''Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology'' is a monthly

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which covers legal aspects of

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and pharmacological regulations. It is published by

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on behalf of the International Society of Regulatory Toxicology & Pharmacology. The current co-editors-in-chief are Lesa L. Aylward and Martin van den Berg.

Conflicts of interest

In 2002, a group of 45 academics wrote a letter accusing the journal of a concealed pro-industry bias, a possible lack of full and independent peer review, and a failure to disclose

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, citing a case in which Gio Batta Gori, then-current

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, was paid $30,000 by the

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to write an article later published in the journal dismissing the health risks of

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. The letter's coordinator later commented that the journal "reads like an industry trade publication, but it's masked as a peer-reviewed journal" and that it lacked any "credible peer-review process." In response, the journal's publisher implemented a conflict of interest disclosure policy at the journal in January 2003, shortly before the correspondence was published.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in EMBASE,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2014

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of 2.031, ranking it 56th out of 87 journals in the category "Toxicology" and 146th out of 254 journals in the category "Pharmacology & pharmacy".

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.journals.elsevier.com/regulatory-toxicology-and-pharmacology// Monthly journals Toxicology journals Pharmacology journals English-language journals Elsevier academic journals Publications established in 1981 Academic journals associated with international learned and professional societies