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Open Access Drug Journals
A list of Open Access Drug journals for you to publish your manuscript in
Drug is chemical substance having an effect on the body
A journal article is 'open access' when there are no financial, legal or technical barriers to accessing it - that is to say when anyone can read, download, distribute, print, and search it.
Hopefully this list of Drug Open Access journals will make it easier for you to decide where to publish your Drug manuscript.
We made this list which includes all the high-impact factor Drug journals that might be relevant to your field of study.Instead of displaying the most commonly known Drug journals, we have made an exhaustive list of open accesss Drug journals. Use our different columns — number of papers, number of citations, and relevance — to find the best Drug venue for your manuscript.
The DOAJ columns refers to the The Directory of Open Access Journals, a list of open access journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access.
There are certain criteria a journal must meet to be indexed by DOAJ, and thus inclusion in the DOAJ index is seen by scholars as a mark of quality.
All the open access Drug journals in this list are indexed in OA.mg.
If you spot any mistakes in this table of Drug OA journals, don’t hesitate to send us an email.
| Name | ISSN | DOAJ | Publisher | No. of Papers | Citations | Relevance▼ | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East and Central African journal of pharmaceutical sciences | 1026-552X | African Journals Online | 1 | 0 | 100 | ||
| Japanese journal of gastroenterology and hepatology | 2435-1210 | United Prime Publications | 1 | 0 | 100 | ||
| International journal of scientific research in chemical sciences | 2455-3174 | ISROSET: International Scientific Research Organization for Science, Engineering and Technology | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| The Open drug delivery journal | 1874-1266 | Bentham Science | 6 | 0 | 50 | ||
| Journal of applied medical sciences | 2241-2328 | Scientific Press International Limited | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| The Open drug resistance journal | 1876-5211 | Bentham Science | 2 | 6 | 50 | ||
| OA drug design & delivery | 2054-4057 | Open Access Publishing London | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| International journal of reserch and development in pharmacy and life sciences | 2393-932X | International Journal of Research and Development in Pharmacy and Life Sciences (IJRDPL) | 2 | 0 | 50 | ||
| International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology | 2581-9143 | Rubatosis Publication | 27 | 7 | 44.4 | ||
| Current research in drug discovery | 2333-3235 | Science Publications | 7 | 31 | 42.9 | ||
| Research and reports in transdermal drug delivery | 2253-1580 | Dove Medical Press | 14 | 150 | 42.9 | ||
| ADC review | 2327-0152 | InPress Media Group, LLC | 19 | 19 | 42.1 | ||
| International journal of chemical and life sciences(Online) | 2234-8638 | Adhya Biosciences Pvt. Ltd. | 5 | 18 | 40 | ||
| International Journal of Drug Delivery | 0975-0215 | Advanced Research Journals | 328 | 1826 | 38.1 | ||
| International journal of pharmacovigilance | 2476-2431 | Symbiosis Group | 29 | 24 | 37.9 | ||
| Journal of NPA | 0253-8261 | Nepal Journals Online | 11 | 31 | 36.4 | ||
| Advances in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety | 2167-1052 | OMICS Publishing Group | 247 | 516 | 35.6 | ||
| International journal of indigenous herbs and drugs | 2456-7345 | International Journal of Indigenous Herbs and Drugs | 34 | 5 | 35.3 | ||
| Безопасность и риск фармакотерапии | 2312-7821 | ☑ | SCEEMP | 128 | 127 | 33.6 | Website |
| Future drug discovery | 2631-3316 | ☑ | Newlands Press Ltd | 78 | 250 | 33.3 | Website |
| Innovations in pharmaceuticals and pharmacotherapy | 2321-323X | SPER Publications and Solutions Pvt. Ltd | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | ||
| Asian journal of pharmaceutical analysis and medicinal chemistry | 2321-0923 | Uptodate Research Publication | 6 | 0 | 33.3 | ||
| International journal of pharmaceutical and life science | 2305-0330 | Bangladesh Journals Online | 35 | 196 | 31.4 | ||
| Journal of drug | 2514-4162 | Verizona Publisher Limited | 10 | 23 | 30 | ||
| American Journal of Advanced Drug Delivery | 2321-547X | Scitechnol Biosoft Pvt. Ltd (OMICS) | 270 | 356 | 29.6 | ||
| Current research in pharmaceutical sciences | 2250-2688 | Current Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences | 75 | 30 | 29.3 | ||
| Drugs and therapy studies | 2038-9493 | PAGEPress Publications | 38 | 116 | 28.9 | ||
| Drug Delivery | 1071-7544 | ☑ | Taylor & Francis | 2633 | 53610 | 28.3 | Website |
| International journal of pharmacokinetics | 2053-0846 | Newlands Press Ltd | 60 | 171 | 28.3 | ||
| Journal of drug delivery | 2090-3022 | Hindawi Limited | 522 | 7443 | 27.8 | ||
| International Journal of Advances in Pharmaceutical Sciences | 0976-1055 | Advanced Research Journals | 72 | 452 | 27.8 | ||
| Therapeutic advances in drug safety | 2042-0986 | ☑ | SAGE | 393 | 6971 | 27.7 | Website |
| Journal of drug abuse | 2471-853X | 87 | 135 | 27.6 | |||
| Current research in pharmacology and drug discovery | 2590-2571 | ☑ | Elsevier | 121 | 205 | 27.3 | Website |
| ADMET and DMPK | 1848-7718 | ☑ | International Association of Physical Chemists | 228 | 838 | 25.9 | Website |
| Pharmaceutics | 1999-4923 | ☑ | MDPI AG | 6345 | 53279 | 25.8 | Website |
