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Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Blackwell · United Kingdom · Est. 1954

ISSN1747-0277eISSN1747-0285

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. 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

0.666

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.825

Total Worksi

4,168

Total Citationsi

77,472

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.63

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Chemistry, Medicinal; Biochemistry; Drug Discovery; Organic Chemistry; Pharmacology; Molecular Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1954

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,168

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1747-0277 / 1747-0285

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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

174

2.8k

2019

165

2.6k

2020

209

3.3k

2021

188

2.6k

2022

251

2.2k

2023

254

1.4k

2024

216

470

2025

159

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyChemistry, Medicinal

Scopus Categories

Molecular MedicinePharmacologyDrug DiscoveryBiochemistryOrganic Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Drug Discovery MethodsSynthesis and biological activityChemical Synthesis and AnalysisSynthesis and Biological EvaluationClick Chemistry and ApplicationsCancer therapeutics and mechanismsCholinesterase and Neurodegenerative DiseasesBioactive Compounds and Antitumor AgentsHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Frequently asked questions about Chemical Biology and Drug Design

Is Chemical Biology and Drug Design a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Chemical Biology and Drug Design: 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 Chemical Biology and Drug Design?

Chemical Biology and Drug Design 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 2.63.

Is Chemical Biology and Drug Design indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Chemical Biology and Drug Design is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Chemical Biology and Drug Design?