

2023

232

3.9k

2024

257

1.4k

2025

214

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)Q1

PharmacologyQ1

Pharmacology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MultidisciplinaryPharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyPharmacology (medical)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autophagy in Disease and TherapyIon channel regulation and functionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsTraditional Chinese Medicine AnalysisCell death mechanisms and regulationCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasDrug Transport and Resistance MechanismsCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

Frequently asked questions about Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Is Acta Pharmacologica Sinica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Pharmacologica Sinica: 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 Acta Pharmacologica Sinica?

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 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 6.46.

Is Acta Pharmacologica Sinica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.