Current Pharmaceutical Design

Aims & Scope

Current Pharmaceutical Design publishes timely in-depth reviews/mini reviews and research articles from leading pharmaceutical researchers in the field, covering all aspects of current research in rational drug design.

Each issue is devoted to a single major therapeutic area guest edited by an acknowledged authority in the field.

Each thematic issue of Current Pharmaceutical Design covers all subject areas of major importance to modern drug design including: medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, drug targets and disease mechanism.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.8
2024	2.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.611

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	190

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9491

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2955

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Internet Addiction: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Research for the Last Decade

  Citation: 965

  Authors: D., M., L., J.

• Mean Platelet Volume: A Link Between Thrombosis and Inflammation?

  Citation: 873

  Authors: Armen, Lilit, Dimitri, George

• Natural and Synthetic Coumarin Derivatives with Anti-Inflammatory / Antioxidant Activities

  Citation: 801

  Authors: Konstantina, Dimitra, Konstantinos, Demetrios

• Uric Acid and Oxidative Stress

  Citation: 779

  Authors: G., E., A., D.

• The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Disease

  Citation: 764

  Authors: Patrice, Nathalie

• Bioactive Proteins and Peptides from Food Sources. Applications of Bioprocesses used in Isolation and Recovery

  Citation: 694

  Authors: David, Katie

• Food-derived Bioactive Peptides - Opportunities for Designing Future Foods

  Citation: 618

  Authors: H., A.

• Hyperglycemia-induced Oxidative Stress and its Role in Diabetes Mellitus Related Cardiovascular Diseases

  Citation: 597

  Authors: Teresa, Annamaria, Pengou, Franco

• Pollution, Toxicity and Carcinogenicity of Organic Dyes and their Catalytic Bio-Remediation

  Citation: 561

  Authors: Muhammad, Kalsoom, M.I., Tahseen, Murad A., Abdullah, Jongchul, Sher B.

• Social Network Site Addiction - An Overview

  Citation: 553

  Authors: Cecilie, Stale

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