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Drug Delivery System

Japan Society of Drug Delivery System · Japan · Est. 1986

ISSN1881-2732
SJR Q4Scopus / SJR
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.107
H-Indexi
12
SNIPi
0.019
Total Worksi
2,246
Total Citationsi
2,363
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.08
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pharmaceutical Science.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan
Primary Language
1st Year Published1986
Annual Volume~ 66 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications2,246
Publisher OrgJapan Society of Drug Delivery System
OA Since2014

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

4/11 · 36%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Japan Society of Drug Delivery System
Does the journal have a website?
No URL
Is the ISSN verified?
1881-2732
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
65
15
2019
68
933
2020
58
12
2021
65
89
2022
66
17
2023
64
10
2024
67
2
2025
27
0
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.

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Pharmaceutical Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

RNA Interference and Gene DeliveryNanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryLegal and Regulatory AnalysisLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesMilitary Technology and StrategiesAdvanced Drug Delivery SystemsMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesDrug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsVirus-based gene therapy research

Frequently asked questions about Drug Delivery System

Is Drug Delivery System a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Drug Delivery System: it is indexed in 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 Delivery System?

Drug Delivery System is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.107.

Is Drug Delivery System indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Drug Delivery System is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Drug Delivery System?

Subject areas: Pharmaceutical Science.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref