OpenNano

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 2016

ISSN2352-9520

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

1.184

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.17

Total Worksi

288

Total Citationsi

6,728

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology; Internal Medicine; Pharmaceutical Science; Pharmacology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications288

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-9520

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

1.1k

2018

2019

151

2021

2.9k

2022

1.9k

2023

291

2024

232

2025

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.

BiotechnologyQ1

Internal MedicineQ1

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ1

Pharmacology (medical)Q1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology (medical)BiotechnologyPharmaceutical ScienceInternal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryNanoparticles: synthesis and applicationsNanoplatforms for cancer theranosticsRNA Interference and Gene DeliveryAdvanced Drug Delivery SystemsAdvancements in Transdermal Drug DeliveryGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesDrug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsEssential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity

Frequently asked questions about OpenNano

Is OpenNano a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for OpenNano: it is indexed in 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 OpenNano?

OpenNano is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.184.

Is OpenNano indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

OpenNano is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of OpenNano?