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Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
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Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Chemistry 198 234 418 35
Medicine 1026 28 75 23

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 569
Documents by Best Scientists*: 887
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 13
SCIMAGO H-index: 89
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.817
Impact Factor: 4.9

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology?

The journal mainly deals with areas of study such as Drug delivery, Chromatography, Pharmacology, Nuclear chemistry and Drug. Issues in Drug delivery were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Chemical engineering and Polymer. The works on Chemical engineering deal in particular with Controlled release.

Bioavailability, Particle size, Permeation, Zeta potential and Solubility are some topics wherein Chromatography research discussed in Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology have an impact. Many of the studies tackled connect Bioavailability with a similar field of study like Pharmacokinetics. The research on Solubility discussed in the journal draws on the closely related field of Dissolution.

While Pharmacology is the key highlight in Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, it also covered some subjects on In vivo and In vitro. The subject of Biophysics, which is connected to the field of Cytotoxicity, serves as the foundation of the In vitro research featured in it. While work presented in Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology provided substantial information on Nuclear chemistry, it also covered topics in Chitosan, Nanoparticle, Differential scanning calorimetry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

  • Drug delivery (24.00%)
  • Chromatography (23.28%)
  • Pharmacology (16.26%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • 3D printing by fused deposition modeling (FDM) of a swellable/erodible capsular device for oral pulsatile release of drugs (175 citations)
  • Biopharmaceutical applications of calixarenes (142 citations)
  • Swelling agents and devices in oral drug delivery (137 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology:

Drug delivery, Nanotechnology, Chromatography, Nanoparticle and Drug are the main subjects of interest in the most cited articles. The journal publications explore issues in Drug delivery which can be linked to other research areas like Chemical engineering and Pharmacology, Dosage form. While Nanoparticle is the focus of the journal articles, it also provides insights into the studies of Chitosan, Particle size and Nuclear chemistry.

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 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Michael A. Repka (22 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 5 more than at the previous edition,
  • Thorsteinn Loftsson (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Nicholas A. Peppas (14 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Juergen Siepmann (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Mohd. Aqil (13 papers) published 2 papers 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 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • King Saud University (80 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 6 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (70 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Cairo University (64 papers) published 12 papers at the last edition, 8 less than at the previous edition,
  • Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (60 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Tehran University of Medical Sciences (54 papers) published 16 papers at the last edition, 10 more 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, 7.10% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.44% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.40% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 12.74% of all publications and 63.42% 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

  • Nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery

    Afzal Shah;Saima Aftab;Jan Nisar;Muhammad Naeem Ashiq

    (2021)
    166 Citations
  • MOF as nanoscale drug delivery devices: Synthesis and recent progress in biomedical applications

    Unknown

    (2023)
    158 Citations
  • Docetaxel: An update on its molecular mechanisms, therapeutic trajectory and nanotechnology in the treatment of breast, lung and prostate cancer

    Mohammad Imran;Sadaf Saleem;Aiswarya Chaudhuri;Javed Ali

    (2020)
    86 Citations
  • Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles Synthesized via Mimusops elengi Fruit Extract, A Study on Antibiofilm, Antibacterial, and Anticancer Activities

    Nesrin Korkmaz;Yusuf Ceylan;Attia Hamid;Ahmet Karadağ

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • A combinatorial delivery of survivin targeted siRNA using cancer selective nanoparticles for triple negative breast cancer therapy

    (2023)
    81 Citations
  • Synthesis, characterization and in vitro assessment of colloidal gold nanoparticles of Gemcitabine with natural polysaccharides for treatment of breast cancer

    Laxmi Devi;Rishikesh Gupta;Sanjay Kumar Jain;Sima Singh

    (2020)
    80 Citations
  • pH-sensitive core-shell electrospun nanofibers based on polyvinyl alcohol/polycaprolactone as a potential drug delivery system for the chemotherapy against cervical cancer

    Eryun Yan;Jinyu Jiang;Xiuying Yang;Liquan Fan

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Recent advances in folic acid engineered nanocarriers for treatment of breast cancer

    Priti Tagde;Giriraj T Kulkarni;Dinesh Kumar Mishra;Prashant Kesharwani

    (2020)
    78 Citations
  • Development and optimization of solid lipid nanoparticles coated with chitosan and poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) for ocular drug delivery of ciprofloxacin

    (2022)
    74 Citations
  • Curcumin Niosomes (curcusomes) as an alternative to conventional vehicles: A potential for efficient dermal delivery

    Jafar Akbari;Majid Saeedi;Reza Enayatifard;Katayoun Morteza-Semnani

    (2020)
    71 Citations

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