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Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences focuses on physical and biological barriers to drug access to therapeutic targets and on the design of drugs, excipients, traditional formulations, and novel drug delivery systems to minimize adverse effects, increase therapeutic index, expand access, and reduce costs across pharmaceutical sciences, pharmaceutics, drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug metabolism, chemistry, biotechnology, immunology, and related fields.

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Subject Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Impact Factor 3.8
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 0022-3549
eISSN 1520-6017
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Article Publishing Charge (excl. taxes): USD 3620 for full-length articles; USD 3130 for short surveys.

Submission Instructions

Journal Of Pharmaceutical Sciences accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must be 80-200 words. The abstract must be unstructured and written in one paragraph.
Manuscript Research Articles should preferably not exceed 5,500 words of text. The manuscript must include up to 10 keywords, three to five highlights bullet points, and a declaration of interest statement, and it must disclose any use of generative AI in manuscript preparation.
References References requirements are not specified.
Figures & Tables Figures & Tables requirements are not specified.
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Reviews

Cover Letter Required. The invitation request should include the author's professional affiliation and role at the institution, a brief description of the manuscript content, an abstract, a list of the author's research papers in the topic area, and a list of recent reviews on the topic in other journals.
Abstract Required. 80-200 words. Unstructured.
Manuscript Reviews are not limited as to the number of words. Manuscripts must include keywords, up to 10 keywords from the journal's official keyword list, three to five highlights bullet points, and a declaration of interest statement; authors must also declare generative AI use in manuscript preparation.
References All references should include titles, and web references must include the full URL and the date last accessed.
Figures & Tables Reviews are not limited as to the number of tables and figures. Tables should be submitted as separate files. Figures must include relevant captions, captions to illustrations must be provided separately, tables should be editable rather than images, and reviews are not limited as to the number of words, tables, figures and references that may be included.
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Minireviews

Cover Letter Required. The invitation request should include the author's professional affiliation and role at the institution, a brief description of the manuscript content, an abstract, a list of the author's research papers in the topic area, and a list of recent reviews on the topic in other journals.
Abstract Required. 80-200 words. Unstructured.
Manuscript Approximately 3,000-4,000 words including tables, figures, and references. Up to 10 keywords are required, highlights must include three to five bullet points, and a competing interests statement and declaration of interest statement must be included; authors must also declare generative AI use.
References All references should include titles, and web references must include the full URL and the date last accessed.
Figures & Tables Tables should be submitted as separate files. All figures must include relevant captions, all tables must be editable rather than images, and the manuscript should not exceed approximately 3,000-4,000 words including tables, figures, and references.
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Rapid Communications

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must be 80-200 words. The abstract must be unstructured in one paragraph.
Manuscript Rapid Communications should preferably not exceed 2,000 words of text. Manuscripts must include keywords, up to 10 keywords from the official keyword list, three to five highlights bullet points, and a declaration of interest statement, and authors must declare use of generative AI in manuscript preparation.
References References requirements are not specified.
Figures & Tables Rapid Communications should preferably not exceed a total of 4 figures and/or tables. Tables should be submitted as separate editable files, and figures must be included with relevant captions. Figures and tables must be editable where applicable, tables should include titles, descriptions and footnotes, captions must be supplied separately, and all illustrations should have concise descriptive captions.
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Notes

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract should be 80-200 words. The abstract should be unstructured and written in one paragraph.
Manuscript Notes should preferably not exceed 2,000 words of text. Manuscripts must include keywords, up to 10 keywords from the journal's official keyword list, three to five highlights bullet points, and a competing interests statement, and authors must declare the use of generative AI in manuscript preparation.
References All references should include titles, and web references must include the full URL and date last accessed.
Figures & Tables Notes should preferably not exceed a total of 4 figures and/or tables. Tables should be submitted as separate files. Figures and tables must include relevant captions, tables should be editable rather than images, and all figures and tables should be numbered consecutively with table notes placed below the table body.
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Letters

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Abstract Letters must not include an abstract.
Manuscript Letters are limited to 250 words. Letters must not include text headings. Letters may include one brief table or figure and are limited to five references.
References Letters are limited to five references.
Figures & Tables Letters may include one brief table or figure.
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Recent Publications

Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies in the central nervous system: Pharmacokinetics, bioanalysis and clinical implications

Isaac G. Onyango, Naruewan Woolf, Joseph Green, Matthew Stinchcomb, Marina Matveyeva

10.1016/j.xphs.2026.104350
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A unified physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for low-to-high oral, subcutaneous, and intravenous dose of methotrexate in humans

Min-Soo Kim, Shirley Wang, Paola Mian, Yves Theoret, Julie Autmizguine, Shinya Ito, Andrea N. Edginton

10.1016/j.xphs.2026.104348
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Impact of pneumatic tube system transportation on product quality of therapeutic monoclonal antibody lyophilized and reconstituted drug products

Kashappa Goud Desai, Cait Sofa, James D. Colandene, Nathan Heacock, Ning Wang, Dina Elnabawi, Brendan Blockus, Prachi Jirwankar, Bivash Mandal

10.1016/j.xphs.2026.104351
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Role of saturation dynamics in driving skin permeation from topical gel formulations

Srinath Rangappa, Srinivasa Ajjarapu, Vijay Kumar Shankar, Bharathi Avula, Anandavalli Varadarajan, Santanu Kundu, S. Narasimha Murthy

10.1016/j.xphs.2026.104349
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A machine learning approach to identify active polysorbate 20 degrading hydrolases in biopharmaceutical formulations

Melanie Maier, Simon Kluters, Joey Studts, Matthias Franzreb, Patrick Garidel, Viktor Groß

10.1016/j.xphs.2026.104355
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Articles accepted for publication are posted online as Articles in Press as soon as author corrections to proofs are received and incorporated, typically 2 to 6 weeks before the cover date of the online issue. Proof corrections are requested within two days.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access publication requires an Article Publishing Charge. The APC is USD 3620 for full-length articles and USD 3130 for short surveys, excluding taxes. Subscription articles have no open access publication fee.

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Research Topics

Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals Protein purification and stability Crystallization and Solubility Studies Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms Advanced Drug Delivery Systems Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Surfactants and Colloidal Systems Pharmaceutical studies and practices Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Computational Drug Discovery Methods Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Protein Interaction Studies and Fluorescence Analysis Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Synthesis and biological activity Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Crystallography and molecular interactions

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