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Pharmaceuticalsopen access

Country

Switzerland

Universities and research institutions in Switzerland
Media Ranking in Switzerland

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

SJR 2024

1.019 Q1

H-Index

103

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

14248247

Coverage

2004, 2009-2025

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

Jean-Jacques.VANDENEYNDE@ex.umons.ac.be

Scope

Our aim is to publish updated reviews as well as research articles with comprehensive theoretical and experimental details. Short communications are also accepted; therefore, there is no restriction on the length of a paper. The multidiciplinary journal welcomes manuscripts covering a wide range of aspects involved in drug discovery and development. The following topics are considered: Small molecules as drug candidates: drug discovery, drug design, medicinal chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, SAR, structure-property correlations, molecular modeling, pharmacophore, and bioinformatics; Biomolecules, natural products, phages, and cells as therapeutic tools: peptides, aptamers, glycans, antibodies, extracts, bacteriophages, and stem cells; Biological targets and biomarkers: enzymes, receptors, membranes, genes, ion channels, inhibitors, agonists, antagonists, neurons, binding affinity, biofilms, bacteria, viruses, parasites, and protein–protein interactions; Radiopharmaceutical sciences, radiochemistry, (hybrid-)imaging, and nuclear medicine: radiopharmaceuticals, radiotracers, fluorescent dye labeled tracers, contrast agents, PET/CT, PET/MRI RMI, SPECT/CT, and scintigraphy; Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics: pharmaceutical analyses, drug effects, ADME, animal experimentation, and clinical trials; Pharmaceutical preparations and drug delivery: dosage form design, bioconjugates, prodrugs, formulation, metabolites, nanomaterials, nanomedicines, and drug targeting. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Drug Discovery2020Q1
Drug Discovery2021Q1
Drug Discovery2022Q2
Drug Discovery2023Q2
Drug Discovery2024Q1
Molecular Medicine2010Q4
Molecular Medicine2011Q3
Molecular Medicine2012Q3
Molecular Medicine2013Q3
Molecular Medicine2014Q3
Molecular Medicine2015Q2
Molecular Medicine2016Q1
Molecular Medicine2017Q2
Molecular Medicine2018Q2
Molecular Medicine2019Q2
Molecular Medicine2020Q2
Molecular Medicine2021Q2
Molecular Medicine2022Q2
Molecular Medicine2023Q2
Molecular Medicine2024Q2
Pharmaceutical Science2010Q2
Pharmaceutical Science2011Q2
Pharmaceutical Science2012Q2
Pharmaceutical Science2013Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2014Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2015Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2016Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2017Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2018Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2019Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2020Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2021Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2022Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2023Q1
Pharmaceutical Science2024Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20100.243
20110.431
20120.539
20130.590
20140.765
20151.273
20161.553
20171.293
20181.209
20191.245
20201.295
20210.851
20220.799
20230.845
20241.019
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
20043
200923
2010185
201189
201278
201372
201456
201544
201677
201794
2018137
2019182
2020479
20211333
20221574
20231731
20241738
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20090.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.652
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20111.231
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20121.684
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20131.792
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20142.146
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20153.285
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20164.552
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20175.193
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20184.310
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20194.804
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20205.794
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20215.595
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20225.023
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20234.753
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20245.170
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20090.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.652
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20111.231
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20121.684
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20131.824
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20142.197
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20154.039
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20165.209
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20174.469
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20184.028
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20194.766
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20205.642
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20215.559
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20224.869
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20234.657
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20245.097
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20090.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.652
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20111.231
