Journal profile · PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Hospital Pharmacy
ISSN 0018-5787 · eISSN 1945-1253 · Thomas Land Publishers Inc.
Hospital Pharmacy: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; 103 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hospital Pharmacy is published by Thomas Land Publishers Inc. 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 Pharmacy and Medical Practices, Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions and Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, together about 47.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pharmacology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Hospital Pharmacy is an independent, peer-reviewed journal published bi-monthly. For 50 years it has been practitioner-focused and dedicated to the...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics28%
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug ReactionsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient OutcomesMedicine9.2%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions8.7%
- Pharmaceutical studies and practicesMedicine6.2%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.4%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions3.5%
- Drug-Induced Adverse ReactionsMedicine2.7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy | Q2 | 22/52 | — |
| Pharmacology (medical) | Q3 | 193/278 | — |
| Pharmacology | Q3 | 245/328 | — |
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
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
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 450OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 73LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,139 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 80 | 79 | 1,183 |
| 2025 | 103 | 98 | 1,523 |
| 2024 | 91 | 91 | 1,487 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | 1,318 |
| 2022 | 77 | 76 | 1,238 |
| 2021 | 106 | 71 | 1,286 |
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
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 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — |
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
- Thomas Land Publishers Inc.
- ISSN
- 0018-5787
- Electronic ISSN
- 1945-1253
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hospital Pharmacy
What CAS zone is Hospital Pharmacy in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Hospital Pharmacy 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.
Which databases index Hospital Pharmacy?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hospital Pharmacy is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Hospital Pharmacy open access, and what is the APC?
Hospital Pharmacy is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .