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Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India · Est. 1974

ISSN1735-5362eISSN1735-9414

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total60

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

0.576

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.697

Total Works

1,576

Total Citations

9,654

2yr Mean Citedness

1.78

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Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pharmacy and materia medica. Topics: pharmacology, pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacognosy, pharmacy

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Slow · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,576

Publisher OrgMedknow

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~32 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1735-5362 / 1735-9414

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

Times cited

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

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.

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Medicinal

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Synthesis and biological activityAdvanced Drug Delivery SystemsPhytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAnalytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryDrug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography