Drug Discovery journals in Scopus

Scopus journals in the Drug Discovery category, ranked by their quartile in this category.

Scopus subject areas › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Drug Discovery

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162 journals · page 1 of 4 · list date 2026-11-10

JournalWeb of ScienceJCRCategory QDOAJ
Q1ACS Bio and Med Chem Au
United States · AMER CHEMICAL SOC · ISSN 2694-2437
ESCIQ2Q1Yes
Q1Archives of Pharmacal Research
South Korea · PHARMACEUTICAL SOC KOREA · ISSN 0253-6269, 1976-3786
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Cell Chemical Biology
United Kingdom · CELL PRESS · ISSN 2451-9448, 2451-9456
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines
China · CHINESE JOURNAL NATURAL MEDICINES · ISSN 1875-5364, 2095-6975
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Current Molecular Pharmacology
United Arab Emirates · KEAI PUBLISHING LTD · ISSN 1874-4672, 1874-4702
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Current Opinion in Pharmacology
United Kingdom · ELSEVIER SCI LTD · ISSN 1471-4892, 1471-4973
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Current Opinion in Systems Biology
United Kingdom · ELSEVIER · ISSN 2452-3100
ESCIQ1Q1—
Q1Drug Design, Development and Therapy
New Zealand · DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD · ISSN 1177-8881
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Drug Discovery Today
United Kingdom · ELSEVIER SCI LTD · ISSN 1359-6446, 1878-5832
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Emerging Microbes and Infections
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 2222-1751
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1EPMA Journal
Germany · SPRINGER INT PUBL AG · ISSN 1878-5077, 1878-5085
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
France · ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER · ISSN 0223-5234, 1768-3254
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1EXCLI Journal
Germany · EXCLI JOURNAL MANAGING OFFICE · ISSN 1611-2156
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1471-2598, 1744-7682
SCI-EQ2Q1—
Q1Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1746-0441, 1746-045X
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1354-3776, 1744-7674
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1472-8222, 1744-7631
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Expert Review of Vaccines
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1476-0584, 1744-8395
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Human Genomics
United Kingdom · BMC · ISSN 1473-9542, 1479-7364
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q1International Journal of Nanomedicine
New Zealand · DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD · ISSN 1176-9114, 1178-2013
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Journal of Ethnopharmacology
Ireland · ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD · ISSN 0378-8741, 1872-7573
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
United States · AMER CHEMICAL SOC · ISSN 0022-2623, 1520-4804
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of Molecular Medicine
Germany · SPRINGER HEIDELBERG · ISSN 0946-2716, 1432-1440
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis
China · ELSEVIER · ISSN 2095-1779, 2214-0883
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Marine Drugs
Switzerland · MDPI · ISSN 1660-3397
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1MedComm
United States · WILEY · ISSN 2688-2663
ESCIQ1Q1Yes
Q1Medicinal Research Reviews
United States · WILEY · ISSN 0198-6325, 1098-1128
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Medicine in Drug Discovery
Netherlands · Elsevier B.V. · ISSN 2590-0986
——Q1Yes
Q1Molecular Therapy
United States · CELL PRESS · ISSN 1525-0016, 1525-0024
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids
United States · CELL PRESS · ISSN 2162-2531
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Natural Product Reports
United Kingdom · ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY · ISSN 0265-0568, 1460-4752
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
United Kingdom · NATURE PORTFOLIO · ISSN 1474-1776, 1474-1784
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1NEJM Evidence
United States · MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC · ISSN 2766-5526
ESCIQ1Q1—
Q1npj Systems Biology and Applications
United Kingdom · NATURE PORTFOLIO · ISSN 2056-7189
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 2159-3337, 2159-3345
SCI-EQ2Q1—
Q1Pharmaceutical Biology
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1388-0209, 1744-5116
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Pharmaceuticals
Switzerland · MDPI · ISSN 1424-8247
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q1Phytomedicine
Germany · ELSEVIER GMBH · ISSN 0944-7113, 1618-095X
SCI-EQ1Q1—
Q1PPAR Research
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 1687-4757, 1687-4765
SCI-EQ2Q1Yes
Q1Protein and Cell
United Kingdom · OXFORD UNIV PRESS · ISSN 1674-800X, 1674-8018
SCI-EQ1Q1Yes
Q2AAPS PharmSciTech
Switzerland · SPRINGER · ISSN 1530-9932
SCI-EQ1Q2—
Q2ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
United States · AMER CHEMICAL SOC · ISSN 1948-5875
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Antibodies
Switzerland · MDPI · ISSN 2073-4468
ESCIQ3Q2Yes
Q2Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine
Iran · MASHHAD UNIV MED SCIENCES · ISSN 2228-7930, 2228-7949
ESCIQ3Q2Yes
Q2Biomarkers in Medicine
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1752-0363, 1752-0371
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2Biomolecules and Therapeutics
South Korea · KOREAN SOC APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY · ISSN 1976-9148, 2005-4483
SCI-EQ1Q2—
Q2Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry
United Kingdom · PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD · ISSN 0968-0896, 1464-3391
SCI-EQ1Q2—
Q2Bioorganic Chemistry
United States · ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE · ISSN 0045-2068, 1090-2120
SCI-EQ1Q2—
Q2Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
United States · WILEY · ISSN 0885-4513, 1470-8744
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2Cancer Innovation
United States · WILEY · ISSN 2770-9183, 2770-9191
ESCIQ2Q2Yes

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