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Drug Discovery Today

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1960

ISSN1878-5832

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.927

H-Indexi

246

SNIPi

1.626

Total Worksi

7,692

Total Citationsi

345,303

2yr Mean Citednessi

6.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Drug Discovery Today delivers informed and highly current reviews for the discovery community. The journal addresses scientific developments in drug discovery technologies, as well as management, commercial, and regulatory issues.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

FrequencyTwenty-Four No. A Year, 2001-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications7,692

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?

1878-5832

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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

251

15k

2019

306

16k

2020

326

12k

2021

253

8.9k

2022

266

6.2k

2023

275

4.6k

2024

285

1.6k

2025

194

149

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 DiscoveryQ1

PharmacologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyDrug Discovery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Computational Drug Discovery MethodsBiotechnology and Related FieldsPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismChemical Synthesis and AnalysisBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods

Frequently asked questions about Drug Discovery Today

Is Drug Discovery Today a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Drug Discovery Today: 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 Drug Discovery Today?

Drug Discovery Today 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 6.97.

Is Drug Discovery Today indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Drug Discovery Today is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.