Journal profile · Medicine-Pharmacology (medical)
Current Topics in Pharmacology
ISSN 0972-4559 · Research Trends
Current Topics in Pharmacology: fully open access; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Topics in Pharmacology is published by Research Trends. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pain Mechanisms and Treatments, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism and Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, together about 21% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pharmacology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Pharmacology (medical)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine7.9%
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.9%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience5.3%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine5.3%
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Arsenic contamination and mitigationEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Renin-Angiotensin System StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and EfficacyMedicine5.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacology (medical) | Q4 | 231/278 | 17th |
| Pharmacology | Q4 | 275/328 | 16th |
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 24 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Research Trends
- ISSN
- 0972-4559
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Topics in Pharmacology
Which databases index Current Topics in Pharmacology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Topics in Pharmacology is indexed in Scopus.
Is Current Topics in Pharmacology open access, and what is the APC?
Current Topics in Pharmacology 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; 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: .