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Natural Product Sciences

Country: South Korea•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 0.234•SCImago Rank: #20,043•Identifier (ISSN):1226-3907(Print)•Articles / Year: 23•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $2,533 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Not Indexed in Latest JCR
Clarivate Impact Factor (IF 2024)Q1
N/A

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

H-Index (Hirsch Index)
34

34 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRQ1
Self-Citation RateN/A
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessSubscription
23articles/year
0% Gold OA•0% Original Research

Aims & Scope

Natural Product Sciences is the official publication of the Korean Society of Pharmacognosy which was launched in 1995. The journal is published quarterly at the end of March, June, September, and December each year and the official title of the journal is abbreviated title as "Nat. Prod. Sci." The research papers on original work, either experimental or theoretical, that advance our understanding of natural product sciences, including important questions of phytochemistry, chemistry, and bio-chemistry of natural resources will be published. Timely reviews and commentaries on recent progress in active areas of natural products research will be also published.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Biology96.5%Chemistry96.2%Medicine85.3%Biochemistry78.6%Organic chemistry73.9%Botany58.5%Traditional medicine56%Genetics50.9%Internal medicine44.3%Physics34.1%Chromatography33.8%Pharmacology32.5%Endocrinology32%Stereochemistry31.5%Ecology30.3%Pathology26.7%Antioxidant25.5%Nuclear magnetic resonance25.3%In vitro22.9%Enzyme22.7%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

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

Rank #20,043Scopus Q4SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1997-2025
Scopus Broad Areas:ChemistryPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q4
0.234

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

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q4
Scopus H-Index (2025)
34

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
1.28

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

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$2,533 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations137
3-Year Documents120
Citable Documents120

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 Rate46.7%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

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

Scopus Subject Categories

Drug DiscoveryQ4
Organic ChemistryQ4

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
Updating
Minor Category (Specific Field):
Updating
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
Subscription
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Korean Society of Pharmacognosy
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
ScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR

No WoS category details available for this journal.

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

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

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—231
202503745
2024—40127
2023—47179
2022—28108
2021—47133
2020—48312
2019—50408
2018—49477
2017—50511
2016—50547
2015—48298
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Natural Product Sciences

WoS Q1
000020250.00
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:0

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: N/A

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

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

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01