Journal profile · PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
International Journal of Pharmacology
ISSN 1811-7775 · eISSN 1812-5700 · IMR PRESS · PAKISTAN · Bimonthly · Founded 2005
International Journal of Pharmacology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.67; fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 85 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Pharmacology is published by IMR PRESS 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 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies, Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds and Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection, together about 30.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Pharmacology (IJP) is an internationally peer-reviewed open access journal. IJP provides broad coverage of all aspects of the interactions of drugs and medicines with biological systems (chemical, physiological and behavioral effects); including autonomic, behavioral, cardiovascular, cellular, clinical, developmental, gastrointestinal, immuno-, neuro-, pulmonary, and renal pharmacology, as well as analgesics, drug abuse, metabolism and disposition, chemotherapy, and toxicology, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, immunomodulation, vaccines and vaccines based therapies, pharmacogenomics aided drug development and therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, modes of action and metabolism of effective drugs and medicines, various upcoming drug designing and novel drug delivery methods. It also emphasizes frontiers in therapeutic advances and their biomedical perspectives including advances and recent trends in various prophylactic and therapeutic regimens to effectively combat various diseases and other health problems, both infectious and non-infectious posing challenge to the humans and their companion animals. Novel, emerging and valuable alternate/complementary therapeutic options with interdisciplinary approaches of biotechnology, molecular aspects of drug actions, mechanism and toxicity, genetics, cellular immunology, immunomics, proteomics, pharmacology, bioinformatics, and nanotechnology would be given due focus.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine12.6%
- Pharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.1%
- Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and ProtectionPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.2%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine6.8%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIELetPub
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
- 0.67LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 630OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 40.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 84LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,155 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 54 | 2 |
| 2025 | 85 | 61 | 40 |
| 2024 | 150 | 70 | 212 |
| 2023 | 92 | 41 | 160 |
| 2022 | 145 | 29 | 163 |
| 2021 | 82 | 9 | 207 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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
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
- IMR PRESS
- Country or region
- PAKISTAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 1811-7775
- Electronic ISSN
- 1812-5700
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Pharmacology
What CAS zone is International Journal of Pharmacology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Pharmacology 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 International Journal of Pharmacology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.67; CiteScore 0.91, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Pharmacology?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “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 International Journal of Pharmacology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Pharmacology is indexed in SCIE.
Is International Journal of Pharmacology open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .