Journal profile

Current drug targets

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
ISSN1389-4501 | 1873-5592 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
3.71
Citation rate 4.01 667 total citations
h5-index 33 h5 depth signal
Cited share 80.3% 139 of 173
Total citations 667 Citation footprint
Metric signal 4.90 External metric anchor
Self-citation 0.9% 6 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

India 406
China 256
United States 195
Italy 146
Brazil 79

Citing Fields of Research

Immunology 152
Oncology 126
Drug Delivery Systems 125
Phytochemicals 115
Neurodegenerative Disorders 102

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 3,504 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 173 139 cited publications
Last 12 months 129 11.7 publications/month
Open access share 0.8% 1 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country India 406 citing publications
Leading citing field Immunology 152 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 16 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1, July 2000-
PubMed
v1n1, July 2000-
Index medicus
Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Neurodegenerative Disorders Phytochemicals Immunology Drug Delivery Systems Protein Structure & Folding Noncoding RNA Diabetes

Broad Categories

Drug Therapy Phytochemicals Immunology Drug Delivery Systems Parasitology Studies Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis Polymer & Macromolecule Science Noncoding RNA

MeSH Descriptors

Drug Delivery Systems Drug Design

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

02
Stalin Arulsamy, Kiruthiga Natarajan, Suresh Kumar Krishnan et al.
Background: Chalcones are α,β-unsaturated ketone scaffolds with broad documented bioactivity. No prior study has simultaneously integrated structural validation, PAINS assessment, chemical-space clustering, human-target classification, b...
03
Nishat Parveen Siddiqui, Nishi Agrawal, Ganesh Kumar et al.
Introduction: Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia (CIA) is a stressful effect associated with cancer therapy, mainly affecting hair follicles. Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG), a bioactive polyphenol, can be used for its antioxidant and hair gr...
06
Muhammad Ali Raza, Muneer Ahmad, Cui Cheng et al.
Introduction: The Apolipoprotein L (APOL) family, particularly APOL1, APOL2, and APOL4, has been implicated in the pathogenesis of kidney injury, neuroinflammation, and several psychiatric disorders. However, there are currently no appro...
07
DOI 10.2174/0113894501551272260924074714

Preface

Open DOI
Hao Lin
08
Almeen Ansari, Japneet Purewal Singh, Gaurav Doshi
Introduction: Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease marked by synovitis, enthesitis, bone erosion, and pathological new bone formation, via the Interleukin-23/T helper cell-17 (IL-23/Th17) axis. Tyro...
09
Aisha Altaf, Mehreen Arif, Wali Inam et al.
Introduction/Objective: BACE1 (Beta-Site Amyloid precursor protein-cleaving enzyme is a rate-limiting aspartic protease responsible for beginning Amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide synthesis, the major neurotoxic characteristic of Alzheimer's Diseas...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Vol. 1 complete in 4 issues.

Also issued online.

v. 1, no. 1 (July 2000)20020111 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper