Journal History
| 2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Pharmaceutics was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2011 | Pharmaceutics was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2013 | Pharmaceutics was indexed in PubMed (Citations were available in PubMed, full-text was archived in PubMed Central). |
| 2017 | Pharmaceutics was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 7 (Issue 1). Pharmaceutics announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2018 | Pharmaceutics received its first Impact Factor (3.746). Pharmaceutics announced the first edition of the Young Investigator Award. Pharmaceutics published its 500th paper. |
| 2019 | Pharmaceutics adopted a monthly publication schedule. The Impact Factor increased to 4.773. The Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (APS), Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology (KSPST), Pharmaceutical Solid State Research Cluster (PSSRC), and Spanish Society of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology (SEFIG) became affiliated to Pharmaceutics. Pharmaceutics published its 1,000th paper. |
| 2020 | Pharmaceutics held the 1st International Electronic Conference. Pharmaceutics established the following sections:
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| 2021 | The Impact Factor increased to 6.321. |
| 2022 | Pharmaceutics published its 5,000th paper. The Impact Factor increased to 6.525. |
| 2023 | Pharmaceutics received its 2022 Impact Factor (5.4), ranked Q1 in JRS Category “Pharmacology and Pharmacy”. The CiteScore increased to 6.9. |
| 2024 | The CiteScore increased to 7.9. Pharmaceutics received its 2023 Impact Factor (4.9), ranked Q1 (45/354) in JRS Category “Pharmacology and Pharmacy”. |
| 2025 | Pharmaceutics received its 2024 Impact Factor (5.5), ranking 34/352 (Q1) in the JCR category “Pharmacology and Pharmacy”. This was the first time the journal ranked in the top 10% of the category. The CiteScore increased to 10.0, ranking 22/185 in “Pharmaceutical Science” category. Pharmaceutics organized the 1st ECMC-P 2025 Conference with Pharmaceuticals, held on Sciforum. |
| 2026 | Pharmaceutics received its 2025 Impact Factor (6.9), remaining in the top 10% of the category. The CiteScore increased to 12.5, ranking 12/185 in “Pharmaceutical Science” category. This was the first time the journal ranked in the top 10% of the category in Scopus. Pharmaceutics organized the 2nd ECMC-P 2026 Conference with Pharmaceuticals, held on Sciforum. Pharmaceutics announced the first edition of the Editorial Board Member of Distinction Award. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2009–2023 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yvonne Perrie (Founding Editor) |
| 2023–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Patrick J. Sinko |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yvonne Perrie for the section on Drug Delivery and Controlled Release Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Donatella Paolino for the section on Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Beom Soo Shin for the section on Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Thierry Vandamme for the section on Pharmaceutical Technology, Manufacturing and Devices |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Francisco Javier Otero-Espinar for the section on Drug Delivery and Controlled Release Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Wei Wu for the section on Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Dimitrios A. Lamprou for the section on Physical Pharmacy and Formulation Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Raimar Löbenberg for the section on Biopharmaceutics |
Pharmaceutics - ISSN 1999-4923