Journal profile · PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy
ISSN 2332-0036 · eISSN 2332-0044
Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; 65 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies, Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems and Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, together about 27.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy, owned and published by Horizon Research Publishing Co. Ltd, is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original and high-quality research papers in all areas of pharmacology and pharmacy.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Editor-in-chief Bonam SrinivasaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 9, Malaysia 6, Egypt 5, India 3, Spain 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine11.4%
- Drug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics8.2%
- Advanced Drug Delivery SystemsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics8.2%
- Medicinal Plants and NeuroprotectionMedicine6.1%
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science5.3%
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and ProtectionPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesMedicine4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCILetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 318 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 42 | 2 |
| 2025 | 65 | 65 | 33 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 48 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 140 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 116 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 37 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
HRPUB is committed to maintaining the highest quality original research materials. All manuscripts will be subjected to a rigorous peer-review. Any papers suspected of plagiarism, falsification and inauthentic authorship will not be published.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY or CC-BY-NC)
All articles published by HRPUB will be distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License(CC-BY or CC-BY-NC). So anyone is allowed to copy, distribute, and transmit the article on condition that the original article and source is correctly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Open access is the practice of providing unrestricted access to peer-reviewed academic journal articles via the internet. It is also increasingly being provided to scholarly monographs and book chapters. All original research papers published by HRPUB are available freely and permanently accessible online immediately after publication. Readers are free to copy and distribute the contribution under…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- ISSN
- 2332-0036
- Electronic ISSN
- 2332-0044
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy
What CAS zone is Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pharmacology & Pharmacy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Where are the editorial board members of Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (9), Malaysia (6) and Egypt (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy is indexed in ESCI.
Is Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Pharmacology and Pharmacy is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .