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Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research
ISSN 2231-4040 · eISSN 0976-2094 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research: impact factor 1.4 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 700; median 137 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Advanced Drug Delivery Systems and Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems, together about 22.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Editor-in-chief Upendra Nagaich.Publisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Advanced Drug Delivery SystemsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.7%
- Drug Solubulity and Delivery SystemsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.4%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine5.5%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine5.2%
- Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputer Science4.9%
- Scientific and Engineering Research TopicsDentistry4.9%
- Dental Research and COVID-19Dentistry4.7%
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.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from ESCI for editorial reasons on 21 August 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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) 2094
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 375OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.35OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 34.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 179LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 906 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 49 | 10 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 55 |
| 2024 | 59 | 59 | 135 |
| 2023 | 65 | 65 | 316 |
| 2022 | 182 | 182 | 1,095 |
| 2021 | 73 | 73 | 932 |
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
137 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 107 days – 171 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 76 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 219 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (108 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)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 700 | Yes | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | USD 500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 700 | Yes | — |
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2231-4040
- Electronic ISSN
- 0976-2094
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 17, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research
What is the impact factor of Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.4 (2094); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 65.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 137 days (interquartile range 107–171 days); authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks. 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 Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology & Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 700.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .