RSC Medicinal Chemistry

eISSN: 2632-8682• JCR: RSC MED CHEMRoyal Society of ChemistryUnited Kingdom
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2026 Impact Factor

4.6

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 1.0 (+27.8%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    4.6
  2. Metric year 2024

    3.6

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGYSCIEQ2
CHEMISTRY, MEDICINALSCIEQ2
Q2
JCR Quartile
B4
CAS Block

RSC Medicinal Chemistry current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Chemistry

Ranked #206 in Chemistry by impact factor and #37 among Q2 Chemistry journals. This context helps compare RSC Medicinal Chemistry against journals publishing in the same field.

#206
of 870 field journals

RSC Medicinal Chemistry publication trend

Published 1,372 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 4.6.

2026 vs 2025: -276
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Journal Details

Total Articles
1,778
H-Index
50
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Organic ChemistryOrganic ChemistryComputational Theory and MathematicsMolecular Biology

Article Volume

2022
181
2023
244
2024
369
2025
427
2026
151
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