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Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology

Editions de Sante · France · Est. 1991

ISSN1773-2247eISSN2588-8943

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.78

H-Indexi

108

SNIPi

0.896

Total Worksi

8,491

Total Citationsi

143,056

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.78

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology is an international journal devoted to drug delivery and pharmaceutical technology. It provides a forum for the critical analysis of advanced drug and gene delivery systems and their applications in human and veterinary medicine.

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General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1991

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,491

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Editions de Sante

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1773-2247 / 2588-8943

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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?

N/A

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

598

22k

2019

764

25k

2020

689

17k

2021

966

18k

2022

1.1k

16k

2023

1.1k

9.7k

2024

1.3k

3.7k

2025

816

237

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.

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

Pharmaceutical Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Drug Delivery SystemsNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryAdvancements in Transdermal Drug DeliveryDrug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsHydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsWound Healing and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology

Is Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology: 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 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology?

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 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 3.78.

Is Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.