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 2 of 4 · list date 2026-11-10

JournalWeb of ScienceJCRCategory QDOAJ
Q2Chemical Biology and Drug Design
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 1747-0277, 1747-0285
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2ChemMedChem
United Kingdom · WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH · ISSN 1860-7179, 1860-7187
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Chirality
United States · WILEY · ISSN 0899-0042, 1520-636X
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Current Cancer Drug Targets
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 1568-0096, 1873-5576
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2Current Drug Targets
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 1389-4501, 1873-5592
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Current Gene Therapy
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 1566-5232, 1875-5631
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Current Medicinal Chemistry
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 0929-8673, 1875-533X
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Current Pharmaceutical Design
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 1381-6128, 1873-4286
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Drug Development Research
United States · WILEY · ISSN 0272-4391, 1098-2299
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Frontiers in Antibiotics
Switzerland · FRONTIERS MEDIA SA · ISSN 2813-2467
ESCIQ2Q2Yes
Q2Frontiers in Drug Discovery
Switzerland · FRONTIERS MEDIA SA · ISSN 2674-0338
ESCIQ1Q2Yes
Q2Helvetica Chimica Acta
United States · WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH · ISSN 0018-019X, 1522-2675
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2International Journal of Cosmetic Science
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0142-5463, 1468-2494
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences
Iran · MASHHAD UNIV MED SCIENCES · ISSN 2008-3866, 2008-3874
SCI-EQ2Q2Yes
Q2Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Germany · ELSEVIER · ISSN 2214-7861
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of Computer-Aided Molecular Design
Germany · SPRINGER · ISSN 0920-654X, 1573-4951
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1475-6366, 1475-6374
SCI-EQ1Q2Yes
Q2Journal of Gene Medicine
United States · WILEY · ISSN 1099-498X, 1521-2254
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of Natural Products
United States · AMER CHEMICAL SOC · ISSN 0163-3864, 1520-6025
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
Netherlands · ELSEVIER · ISSN 0731-7085, 1873-264X
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 1389-5575, 1875-5607
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Molecular Diversity
Switzerland · SPRINGER · ISSN 1381-1991, 1573-501X
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Molecular Informatics
Germany · WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH · ISSN 1868-1743, 1868-1751
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Molecular Pharmaceutics
United States · AMER CHEMICAL SOC · ISSN 1543-8384, 1543-8392
SCI-EQ1Q2—
Q2Molecules
Switzerland · MDPI · ISSN 1420-3049
SCI-EQ2Q2Yes
Q2Open Medicinal Chemistry Journal
United Arab Emirates · Bentham Science Publishers · ISSN 1874-1045
——Q2—
Q2Phytochemical Analysis
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0958-0344, 1099-1565
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 1574-8928, 2212-3970
SCI-EQ3Q2—
Q2RSC Medicinal Chemistry
United Kingdom · ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY · ISSN 2632-8682
SCI-EQ2Q2—
Q2Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy
United Kingdom · SAGE Publications Ltd · ISSN 2515-1355, 2515-1363
——Q2Yes
Q2Vaccines
Switzerland · MDPI · ISSN 2076-393X
SCI-EQ2Q2Yes
Q3Aging Pathobiology and Therapeutics
United States · Ant Publishing Corporation · ISSN 2690-1803
——Q3—
Q3Archiv der Pharmazie
Germany · WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH · ISSN 0365-6233, 1521-4184
SCI-EQ2Q3—
Q3Assay and Drug Development Technologies
United States · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · ISSN 1540-658X, 1557-8127
SCI-EQ3Q3—
Q3Biomedical Chromatography
United Kingdom · WILEY · ISSN 0269-3879, 1099-0801
SCI-EQ3Q3—
Q3Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters
United Kingdom · PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD · ISSN 0960-894X, 1464-3405
SCI-EQ2Q3—
Q3Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Japan · PHARMACEUTICAL SOC JAPAN · ISSN 0009-2363, 1347-5223
SCI-EQ3Q3—
Q3Chemotherapy
Switzerland · KARGER · ISSN 0009-3157, 1421-9794
SCI-EQ4Q3—
Q3Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 1386-2073, 1875-5402
SCI-EQ3Q3—
Q3Current Computer-Aided Drug Design
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 1573-4099, 1875-6697
SCI-EQ4Q3—
Q3Current Drug Discovery Technologies
United Arab Emirates · Bentham Science Publishers · ISSN 1570-1638, 1875-6220
——Q3—
Q3Current Pharmacology Reports
Switzerland · SPRINGERNATURE · ISSN 2198-641X
ESCIQ3Q3—
Q3Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
United Arab Emirates · BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD · ISSN 1568-0266, 1873-4294
SCI-EQ2Q3—
Q3DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Germany · Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · ISSN 1560-8115, 2008-2231
SCI-EQ3Q3—
Q3Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 0363-9045, 1520-5762
SCI-EQ3Q3—
Q3Drug Research
Germany · GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG · ISSN 2194-9379, 2194-9387
ESCIQ3Q3—
Q3Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions, and Health
United Kingdom · Elsevier Ltd · ISSN 2667-1182
——Q3Yes
Q3Fitoterapia
Netherlands · ELSEVIER · ISSN 0367-326X, 1873-6971
SCI-EQ2Q3—
Q3Future Medicinal Chemistry
United Kingdom · TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD · ISSN 1756-8919, 1756-8927
SCI-EQ3Q3—
Q3International Journal of Drug Discovery and Pharmacology
Australia · Scilight Press Pty. Ltd · ISSN 2653-6234
——Q3Yes

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