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Pharmacological Reports

Pharmacological Reports focuses on recent developments in experimental and clinical pharmacology, exploring the action of drugs at cellular, molecular, and behavioral levels. The journal publishes research articles, reviews, and short communications and is the official journal of the Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences.

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Impact Factor 3.8
Quartile Q2
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 1734-1140
eISSN 2299-5684
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Open access publication requires an APC of £2490.00 GBP / $3390.00 USD / €2790.00 EUR; subscription publishing has no APC charges.

Submission Instructions

Pharmacological Reports accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research Article

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract A structured abstract is required. The abstract must not exceed 250 words. Structured. Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Research Articles should not exceed 5,000 words. The manuscript must include title page, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, funding statement, conflict of interest statement, author contributions, disclosure of AI use in the writing process, references, and figure captions. Three to six keywords are required, and disclosure of any use of AI or AI-assisted tools in preparing the manuscript must be included.
References Vancouver. References must be listed by number in order of appearance, and for references with up to six authors all authors must be listed.
Figures & Tables Figures should be uploaded as separate attachments, and tables may be included at the end of the manuscript or supplied as separate files. Illustrations and graphs must be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, and additional references cited in figure legends and tables must be added to the end of the reference list.
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Review Article

Cover Letter A cover letter is required. It should include a statement that all authors approved the submission and the required declaration that all data were generated in-house and the manuscript was not prepared using paper mill services.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must not exceed 250 words. The abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript Review Articles must not exceed 9,000 words. The manuscript file must include a title page, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, funding statement, conflict of interest statement, author contributions, disclosure of AI use in writing, references, and figure captions. Three to six keywords are required, and the manuscript must disclose any use of AI or AI-assisted tools in preparing the manuscript.
References Vancouver style. References must be numbered in order of appearance, all authors must be listed for references with up to six authors, periodical abbreviations should follow Index Medicus, and additional references cited in figure legends and tables must be added to the end of the reference list.
Figures & Tables Figures should be uploaded as separate attachments, and tables may be included at the end of the manuscript or supplied as separate files. Figure captions should include all information necessary to understand the figure, and tables should be labeled sequentially and not duplicate text content.
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Systematic Reviews

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. The abstract should be structured.
Manuscript Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should be submitted and formatted as Review Articles. The manuscript must include 3-6 keywords and a disclosure of any use of AI or AI-assisted tools in preparing the manuscript.
References Vancouver style. References must be numbered in order of appearance, all authors must be listed for references with up to six authors, periodical abbreviations should follow Index Medicus, and additional references cited in figure legends and tables must be added to the end of the reference list.
Figures & Tables Figures should be uploaded as separate attachments, and tables may be included at the end of the manuscript or supplied as separate files. Figures and tables must be numbered consecutively, figure captions should include all information necessary to understand the figure, and tables should be labeled sequentially.
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Meta-Analyses

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should be submitted and formatted as review articles. The manuscript should include 3-6 keywords and an AI-use disclosure, and the article file should contain a title page, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, funding statement, conflict of interest statement, author contributions, references, and figure captions.
References Vancouver style. References must be listed by number in order of appearance, all authors must be listed for references with up to six authors, periodical abbreviations should follow Index Medicus, and additional references cited in figure legends and tables must be added to the end of the reference list.
Figures & Tables Figures should be uploaded as separate attachments, while tables may be included at the end of the manuscript or supplied as separate files. Figure captions should include all information necessary to understand the figure, tables should be labeled sequentially, and references to table footnotes should use Arabic numerals.
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Mini-Review

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. The abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Mini-Reviews are limited to around 6,000 words. The article file must include title page, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, funding statement, conflict of interest statement, author contributions, disclosure of using artificial intelligence in the writing process, references, and figure captions. Manuscripts must include 3-6 keywords and a disclosure of any use of artificial intelligence or AI-assisted tools in preparing the manuscript.
References Vancouver style. References must be listed by number in order of appearance, all authors must be listed for references with up to six authors, periodical abbreviations should follow Index Medicus, and additional references cited in figure legends and tables must be added to the end of the reference list.
Figures & Tables Figures should be uploaded as separate attachments, and tables may be included at the end of the manuscript or supplied as separate files. Figures and tables must be numbered consecutively, figure captions should include all information necessary to understand the figure, and tables should not duplicate the content of the text.
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Brief Communication

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstracts must not exceed 250 words. The abstract must be structured. The abstract must include Background, Methods, Results, and Conclusions.
Manuscript Brief Communications are limited to around 3,000 words. The article file must contain title page, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, funding statement, conflict of interest statement, author contributions, disclosure of AI use in writing, references, and figure captions. Manuscripts must include 3-6 keywords and a disclosure of AI or AI-assisted tool use in preparing the manuscript.
References Vancouver style. References must be listed by number in order of appearance, and for references with up to six authors all authors must be listed.
Figures & Tables Figures should be uploaded as separate attachments, and tables may be included at the end of the manuscript or supplied as separate files. Figure captions should include all information necessary to understand the figure, tables should be labeled sequentially, and additional references cited in figure legends and tables must be added to the end of the reference list.
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Letter To The Editor

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract Abstract requirements are not specified.
Manuscript Letters to the Editor addressing articles published in the journal must not exceed 500 words, and letters on timely topics not directly related to a specific publication must not exceed 1000 words. The article file must include a title page, abstract, keywords, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, funding statement, conflict of interest statement, author contributions, disclosure of AI use, references, and figure captions. Manuscripts must include 3-6 keywords, author contributions, and a disclosure of using artificial intelligence in the writing process.
References Letters to the Editor may include no more than 5 references. Vancouver style. References must be listed by number in order of appearance, and for references with up to six authors all authors must be listed.
Figures & Tables Figures should be uploaded as separate attachments, while tables may be included at the end of the manuscript or supplied as separate files. Illustrations and graphs should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals, table captions should be labeled Table 1, Table 2, and so on, and additional references cited in figure legends and tables must be added to the end of the reference list.
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Recent Publications

A discovery-based proteomic approach of epidermal growth factor and growth hormone-releasing peptide-6 in a model of acute ischemic stroke

Arielis Rodríguez-Ulloa, Nelvys Subirós-Martínez, Luis Javier González, Daniela Risco-Acevedo, Gerardo E. Guillén-Nieto, Vladimir Besada, Diana García-Del-Barco-Herrera

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Therapeutic potential of combining mirogabalin with antidepressants in relieving hypersensitivity: evidence from a mouse model of neuropathic pain

Renata Zajączkowska, Agata Ciechanowska, Katarzyna Pawlik, Katarzyna Ciapała, Wioletta Makuch, Jerzy Wordliczek, Magdalena Kocot-Kępska, Joanna Mika

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Targeting epigenetic and DNA topology mechanisms: histone deacetylases and topoisomerase inhibitors in combination and dual inhibition approaches

Yashaswini Reddy, Vyasraj G Bhat, Mukirala Vasanth Kumar, Ipshita Das, Babitha Kampa Sundara

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Andrzej Łach, Bernadeta A. Pietrzak-Wawrzyńska, Karolina Przepiórska-Drońska, Agnieszka Wnuk

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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

Submission to first decision (median): 5 days; rapid publication of accepted papers.

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Is a cover letter required?

A cover letter is required as the first item in the submission order.

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What are the publication costs?

Open access publication requires an article processing charge of £2490.00 GBP / $3390.00 USD / €2790.00 EUR; subscription publishing has no APC charges.

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Research Topics

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