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Pharmaceutical Science Advances

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2022

ISSN2773-2169

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

1.084

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

100

Total Citationsi

690

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pharmaceutical Science; Pharmacology; Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2022

FrequencyAnnual 2024-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications100

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2773-2169

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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?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

2022

412

2023

345

2024

205

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.

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ1

PharmacologyQ1

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)PharmacologyPharmaceutical Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nanoparticle-Based Drug DeliveryDrug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsComputational Drug Discovery MethodsAdvanced Drug Delivery SystemsAutophagy in Disease and TherapyMicrobial Natural Products and BiosynthesisDrug Transport and Resistance MechanismsCancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismHER2/EGFR in Cancer ResearchNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics

Frequently asked questions about Pharmaceutical Science Advances

Is Pharmaceutical Science Advances a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pharmaceutical Science Advances: 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 Pharmaceutical Science Advances?

Pharmaceutical Science Advances is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 1.084.

Is Pharmaceutical Science Advances indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pharmaceutical Science Advances is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Pharmaceutical Science Advances?