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Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1972

ISSN1872-5120eISSN1939-8042

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.367

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.601

Total Worksi

1,611

Total Citationsi

13,377

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.86

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on drug development, manufacturing, process control, and technology. Publishes in various subfields of pharmaceutical sciences. Aims to reflect U.S. and global initiatives to streamline applied technologies and regulatory practices. Targets a broad audience of pharmaceutical professionals. Fosters scientific evolution and technical innovation from R&D to market. Releases six issues a year.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1972

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,611

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1872-5120 / 1939-8042

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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

1.1k

2019

100

1.6k

2020

2021

780

2022

104

765

2023

408

2024

384

674

2025

692

178

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

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

Drug DiscoveryPharmaceutical Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Drug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsAdvanced Drug Delivery SystemsAdvancements in Transdermal Drug DeliveryNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryCrystallization and Solubility StudiesAnalytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsAnalytical Chemistry and ChromatographySpectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation

Is Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation: 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 Pharmaceutical Innovation?

Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation 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 0.86.

Is Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.