Journal profile · Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry
ISSN 0065-7743 · eISSN 1557-8437 · Academic Press Inc. · UNITED STATES · Irregular · Founded 1965
Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry: impact factor 1.96; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry is published by Academic Press Inc.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, together about 26.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry provides timely and critical reviews of important topics in medicinal chemistry with an emphasis on emerging topics in the biological sciences that are expected to provide the basis for entirely new future therapies.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science9.4%
- Receptor Mechanisms and SignalingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.2%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience7.6%
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry6.6%
- Chemical Synthesis and AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Neuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyNeuroscience5.1%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience5.1%
- Microbial Natural Products and BiosynthesisMedicine4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organic Chemistry | Q4 | 163/215 | 24th |
| Biochemistry | Q4 | 341/448 | 23rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.96LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.04LetPub ·
- h-index
- 2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 507OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.15OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 15LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,273 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 1 | 171 |
| 2025 | 18 | 0 | 317 |
| 2024 | 24 | 0 | 429 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1 | 421 |
| 2022 | 20 | 0 | 408 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4 | 530 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Copyright © 2026 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. Model summary
Copyright © 2026 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
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
- Publisher
- Academic Press Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 1965
- ISSN
- 0065-7743
- Electronic ISSN
- 1557-8437
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry
What is the impact factor of Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.96; CiteScore 2.5, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry is indexed in Scopus.
Is Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?
Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry is a subscription 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: .