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WoS SCIE Q3Scopus Q2SCImago #11,489CAS 4区Hybrid

Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Abbreviation (ISO):BIOL PHARM BULL
Country: Japan•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q3•Scopus SJR: 0.518•SCImago Rank: #11,489•Identifier (ISSN):0918-6158(Print)/1347-5215(Online)•Articles / Year: 260•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $2,945 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q3
1.8
↑ +0.1

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
104

104 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ3
Self-Citation Rate11.8%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
260articles/year
98.4% Gold OA•89.36% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

1.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q3(IF: 1.8)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20261.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.8)
🔵 Computed
20251.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.7)
🔵 Computed
20241.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.7)
🔵 Computed
20231.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2)
🔵 Computed
20221.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.264)
🔵 Computed
20211.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.233)
🔵 Computed
20191.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.54)
🔵 Computed
20181.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.694)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin (Biol. Pharm. Bull.) began publication in 1978 as the Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics. It covers various biological topics in the pharmaceutical and health sciences. A fourth Society journal, the Journal of Health Science, was merged with Biol. Pharm. Bull. in 2012. The main aim of the Society’s journals is to advance the pharmaceutical sciences with research reports, information exchange, and high-quality discussion. The average review time for articles submitted to the journals is around one month for first decision. The complete texts of all of the Society’s journals can be freely accessed through J-STAGE. The Society’s editorial committee hopes that the content of its journals will be useful to your research, and also invites you to submit your own work to the journals.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Biology98.1%Chemistry94.7%Medicine91.8%Biochemistry88.2%Genetics82.4%Internal medicine77.1%Organic chemistry58.9%Endocrinology55.5%Pharmacology46.6%Physics44.4%Nuclear magnetic resonance34.3%Enzyme31.4%Gene29.6%In vitro28.1%Immunology28%Pathology26.4%Cell biology25.9%Psychology25.7%Receptor20.9%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #11,489Scopus Q2SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1993-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:MedicinePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q2
0.518

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q2
Scopus H-Index (2025)
143

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
1.83

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,945 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations1,503
3-Year Documents781
Citable Documents774

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate30.3%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Pharmaceutical ScienceQ2
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3
PharmacologyQ3

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Monthly
Founding Year
1993
Editorial Address
PHARMACEUTICAL SOC JAPAN, 2-12-15-201 SHIBUYA, SHIBUYA-KU, TOKYO, JAPAN, 150
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
JCRSCIE
258/356Q3
PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
JCISCIE
241/356Q3

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—17933
20251.7250371
20241.7256839
202322541,261
20222.2642581,993
20212.2332542,496
2020—2783,426
20191.543105,316
20181.6942755,250
2017—3316,260
2016—3085,337
2015—3086,885
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin

WoS Q3
122320182019202120222023202420251.70
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:1.7

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 11.8%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 0910c00b-97dc-4ee2-bdc8-6fd70e8433f1
Database Updated: 2026-09-29