| Journal of pharmaceutics | 2090-9918 | Hindawi (International Scholarly Research Network) | 113 | 1306 | 25.7 | ||
| The Open Addiction Journal | 1874-9410 | Bentham Science | 90 | 490 | 25.6 | ||
| Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics | 0973-8398 | BRNSS Publication Hub | 1506 | 3809 | 25.5 | Website | |
| Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | 1818-0876 | ☑ | Elsevier | 740 | 13118 | 25.5 | Website |
| CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology | 2163-8306 | ☑ | Wiley | 1160 | 12986 | 25.4 | Website |
| Journal of hepatitis | 2471-9706 | Scitechnol Biosoft Pvt. Ltd (OMICS) | 4 | 2 | 25 | ||
| Journal of autoimmunity and cell responses | 2054-989X | Herbert Publications | 4 | 6 | 25 | ||
| Global journal of molecular biology | 2637-5141 | eSciPub LLC | 4 | 0 | 25 | ||
| International journal of pharmaceutical and biological archive | 2349-2678 | CAB PUBLISHER | 44 | 6 | 25 | ||
| Open pharmaceutical sciences journal | 1874-8449 | Bentham Science | 32 | 202 | 25 | ||
| Integrative respiratory medicine | 2740-4277 | EDP Sciences | 4 | 5 | 25 | ||
| Journal of metabolomics | 2059-0008 | Herbert Publications | 4 | 15 | 25 | ||
| AAPS Open | 2364-9534 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 57 | 229 | 24.6 | Website |
| اعتیاد پژوهی | 2008-4307 | ☑ | Armenian Green Publishing Co. | 98 | 4 | 24.5 | Website |
| International journal of pharmaceutical sciences and medicine | 2519-9889 | Zain Publications | 112 | 3 | 24.1 | ||
| Pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology | 2638-8235 | Edelweiss Publications Inc | 17 | 6 | 23.5 | ||
| Journal of addiction & recovery | 2637-4528 | MedDocs Publishers LLC | 13 | 7 | 23.1 | ||
| Medicine in drug discovery | 2590-0986 | ☑ | Elsevier | 130 | 1198 | 23.1 | Website |
| International journal of drug regulatory affairs | 2321-6794 | Society of Pharmaceutical Tecnocrats | 200 | 128 | 23 | ||
| International journal of basic and clinical pharmacology | 2279-0780 | Medip Academy | 3347 | 2247 | 22.9 | ||
| Journal of pharmaceutics & drug development | 2348-9782 | Annex Publishers, LLC | 31 | 83 | 22.6 | ||
| Harm Reduction Journal | 1477-7517 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 974 | 17928 | 22.5 | Website |
| Indian journal of drugs in dermatology | 2455-3972 | ☑ | Medknow Publications | 201 | 120 | 22.4 | Website |
| Cancer drug resistance | 2578-532X | OAE Publishing Inc. | 108 | 247 | 22.2 | ||
| Journal of formulation science & bioavailability | 2577-0543 | OMICS Publishing Group | 18 | 10 | 22.2 | ||
| PharmaTutor | 2347-7881 | PharmaTutor Edu Labs | 113 | 158 | 22.1 | ||
| Modern approaches in drug designing | 2576-9170 | Crimson Publishers | 61 | 35 | 21.3 | ||
| International Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research | 2582-2152 | Ram-Eesh Institute of Vocational and Technical Education | 24 | 2 | 20.8 | ||
| Journal of applied pharmaceutical research | 2348-0335 | ☑ | IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd | 64 | 36 | 20.3 | Website |
| Drugs - real world outcomes | 2198-9788 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 315 | 1618 | 20.3 | Website |
| Cancer Nanotechnology | 1868-6966 | ☑ | Springer Nature | 173 | 3208 | 20.2 | Website |
| Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences | 1482-1826 | ☑ | JPPS Journal | 498 | 9500 | 20.1 | Website |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I publish my Drug paper?
You can publish your Drug paper in the Open Access journals in this list
What is Open Access (OA)?
Open access is an international movement that aims to provide free and open online access to academic information, such as publications and data
What does “relevance” mean in the table?
In the table above, relevance is used to determine the level of association between a journal and the concept it is listed under, from 0-100.
How do you count total number of citations?
The citations show how often works from this journal are referenced in other research papers. This data is obtained from OpenAlex. Even though the accuracy is debatable, it could help you determine how prestigious a journal is on the whole.
Where can I find other lists like this one?
If you are looking for an author or journal article, you can type it in the name, title, or DOI in the search box above to see more results. If you want to see a similar list to this one, take a look on OA.mg
How can I publish my paper on OA.mg?
At the moment, we do not offer publishing services, that's why we made these lists, so you can find the right journal to publish your paper in. Our goal with OA.mg is to help disseminate research.
What is an APC?
The Article Processing Charge (APC) is the fee that publishers of some open access journals charge in order to publish articles.
What are the different Open Access types?
Although there are Gold, Green, Hybrid, Bronze, Diamond, and Black Open Access licenses, here are the most common ones:
Full Gold Open Access: article is freely and permanently accessible for everyone, immediately after publication.
Hybrid Open Access: refers to a publishing model in which subscription-based journals allow authors to make individual articles gold open access immediately on payment of an article publication charge.
Green Open Access: refers to the possibility to make subscription-based journal articles open access by uploading the peer-reviewed and accepted author manuscript to an institutional repository (such as DiVA)