Current Drug Targets

pISSN: 1389-4501eISSN: 1873-5592• JCR: CURR DRUG TARGETSBentham Science PublishersNetherlands
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2026 Impact Factor

3.5

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 1.0 (+40.0%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    3.5
  2. Metric year 2024

    2.5

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACYSCIEQ2
Q2
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

Current Drug Targets current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #1,598 in Medicine by impact factor and #310 among Q2 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Current Drug Targets against journals publishing in the same field.

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Current Drug Targets publication trend

Published 382 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 3.5.

2026 vs 2025: -24
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Journal Details

Total Articles
3,477
H-Index
137
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Computational Theory and MathematicsPathology and Forensic MedicineGeneticsEconomics and Econometrics

Article Volume

2022
117
2023
90
2024
77
2025
61
2026
37
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