Pharmaceutical Research, an official journal of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, presents papers which describe innovative research spanning the entire spectrum of drug discovery, development, evaluation, and regulatory approval. Small drug molecules, biotechnology products including genes, peptides, proteins and vaccines, and genetically engineered cells are an integral part of papers published here. Current emphasis of the journal includes the following areas: preformulation; drug delivery and targeting; formulation design, engineering, and processing; pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics; molecular biopharmaceutics and drug disposition; and computational biopharmaceutics, among others.

Pharmaceutical Research publishes twelve issues a year.

Pharmaceutical Research:

  • Presents research spanning the entire spectrum of drug discovery, development, evaluation, and regulatory approval  
  • Covers pharmacodynamics, and pharmacogenomics; molecular biopharmaceutics and drug disposition; and computational biopharmaceutics and more 
  • Is an official journal of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
  • Provides excellent author service: 97% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal again

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  • Tonglei Li
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Hybrid (Transformative Journal). Learn about publishing Open Access with us

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4.200 (2020)
Impact factor
4.469 (2020)
Five year impact factor
25 days
Submission to first decision
95 days
Submission to acceptance
853,947 (2020)
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  • AAPS Pharmaceutical Research Meritorious Manuscript Award

    AAPS Pharmaceutical Research Meritorious Manuscript Award Recognizing outstanding achievement in the pharmaceutical sciences as demonstrated by the author(s) in the quality and originality of a manuscript published in Pharmaceutical Research.  Watch the video here.

    Awardee/Corresponding Author: Dennis Douroumis, Ph.D., University of Greenwich Co-Authors: Nicolaos Scoutaris, Ph.D. and Steven A. Ross, Ph.D.

  • Featured article

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  • COVID-19 and impact on peer review

    As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times.  Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.

  • Announcing new Editor-in-Chief of AAPS Open: Dr. Andrea Allmendinger

    AAPS Open is proud to announce new Editor-in-Chief Dr. Andrea Allmendinger. Dr. Allmendinger obtained her PhD in Pharmaceutical Technology from the University of Basel and joined the Pharmaceutical Development department of Roche/Genentech in Basel in 2013, where she is responsible for formulation and process development for clinical Phase I-III projects and commercial transfer activities for both large molecules and for synthetic drugs.


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