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ChemMedChem

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1822

ISSN1860-7187

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.

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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.67

H-Indexi

119

SNIPi

0.797

Total Worksi

6,521

Total Citationsi

128,236

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Medicinal; Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous); Biochemistry; Drug Discovery; Organic Chemistry; Pharmacology; Molecular Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1822

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,521

Publisher OrgWiley

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?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1860-7187

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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

280

4.9k

2019

391

2020

352

5.6k

2021

294

3.4k

2022

253

2.2k

2023

404

2.2k

2024

347

753

2025

330

112

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.

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MedicinalPharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

Molecular MedicinePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)PharmacologyDrug DiscoveryBiochemistryOrganic Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Drug Discovery MethodsClick Chemistry and ApplicationsChemical Synthesis and AnalysisSynthesis and biological activitySynthesis and Biological EvaluationHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentPeptidase Inhibition and AnalysisCancer therapeutics and mechanismsReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingBiochemical and Molecular Research

Frequently asked questions about ChemMedChem

Is ChemMedChem a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for ChemMedChem: 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 ChemMedChem?

ChemMedChem 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 2.50.

Is ChemMedChem indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

ChemMedChem is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.