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20121.704
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20131.335
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20142.487
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20155.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20164.610
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20174.074
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20183.906
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20194.684
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20205.815
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20215.003
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20224.703
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20234.527
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20244.994
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20040
Self Cites20090
Self Cites20102
Self Cites20111
Self Cites20129
Self Cites20133
Self Cites20147
Self Cites201512
Self Cites201611
Self Cites201733
Self Cites201840
Self Cites201972
Self Cites202067
Self Cites2021217
Self Cites2022420
Self Cites2023663
Self Cites2024569
Total Cites20040
Total Cites20090
Total Cites201015
Total Cites2011256
Total Cites2012500
Total Cites2013642
Total Cites2014525
Total Cites2015832
Total Cites2016896
Total Cites2017791
Total Cites2018866
Total Cites20191468
Total Cites20202330
Total Cites20214436
Total Cites20229708
Total Cites202315769
Total Cites202423638
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20040
External Cites per document20090
External Cites per document20100.565
External Cites per document20111.226
External Cites per document20121.653
External Cites per document20131.815
External Cites per document20142.167
External Cites per document20153.981
External Cites per document20165.145
External Cites per document20174.282
External Cites per document20183.842
External Cites per document20194.532
External Cites per document20205.479
External Cites per document20215.287
External Cites per document20224.658
External Cites per document20234.461
External Cites per document20244.974
Cites per document20040.000
Cites per document20090.000
Cites per document20100.652
Cites per document20111.231
Cites per document20121.684
Cites per document20131.824
Cites per document20142.197
Cites per document20154.039
Cites per document20165.209
Cites per document20174.469
Cites per document20184.028
Cites per document20194.766
Cites per document20205.642
Cites per document20215.559
Cites per document20224.869
Cites per document20234.657
Cites per document20245.097
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20040.00
200917.39
201013.51
201120.22
201223.08
201318.06
201412.50
201520.45
201619.48
201728.72
201837.96
201934.07
202031.11
202133.23
202236.98
202335.01
202432.45
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20040
Non-citable documents20090
Non-citable documents20101
Non-citable documents20114
Non-citable documents20124
Non-citable documents20133
Non-citable documents20140
Non-citable documents20153
Non-citable documents20167
Non-citable documents201710
Non-citable documents201813
Non-citable documents201911
Non-citable documents202011
Non-citable documents20219
Non-citable documents20229
Non-citable documents202313
Non-citable documents202442
Citable documents20040
Citable documents20090
Citable documents201022
Citable documents2011204
Citable documents2012293
Citable documents2013349
Citable documents2014239
Citable documents2015203
Citable documents2016165
Citable documents2017167
Citable documents2018202
Citable documents2019297
Citable documents2020402
Citable documents2021789
Citable documents20221985
Citable documents20233373
Citable documents20244596
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20040
Uncited documents20090
Uncited documents201015
Uncited documents2011100
Uncited documents2012113
Uncited documents2013132
Uncited documents201465
Uncited documents201541
Uncited documents201630
Uncited documents201728
Uncited documents201836
Uncited documents201944
Uncited documents202062
Uncited documents202177
Uncited documents2022233
Uncited documents2023340
Uncited documents2024561
Cited documents20040
Cited documents20090
Cited documents20108
Cited documents2011108
Cited documents2012184
Cited documents2013220
Cited documents2014174
Cited documents2015165
Cited documents2016142
Cited documents2017149
Cited documents2018179
Cited documents2019264
Cited documents2020351
Cited documents2021721
Cited documents20221761
Cited documents20233046
Cited documents20244077
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
20040.00
200944.58
201033.10
201132.22
201235.85
201339.02
201430.32
201527.39
201649.03
201745.37
201841.90
201946.73
202043.71
202147.74
202246.89
202347.92
202447.55
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20040
Overton20093
Overton201034
Overton20114
Overton20126
Overton20137
Overton20145
Overton20154
Overton20163
Overton20173
Overton20187
Overton20198
Overton202015
Overton202135
Overton202215
Overton20237
Overton20241
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201858
SDG201981
SDG2020225
SDG2021662
SDG2022784
SDG2023821
SDG2024794
Estimated APC

It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality.

YearEst. APC (USD)
2004
2009
20102565
20112724
20122817
20132874
20142944
20153133
20163294
20173385
20183453
20193501
20203504
20213432
20223377
20233333
20243305
Estimated financial value

It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output.

YearEst. value (USD)
2004
2009
2010474479
2011746424
2012991666
20131218685
20141413254
20151062153
20161077141
20171161147
20181408746
20191869764
20203394977
20217635366
202212510556
202317664138
202422658345
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