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Future Medicinal Chemistry

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1969

ISSN1756-8919eISSN1756-8927

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.429

H-Indexi

110

SNIPi

0.575

Total Worksi

3,161

Total Citationsi

74,025

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Medicinal; Drug Discovery; Pharmacology; Molecular Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyTwenty-Four Issues A Year, 2018-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,161

Publisher OrgFuture Science Ltd

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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?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1756-8919 / 1756-8927

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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

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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

233

5.4k

2019

171

2020

156

2.3k

2021

125

2022

154

1.4k

2023

187

1.1k

2024

220

694

2025

152

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 DiscoveryQ3

PharmacologyQ3

Molecular MedicineQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Medicinal

Scopus Categories

Molecular MedicinePharmacologyDrug Discovery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Drug Discovery MethodsSynthesis and biological activityClick Chemistry and ApplicationsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationSynthesis and Biological EvaluationCancer therapeutics and mechanismsCholinesterase and Neurodegenerative DiseasesProtein Degradation and InhibitorsChemical Synthesis and Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Future Medicinal Chemistry

Is Future Medicinal Chemistry a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Future Medicinal Chemistry: 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 Future Medicinal Chemistry?

Future Medicinal Chemistry 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 2.64.

Is Future Medicinal Chemistry indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Future Medicinal Chemistry is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Future Medicinal Chemistry?