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ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

American Chemical Society · United States · Est. 1952

ISSN1948-5875eISSN1948-5875

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.805

H-Index

108

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.797

Total Works

5,347

Total Citations

103,560

2yr Mean Citedness

1.71

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Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters publishes novel and improved methodologies, including radiation biochemistry, with broad application to medicinal chemistry. It also covers discovery technologies for biologically active molecules from both synthetic and natural sources, as well as pharmacokinetics.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,347

Publisher OrgAmerican Chemical Society

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

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OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Chemical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1948-5875 / 1948-5875

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Organic ChemistryQ1

BiochemistryQ2

Drug DiscoveryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, Medicinal

Scopus Categories

Drug DiscoveryBiochemistryOrganic Chemistry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

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