Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences


The Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier on behalf of the American Pharmacists Association, with the support of the International Pharmaceutical Federation. It deals with the science of pharmacology and related biotechnology
The journal was first published in 1912, as
The Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, which covered both general and scientific topics. It was published as a separate edition, Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association from 1940 to 1960. It adopted its present title in 1961. The editor-in-chief is Ronald T. Borchardt.
According to the
Journal Citation Reports'' the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.59, ranking it 109th out of 254 journals in the category "Pharmacology & Pharmacy.