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Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Dove Medical Press Ltd

New ZealandDrug Discovery (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1)ISSN-matched source record
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Q1Ranking
—Impact Factor (year unverified)
121H-index (SCImago 2025)
1.309SJR (2025)
2007-2026Coverage

About Drug Design, Development and Therapy

Drug Design, Development and Therapy is a scholarly journal published by Dove Medical Press Ltd. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q1, with an SJR of 1.309 and H-index of 121.

Coverage: 2007-2026. Research categories: Drug Discovery (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1).

Open-access policies and author information

Reported in the official DOAJ public CSV snapshot (2026-09-01), downloaded 2026-10-03. Record updated 2026-04-27. This snapshot does not establish today’s listing status or fee quotation.

Accepted manuscript languagesEnglish
Licence optionsCC BY, CC BY-NC
Peer-review processAnonymous peer review
APCDOAJ-reported APC: 3940 USD
Waiver policy reportedYes
Other fees reportedNo
Author retains unrestricted copyrightNo
Digital preservationCLOCKSS, PMC
Reported submission-to-publication time16 weeks on average; not a guarantee
Openly licensed content since2008 (not the journal founding year)

Publisher policy links recorded by DOAJ

Source: DOAJ journal record. Journal metadata is distributed by DOAJ under CC0. Confirm current fees, tax, eligibility and waiver terms with the publisher.

Source-backed journal facts

ISSN(s)1177-8881
ISSN-L1177-8881
Source typeJournal
Publisher / hosting organisationDove Medical Press
Publisher country codeNZ
Fully open access (OpenAlex)Yes
DOAJ flag (OpenAlex)Listed in OpenAlex metadata; confirm current status in DOAJ
Works recorded in OpenAlex5,978
Citations recorded in OpenAlex147,830
OpenAlex H-index132
Years represented in OpenAlex1987–2026 (not the founding or closing dates)

Topics in published research

Anesthesia and Sedative Agents; Anesthesia and Pain Management; Advanced Drug Delivery Systems; Nausea and vomiting management; Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders; Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems.

OpenAlex classifies topics from published works. These topics are not the publisher’s official aims and scope.

Source: OpenAlex source record. Retrieved 2026-10-03. Source record updated 2026-10-02. OpenAlex metrics are different from SCImago metrics and the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

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