Journal profile · Pharmacology & Pharmacy
British Journal of Pharmacology
ISSN 0007-1188 · eISSN 1476-5381 · Wiley-Blackwell · ENGLAND · Semimonthly · Founded 1968
British Journal of Pharmacology: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.48; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,780; median 173 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 26.66%; 397 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
British Journal of Pharmacology is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Ion channel regulation and function and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, together about 32.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The British Journal of Pharmacology is a broad-based journal giving leading international coverage of all aspects of experimental pharmacology. It publishes high quality original research and authoritative reviews. Each year a range of themed issues are published and a must-read supplement, the Concise Guide to Pharmacology is published biennially. The journal is now published in an online-only format. Issues are published fortnightly but are no longer printed; however, authors are still able to order offprints of their own articles through Author Services.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Receptor Mechanisms and SignalingBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
- Ion channel regulation and functionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchNeuroscience9.2%
- Nitric Oxide and Endothelin EffectsMedicine9%
- Neuropeptides and Animal PhysiologyNeuroscience8.4%
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmiasMedicine5%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience4.9%
- Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 7.48LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 13.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 13.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 190LetPub ·
- h-index
- 320OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20,007OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 313LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 327Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 3,864,777Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 26,557 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 378 | 198 | 191 |
| 2025 | 397 | 260 | 2,280 |
| 2024 | 343 | 263 | 3,179 |
| 2023 | 313 | 260 | 6,125 |
| 2022 | 265 | 173 | 5,756 |
| 2021 | 461 | 311 | 14,937 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
173 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 117 days – 244 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 38 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 214 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (822 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 26.66%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 164 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 42 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,780 / EUR 4,100 / GBP 3,400 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- 3–7
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted7
- bioinformatic toolsix. Bioinformatic ToolsLength not stated
- editorialsx. EditorialsLength not stated
- invited mini reviewsiii. Invited Mini ReviewsLength not stated
- letters to the editorvii. Letters to the EditorLength not stated
- original researchOriginal Research Article TemplateLength not stated
- review articlesii. Review ArticlesLength not stated
- systematic reviewiv. Systematic ReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Preprints, Self-archiving, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use 5.3. Artificial Intelligence Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools cannot be considered capable of meeting the requirements of authorship, nor do they have legal standing or the ability to hold or assign copyright. Therefore, in accordance with the COPE’s position statement, these tools cannot be listed as the author of an article. The use of such tools must be described in detail in the Methods or Acknowledg…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship 8.3. Wiley’s Authorship Change Policy
In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics’ guidance, BJP will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors – including those to be added or removed – must agree to any proposed change. To request a change to the author li…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 4.1.9. Conflicts of Interest
Include a statement summarising all relevant Conflicts of Interest. See Section 5.7 for more information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability 5.4.4. Data Sharing Policy
Data retention requirements Model summary
If authors decide to make data available and link to the source (i.e. data is available from the authors/third parties, or openly available on public repositories), authors will be required to cite data in the same way as an article, book, and web citations, and include data citations as part of their reference list. Please review Wiley’s data citation policy here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
5.1. Editorial Review and Acceptance Policy Tips on navigating peer review can be found here. The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research, and its significance to journal readership. Manuscripts are single-anonymous peer reviewed, except where reviewers choose to disclose their identity. Papers will only be sent to review if the Senior Editors determine t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access fees
Authors who choose to publish using Open Access will be charged a fee. For more information on this journal’s APCs, please see the Open Access page.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints 1.3. Preprint policy
Preprint policy Model summary
This journal accepts articles uploaded to preprint servers, provided that the link to the preprint version is provided during the submission process. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time throughout the submission process. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article. For more informat…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies
Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions. Please click here for more detailed information.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and that clinical trial registration numbers be included in papers that report their results.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semimonthly
- Founded
- 1968
- ISSN
- 0007-1188
- Electronic ISSN
- 1476-5381
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about British Journal of Pharmacology
What CAS zone is British Journal of Pharmacology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, British Journal of Pharmacology is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Pharmacology & Pharmacy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of British Journal of Pharmacology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.48; CiteScore 13.5, h-index 320.
How long does peer review take at British Journal of Pharmacology?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 173 days (interquartile range 117–244 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 26.66%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16% (2025). 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of British Journal of Pharmacology?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: 3–7; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Graphical abstract: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index British Journal of Pharmacology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, British Journal of Pharmacology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is British Journal of Pharmacology open access, and what is the APC?
British Journal of Pharmacology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,780.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .