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BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2012

ISSN2050-6511eISSN2050-6511

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.752

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.859

Total Worksi

1,574

Total Citationsi

21,878

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pharmacology & Pharmacy; Toxicology; Medicine (miscellaneous); Pharmacology; Pharmacology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 141 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,574

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSBritish LibraryLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2050-6511 / 2050-6511

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

CLOCKSS, British Library, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2.1k

2019

1.8k

2020

1.5k

2021

1.2k

2022

771

2023

102

711

2024

240

754

2025

129

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

PharmacologyQ2

Pharmacology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pharmacology & PharmacyToxicology

Scopus Categories

PharmacologyPharmacology (medical)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug ReactionsNitric Oxide and Endothelin EffectsPhosphodiesterase function and regulationDrug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and ProtectionReceptor Mechanisms and SignalingPharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesDiabetes Treatment and ManagementPoisoning and overdose treatmentsChemotherapy-induced organ toxicity mitigationAntibiotic Use and Resistance

Frequently asked questions about BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology

Is BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology?

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology 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 2.51.

Is BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology?