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Acta Pharmaceutica

PARADIGM PUBLISHING SERVICES-DE GRUYTER BRILL SP ZOO · Croatia · Est. 1990

ISSN1846-9558

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

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

0.464

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.607

Total Worksi

862

Total Citationsi

18,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Science; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pharmacology.

General Information

Country / RegionCroatia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications862

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter Open

OA Since2006

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~20 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

PARADIGM PUBLISHING SERVICES-DE GRUYTER BRILL SP ZOO

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1846-9558

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.2k

2019

1.3k

2020

321

2021

123

2022

181

2023

176

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.

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

PharmacologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyPharmaceutical ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Drug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsAdvanced Drug Delivery SystemsAnalytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsSynthesis and biological activityAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographyAdvancements in Transdermal Drug DeliverySynthesis and Biological EvaluationPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacySynthesis and Characterization of Heterocyclic Compounds

Frequently asked questions about Acta Pharmaceutica

Is Acta Pharmaceutica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Pharmaceutica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Pharmaceutica?

Acta Pharmaceutica 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 1.84.

Is Acta Pharmaceutica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Pharmaceutica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Acta Pharmaceutica?