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Drugs in Context publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed articles covering the latest evidence and innovations in drug treatment across all therapeutic areas. We focus on original research papers and topical review articles; other article types are considered.
Scopus CiteScore 2021: 8.1; SCImago Journal Rank 2021: 1.130; Source Normalized Impact per Paper: 1.915; Ranked 52 of 826 (93rd percentile) in General Medicine journals and 55 of 303 (82nd percentile) in Pharmacology journals.
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