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Current Drug Delivery
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Current Drug Delivery

1567-2018

Published by: Bentham Science

https://benthamscience.com/journals/current-drug-delivery/

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 847 22 24 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 67
Documents by Best Scientists*: 74
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 77
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.522
Impact Factor: 3

Overview

Top Research Topics at Current Drug Delivery?

The main points discussed in Current Drug Delivery deals with Drug delivery, Pharmacology, Chromatography, Drug and In vivo. Drug delivery studies covered in the journal falls within the purview of Nanotechnology. The Nanotechnology research dealing mostly with Controlled release is the focus of the journal.

Pharmacology research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Chitosan, Cancer and Liposome. Issues in Chromatography were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Bioavailability, Particle size, Permeation, Zeta potential and Solubility. The featured Permeation studies mainly concentrate on Transdermal but also cover areas of interest in Stratum corneum.

While work presented in Current Drug Delivery provided substantial information on Solubility, it also covered topics in Nuclear chemistry and Dissolution. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Differential scanning calorimetry are some topics wherein Nuclear chemistry research discussed in it have an impact. In it, In vitro and Biomedical engineering are investigated in conjunction with one another to address concerns in In vivo research.

  • Drug delivery (29.77%)
  • Pharmacology (25.14%)
  • Chromatography (22.31%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Liposomal Drug Delivery Systems: An Update Review (632 citations)
  • Transdermal drug delivery: penetration enhancement techniques. (492 citations)
  • The role of ABC transporters in drug resistance, metabolism and toxicity. (452 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Current Drug Delivery:

The journal publications facilitate discussions on Drug delivery, Pharmacology, Nanotechnology, Liposome and Drug. While work presented in the journal articles provide substantial information on Drug delivery, it also covers topics in Controlled release, Bioavailability and Dosage form. Issues in Pharmacology were discussed in the journal articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Cancer, Chromatography and In vivo.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Current Drug Delivery (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Istvan Toth (23 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Vilasrao J. Kadam (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Marianna Foldvari (10 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mariusz Skwarczynski (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Mohd. Aqil (8 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Current Drug Delivery (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Queensland (24 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Jamia Hamdard (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Bharati Vidyapeeth University (17 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeswara University (15 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Ankara University (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 11.36% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.90% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.77% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.82% of all publications and 70.51% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Recent Advances in Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Targeted Drug Delivery applications.

    Ahmed Abu-Dief;Mosa Alsehli;Abdullah Al-Enizi;Ayman Nafady

    (2021)
    37 Citations
  • Cell-Penetrating Peptides: As a Promising Theranostics Strategy to Circumvent the Blood-Brain Barrier for CNS Diseases.

    Behrang Shiri Varnamkhasti;Samira Jafari;Fereshteh Taghavi;Loghman Alaei

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Lipoproteins-Nanocarriers as a Promising Approach for Targeting Liver Cancer: Present Status and Application Prospects

    Saleh Ayed Alanazi;Fars Alanazi;Nazrul Haq;Faiyaz Shakeel

    (2020)
    13 Citations
  • Cholesterol-Conjugate as a New Strategy to Improve the Cytotoxic Effect of 5-Fluorouracil on Liver Cancer: Impact of Liposomal Composition.

    Saleh Ayed Alanazi;Gamaleldin Ibrahim Harisa;Mohammad M. Badran;Nazrul Haq

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • New Heterocyclic Compounds: Synthesis, Antioxidant Activity and Computational Insights of Nano-Antioxidant as Ascorbate Peroxidase Inhibitor by Various Cyclodextrins as Drug Delivery Systems.

    Yassine Kaddouri;Farid Abrigach;El Bekaye Yousfi;Belkheir Hammouti

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • A Low-Cost Method to Prepare Biocompatible Filaments with Enhanced Physico-mechanical Properties for FDM 3D Printing

    Deck Khong Tan;Niko Münzenrieder;Mohammed Maniruzzaman;Ali Nokhodchi

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Assessment of Amentoflavone Loaded Sub-Micron Particle Preparation using Supercritical Antisolvent for its Antitumor Activity

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • Polysaccharides: A Carrier for Gene Therapy

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Dual Drug Loaded Potassium-Contained Graphene Oxide as a Nanocarrier in Cocktailed Drug Delivery for the Treatment of Human Breast Cancer.

    (2022)
    6 Citations
  • Optimization of Nanostructured Lipid Carriers of Fenofibrate Using a Box-Behnken Design for Oral Bioavailability Enhancement

    (2021)
    5 Citations

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