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Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN1873-3735

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

4.447

H-Indexi

316

SNIPi

2.985

Total Worksi

7,551

Total Citationsi

484,042

2yr Mean Citednessi

8.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences publishes reviews and opinions in fields broadly covering pharmacology, pharmacy, pharmaceutics, and toxicology.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,551

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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-3735

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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

119

8.7k

2019

131

8.9k

2020

124

7.1k

2021

126

4.8k

2022

121

4.9k

2023

140

2.9k

2024

152

1.1k

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.

PharmacologyQ1

ToxicologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyToxicology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Receptor Mechanisms and SignalingNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyIon channel regulation and functionDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorComputational Drug Discovery MethodsNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors StudyHuman auditory perception and evaluationNitric Oxide and Endothelin Effects

Frequently asked questions about Trends in Pharmacological Sciences

Is Trends in Pharmacological Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trends in Pharmacological Sciences: 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 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences?

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 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 8.30.

Is Trends in Pharmacological Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.