The ''Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by

Elsevier Elsevier () is a Dutch academic publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content. Its products include journals such as '' The Lancet'', ''Cell'', the ScienceDirect collection of electronic journals, '' Trends'', ...

on behalf of the

American Pharmacists Association The American Pharmacists Association (APhA, previously known as the American Pharmaceutical Association), founded in 1852, is the first-established professional society of pharmacists in the United States. The association consists of more th ...

, with the support of the

International Pharmaceutical Federation The International Pharmaceutical Federation or Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique, abbreviated as FIP, is an international federation of national organizations that represent pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. It was founded in 19 ...

. It is also published simultaneously by Wiley. It deals with the science of pharmacology and related biotechnology (the official journal of the association, dealing with the practice of pharmacy, is the ''

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association The ''Journal of the American Pharmacists Association'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering pharmacy-related topics. It was established in 1912, published as ''Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association'' with slightly ...

)'' 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 (Scientific ed.)'' from 1940 to 1960''.'' It adopted its present title in 1961. The

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

is Ronald T. Borchardt (

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). According to the ''

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'' the journal has a 2014

impact factor The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as ...

of 2.59, ranking it 109th out of 254 journals in the category "Pharmacology & Pharmacy.

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