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Drugs in Context

BioExcel Publishing Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1978

ISSN1740-4398eISSN1740-4398

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · Scopus CiteScore 5. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.659

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

SNIPi

0.962

Total Worksi

601

Total Citationsi

11,664

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles covering the latest evidence and innovations in pharmacotherapy and drug applications across all therapeutic areas. We focus on original research papers and topical review articles; other article types are considered

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

FrequencyContinuously Updated.

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications601

Publisher OrgBioExcel Publishing Ltd

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioExcel Publishing Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1740-4398 / 1740-4398

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

PMC

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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

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

2.2k

2019

1.9k

2020

1.3k

2021

844

2022

624

2023

229

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

PharmacologyQ2

Molecular MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

Molecular MedicinePharmacologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Psoriasis: Treatment and PathogenesisAsthma and respiratory diseasesDiabetes Treatment and ManagementDermatology and Skin DiseasesSpondyloarthritis Studies and TreatmentsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesLipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsHeart Failure Treatment and ManagementHIV/AIDS drug development and treatment

Frequently asked questions about Drugs in Context

Is Drugs in Context a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Drugs in Context: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Drugs in Context?

Drugs in Context 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 5.

Is Drugs in Context indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Drugs in Context is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.