Journal profile · Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Current Computer-Aided Drug Design
ISSN 1573-4099 · eISSN 1875-6697 · Bentham Science Publishers B.V. · U ARAB EMIRATES · Quarterly · Founded 2005
Current Computer-Aided Drug Design: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.48; hybrid open access; median 87 days to acceptance (42 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Computer-Aided Drug Design is published by Bentham Science Publishers B.V. and 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 Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Synthesis and biological activity and Diverse Scientific Research Studies, together about 50.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims & Scope Current Computer-Aided Drug Design aims to publish all the latest developments in drug design based on computational techniques. The field of computer-aided drug design has had extensive impact in the area of drug design. Current Computer-Aided Drug Design is an essential journal for all medicinal chemists who wish to be kept informed and up-to-date with all the latest and important developments in computer-aided methodologies and their applications in drug discovery. Each issue contains a series of timely, in-depth reviews, original research articles and letter articles written by leaders in the field, covering a range of computational techniques for drug design, screening, ADME studies, theoretical chemistry; computational chemistry; computer and molecular graphics; molecular modeling; protein engineering; drug design; expert systems; general structure-property relationships; molecular dynamics; chemical database development and usage etc., providing excellent rationales for drug development.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science34.7%
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry10.3%
- Diverse Scientific Research StudiesHealth Professions5.9%
- Machine Learning in BioinformaticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative DiseasesMedicine3.4%
- Cancer Research and TreatmentMedicine3.4%
- Click Chemistry and ApplicationsChemistry2.8%
- vaccines and immunoinformatics approachesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.8%
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 | Chemistry, Medicinal | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Medicinal | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Medicinal | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.48LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 292OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 55LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,051 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 37 | 0 | 36 |
| 2024 | 81 | 14 | 236 |
| 2023 | 111 | 12 | 515 |
| 2022 | 52 | 4 | 276 |
| 2021 | 25 | 2 | 108 |
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
87 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 67 days – 112 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 126 days (42 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 211 days
- Sample
- 42 articles with submission and acceptance dates (231 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)
- 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Bentham Science Publishers B.V.
- Country or region
- U ARAB EMIRATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 1573-4099
- Electronic ISSN
- 1875-6697
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Computer-Aided Drug Design
What CAS zone is Current Computer-Aided Drug Design in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Computer-Aided Drug Design is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Medicinal / Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications. 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.
What is the impact factor of Current Computer-Aided Drug Design?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.48; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at Current Computer-Aided Drug Design?
Based on the dates recorded on 42 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 87 days (interquartile range 67–112 days); 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 Current Computer-Aided Drug Design?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Computer-Aided Drug Design is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Current Computer-Aided Drug Design open access, and what is the APC?
Current Computer-Aided Drug Design is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .