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Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation

Frontiers Media SA · Switzerland

ISSN2674-0869

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

0.724

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

102

Total Citationsi

599

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation is a specialty section of the journal Frontiers in Pharmacology. This specialty aims to publish high-quality research on drug safety and regulation, covering all aspects of drug development, post-market surveillance, and regulatory affairs. The journal welcomes original research articles, reviews, and commentaries that contribute to the understanding and improvement of drug safety and regulatory processes.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyContinuous

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications102

Publisher OrgFrontiers Media

OA Since2020

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Frontiers Media SA

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2674-0869

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

PMC, 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

2021

235

2022

165

2023

301

2024

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.

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)Q1

EpidemiologyQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Pharmacology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology (medical)Medicine (miscellaneous)EpidemiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug ReactionsHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeBiosimilars and Bioanalytical MethodsPregnancy and Medication ImpactDrug-Induced Adverse ReactionsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsPharmaceutical studies and practicesPharmaceutical Economics and PolicyStatistical Methods in Clinical TrialsCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction

Frequently asked questions about Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation

Is Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation: 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 Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation?

Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.724.

Is Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.