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Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Informa Healthcare · United Kingdom · Est. 1967

ISSN1746-0441eISSN1746-045X

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 ↗

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📊 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

1.287

H-Indexi

110

SNIPi

1.071

Total Worksi

2,218

Total Citationsi

72,220

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas (NLM/MEDLINE-assigned): Drug Design.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1967

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,218

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Informa Healthcare

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1746-0441 / 1746-045X

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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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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

127

2019

145

4.9k

2020

3.8k

2021

101

2.2k

2022

118

2.1k

2023

1.3k

2024

110

522

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 DiscoveryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

Drug Discovery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Drug Discovery MethodsReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingCell Image Analysis TechniquesMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchClick Chemistry and ApplicationsChemical Synthesis and AnalysisProtein Degradation and InhibitorsProtein Structure and DynamicsBioinformatics and Genomic NetworksPharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism

Frequently asked questions about Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery

Is Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery: 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 Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery?

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery 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 5.52.

Is Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery?