Toxicon

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1962

ISSN1879-3150

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.

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📊 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

0.534

H-Indexi

188

SNIPi

0.859

Total Worksi

20,303

Total Citationsi

373,114

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.35

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Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1962

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications20,303

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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

5/11 · 45%

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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?

1879-3150

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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?

N/A

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

783

4.4k

2019

601

4.8k

2020

414

3.4k

2021

376

2.6k

2022

304

2.2k

2023

685

1.8k

2024

384

832

2025

474

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.

ToxicologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & PharmacyToxicology

Scopus Categories

Toxicology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Venomous Animal Envenomation and StudiesHealthcare and Venom ResearchIon channel regulation and functionBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersMarine Toxins and Detection MethodsNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors StudyRabies epidemiology and controlMarine Invertebrate Physiology and EcologyInsect and Pesticide ResearchToxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins

Frequently asked questions about Toxicon

Is Toxicon a predatory journal?

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

Toxicon 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 1.35.

Is Toxicon indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Toxicon is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Toxicon?