Journal profile · PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Drug Research
ISSN 2194-9379 · eISSN 2194-9387 · Thieme
Drug Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); subscription journal; 45 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Drug Research is published by Thieme 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 Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism and Synthesis and biological activity, together about 24.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Drug Research (formerly Arzneimittelforschung) is an international peer-reviewed journal with expedited processing times presenting the very latest research results related to novel and established drug molecules and the evaluation of new drug development. A key focus of the publication is translational medicine and the application of biological discoveries in the development of drugs for use in the clinical environment. Articles and experimental data from across the field of drug research address not only the issue of drug discovery, but also the mathematical and statistical methods for evaluating results from industrial investigations and clinical trials. Publishing twelve times a year, Drug Research includes original research articles as well as reviews, commentaries and short communications in the following areas: analytics applied to clinical trials chemistry and biochemistry clinical and experimental pharmacology drug interactions efficacy testing pharmacodynamics pharmacokinetics teratology toxicology
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Analytical Methods in PharmaceuticalsChemistry9.7%
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug MetabolismPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.9%
- Synthesis and biological activityChemistry7.4%
- Advanced Drug Delivery SystemsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6%
- Pharmaceutical studies and practicesMedicine6%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Drug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.4%
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science4.9%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drug Discovery | Q3 | 86/161 | 46th |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, Biobase, BIOSIS, Infotrieve, VINITI
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 (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 457OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,445 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 1 | 939 |
| 2025 | 45 | 4 | 1,749 |
| 2024 | 58 | 15 | 1,788 |
| 2023 | 57 | 14 | 1,808 |
| 2022 | 75 | 22 | 1,860 |
| 2021 | 75 | 31 | 1,701 |
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
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 websitePeer review
- Peer review
Publishes original research articles, reviews, commentaries and short communications. Model summary
Publishing twelve times a year, Drug Research includes original research articles as well as reviews, commentaries and short communications
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
- Thieme
- ISSN
- 2194-9379
- Electronic ISSN
- 2194-9387
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Drug Research
What CAS zone is Drug Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Drug Research 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.
What is the impact factor of Drug Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 49.
Which databases index Drug Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Drug Research is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Drug Research open access, and what is the APC?
Drug Research 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: .