Journal profile

Current medicinal chemistry

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
ISSN0929-8673 | 1875-533X FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
3.96
Citation rate 3.97 2,513 total citations
h5-index 55 h5 depth signal
Cited share 79.8% 532 of 667
Total citations 2,513 Citation footprint
Metric signal 3.60 External metric anchor
Self-citation 3.6% 91 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

China 1,342
Italy 647
United States 407
India 387
Iran 309

Citing Fields of Research

Phytochemicals 450
Oncology 439
Immunology 393
Cancer & Development 340
Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis 331

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 9,294 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 667 532 cited publications
Last 12 months 748 62.3 publications/month
Open access share 7.1% 53 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country China 1,342 citing publications
Leading citing field Phytochemicals 450 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 12 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v5n1, Feb. 1998-
PubMed
v5n1, Feb. 1998-
Index medicus
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Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Phytochemicals Immunology Noncoding RNA Oncology Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis Cancer & Development Neurodegenerative Disorders

Broad Categories

Chemistry Noncoding RNA Cancer, Autophagy & Apoptosis Phytochemicals Protein Structure & Folding Lipids Virology Immunology

MeSH Descriptors

Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Drug Design

Latest Publications

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

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Yongxin Ma, Jiawei Wang, Zhenyao Tan et al.
Objective: Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) poses a significant global health burden, yet causal relationships with modifiable dietary factors remain incompletely defined. This Mendelian Randomization (MR) study evaluated the ca...
05
Mohammed H. AL Mughram, Leye Jonathan Babatola, Md Nazim Uddin et al.
Background: Wild-type FLT3 (WT-FLT3) has emerged as a relevant molecular target in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), with increasing evidence implicating its role in leukemic proliferation and resistance, even in the absence of FLT3 mutation...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Aug. 1994); title from cover.

Also issued online.

Vol. 1, no. 1 (MAY 1994)19980402 Notice not published Printed on acid-free paper