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About the journal

Aims and scope, how the journal works, who publishes it, and where it is indexed.

Aims and scope

American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology is a peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes original research / review articles on drug action in all the areas of pharmacology and toxicology including in vivo and in vitro metabolism, intracellular metabolism and intracellular regulation. Articles on effects of radiations, drug composition and properties, drug-drug interactions, pharmacokinetic and in vivo imaging of drug distribution are also encouraged. AJPT is a quarterly publication available both in print and online and is an authentic source of information on Pharmacology and Toxicology.

How the journal works

Every article is published open access the day it is ready. Each article shows the licence printed on it. Articles published since 2021 are under CC BY 4.0; most published from 2015 to 2020 are under CC BY 3.0; earlier articles are mostly free to read under the publisher’s copyright, and some carry CC BY 3.0. Authors keep the copyright of articles under a CC BY licence. Manuscripts get single-anonymised peer review by at least two reviewers; an editor never handles a manuscript they wrote or have a conflict with. We follow COPE’s guidelines. Peer review process · Editorial independence · Publication ethics · Use of generative AI · Data availability · Appeals and complaints

Where the journal is indexed

  • Chemical Abstracts Service · Listed
  • CNKI · Listed
  • Crossref · Listed
  • EMBASE · Listed
  • EMBiology · Listed
  • J-Gate · Listed
  • Scilit · Listed
  • Thomson Gale · Listed
  • Ulrichsweb · Listed

We list only services that index the journal today, read from the Indexing register and checked every year.

Journal metrics

Last 12 months, updated nightly.

4Submissions
4Articles published
33%Acceptance rate
103 daysSubmission to publication (median)
43 daysSubmission to first decision (median)

How these are calculated: submissions are counted on the day they arrive; the acceptance rate is accepted ÷ (accepted + rejected) for manuscripts received in 2025 (1 of 3 decided); both times are medians from receipt.

Reach since 2006

264Articles
1,927Citations (Crossref)
2,308,203Views
1,804,163Downloads

Articles per year

1531262723222432171137553541214'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26
Articles per year; 2026 so far. The same counts as All volumes.
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Articles per year
YearArticles
20264
20251
20242
20231
20224
20215
20203
20195
20185
20177
20163
201511
201417
201332
201224
201122
201023
200927
200826
200731
200615

DOIs and preservation

Crossref registers every article’s DOI (prefix 10.3844) with its title, authors, abstract and licence, and, for new articles, its references. Portico preserves every article, so it stays readable even if this site goes away. Archiving

Publisher

Published by Science Publications (founded 2003), registered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, licence no. 710490. About us · Contact · complaints: [email protected]