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International Journal of Pharmaceutics
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International Journal of Pharmaceutics

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Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 118 384 858 49

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Number of Best Scientists*: 1019
Documents by Best Scientists*: 1818
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 25
SCIMAGO H-index: 268
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.988
Impact Factor: 5.2

Overview

Top Research Topics at International Journal of Pharmaceutics?

International Journal of Pharmaceutics aims to foster the development of research in Chromatography, Dosage form, Pharmacology, Chemical engineering and Drug delivery. While work presented in it provided substantial information on Chromatography, it also covered topics in Liposome, Particle size, Permeation, Aqueous solution and Solubility. While Solubility is the focus of International Journal of Pharmaceutics, it also provided insights into the studies of Nuclear chemistry and Dissolution.

The Dosage form works featured in International Journal of Pharmaceutics incorporate elements from Active ingredient, Controlled release, Stereochemistry, Liberation and Drug carrier. The study on Pharmacology presented is investigated in conjunction with research in In vivo. The journal holds forums on In vivo that merges themes from other disciplines such as In vitro and Biochemistry.

Chemical engineering research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Amorphous solid, Differential scanning calorimetry, Polymer chemistry and Polymer. It features research on Drug delivery in an attempt to reinforce studies in the field of Nanotechnology. The journal focuses on Pharmacokinetics as well as the interrelated topic of Absorption (skin).

  • Chromatography (27.34%)
  • Dosage form (18.35%)
  • Pharmacology (15.69%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Mechanisms of solute release from porous hydrophilic polymers (3531 citations)
  • Opsonization, biodistribution, and pharmacokinetics of polymeric nanoparticles (2611 citations)
  • Nanocapsule formation by interfacial polymer deposition following solvent displacement (1636 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at International Journal of Pharmaceutics:

The journal publications focus on Chromatography, Dosage form, Drug carrier, Chemical engineering and Solubility. The journal articles address concerns in Chromatography which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Liposome, Bioavailability, Particle size, Permeation and Aqueous solution. The Dosage form study featured in the journal articles falls within the larger field of Pharmacology.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Pharmacology
  • Organic chemistry

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal focuses on Drug delivery, In vivo, Pharmacology, Chemical engineering and Drug. It explores issues in Drug delivery which can be linked to other research areas like Controlled release, Biophysics and Biomedical engineering. Topics in In vivo explored in it were investigated in conjunction with research in Cancer research, In vitro and Chromatography.

In the Pharmacology research discussed, Pharmacokinetics, Bioavailability and Nasal administration are all tackled. Some problems in Chemical engineering that were presented in it overlapped with concepts under Amorphous solid and Polymer. Issues in Dissolution were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Dissolution testing and Solubility.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • mRNA-lipid nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccines: Structure and stability. (34 citations)
  • Quality considerations on the pharmaceutical applications of fused deposition modeling 3D printing (23 citations)
  • Fused deposition modelling for the development of drug loaded cardiovascular prosthesis (17 citations)

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 International Journal of Pharmaceutics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch (87 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Chris Vervaet (83 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Thomas Rades (83 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
  • Graham Buckton (82 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Rainer H. Müller (79 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous 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 International Journal of Pharmaceutics (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of London (409 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (302 papers) published 26 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Nottingham (283 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • University College London (223 papers) published 11 papers at the last edition, 9 less than at the previous edition,
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (201 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 7 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, 3.20% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 9.21% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 4.10% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.12% of all publications and 69.57% 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

  • mRNA-lipid nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccines: Structure and stability.

    Linde Schoenmaker;Dominik Witzigmann;Jayesh A. Kulkarni;Rein Verbeke

    (2021)
    1371 Citations
  • Design of liposomes as drug delivery system for therapeutic applications.

    Diana Isabel Pereira Guimarães;Artur Cavaco-Paulo;E. Nogueira

    (2021)
    1064 Citations
  • Applications and delivery mechanisms of hyaluronic acid used for topical/transdermal delivery - A review.

    Jieyu Zhu;Xudong Tang;Yan Jia;Chi Tang Ho

    (2020)
    256 Citations
  • Dendrimers in the context of nanomedicine.

    Ana Paula Dias;Soraya da Silva Santos;João Vitor da Silva;Roberto Parise-Filho

    (2020)
    216 Citations
  • EGFR targeting for cancer therapy: Pharmacology and immunoconjugates with drugs and nanoparticles

    Elias da Silva Santos;Karina Alexandre Barros Nogueira;Luiziana Cavalcante Costa Fernandes;Jéssica Roberta Pereira Martins

    (2021)
    173 Citations
  • Plant-mediated green synthesis of metal-based nanoparticles for dermopharmaceutical and cosmetic applications.

    Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos;Ana Margarida Herdade;Catarina Guerra;Diana Peixoto

    (2021)
    150 Citations
  • Protein-based nanoparticles for drug delivery purposes

    Ana L. Martínez-López;Cristina Pangua;Cristian Reboredo;Raquel Campión

    (2020)
    128 Citations
  • Facile strategy by hyaluronic acid functional carbon dot-doxorubicin nanoparticles for CD44 targeted drug delivery and enhanced breast cancer therapy

    (2020)
    122 Citations
  • 3D printing in personalized drug delivery: An overview of hot-melt extrusion-based fused deposition modeling.

    (2021)
    113 Citations
  • Systematic screening of pharmaceutical polymers for hot melt extrusion processing: a comprehensive review.

    Rishi Thakkar;Ruchi Thakkar;Amit Pillai;Eman A. Ashour

    (2020)
    103 Citations

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