Drugs
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

Drugs
Overview

Impact Factor

9.546

H Index

171

Impact Factor

9.974

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United Kingdom
Journal ISSN: 00126667, 11791950
Publisher: Adis International Ltd.
History: 1971-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
How to Get Published:

Research Categories

Scope/Description:

For over 35 years Drugs has been the definitive journal of drugs and therapeutics, providing independent and crucial information authored by leading international clinicians and researchers. Drugs prestigious and truly international Honorary Editorial Board ensures content of the highest quality to support clinical decision-making. Through a rigorous and comprehensive program of peer-reviewed evaluations Drugs provides detailed and genuinely objective analysis covering the full spectrum of new and established drug therapies in all disease areas.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



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SCR Impact Factor

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SCR Journal Ranking

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SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly 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.

2.022

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Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    9.442 9.622 9.444
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    9.974 9.698 9.425
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    7.512 7.453 6.89
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    5.825 5.571 5.306
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    5.311 5.235 5.164
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    5.123 5.114 4.972
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    5.43 5.377 4.949
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    5.726 5.379 5.329
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    5.374 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    5.334 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    6.068 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    5.574 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    4.775 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    5.08 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    3.777 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    3.679 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    5.088 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    5.112 NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    4.594 NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    4.583 NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    5.484 NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    3.995 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    3.381 NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?


III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

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H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

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H-Index History