British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
| Discipline | Pharmacology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Serge Cremers |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1974–present |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Pharmacological Society (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Delayed after 12 months, hybrid | |
| 3.0 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Br. J. Clin. Pharmacol. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | BCPHBM |
| ISSN | 0306-5251 (print) 1365-2125 (web) |
| OCLC no. | 45425630 |
| Links | |
The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the British Pharmacological Society. It covers all aspects of drug action in humans. As of 2020, the editor-in-chief is Serge Cremers (Columbia University).
History
The journal was established in 1974.[1] It was initially published by Macmillan, and moved to be published by Blackwell (since Wiley-Blackwell) in 1983.[2]
The early editors were known as Chairmen of the Editorial Board, until January 2007, when the title was changed to what it is currently, namely Editor-in-Chief.[3]
The following is a list of all previous Chairmen or Editors-in-Chief:
- Graham M Wilson† (University of Glasgow) (1974–7)
- Colin T Dollery† (Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London) (1978–82)
- Alasdair M Breckenridge† (University of Liverpool) (1983–8)
- David G Grahame-Smith† (University of Oxford) (1988–95)
- Geoffrey T Tucker (University of Sheffield) (1995–2002)
- Jeffrey K Aronson (University of Oxford) (2003–7)
- James M Ritter (King's College London) (2008–14)
- Adam F Cohen (Leiden University) (2015–19)
†Deceased
Abstracting and indexing
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 3.0, ranking it 138th out of 352 journals in the category Pharmacology & Pharmacy.[4]
References
- ^ "Clinical Pharmacology in the UK, c. 1950-2000: Influences and institutions | The History of Modern Biomedicine". histmodbiomed.history.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
- ^ Aronson, J. K. (January 2004). "On Being 30". British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 57 (1): 1–5. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2125.2004.02048.x. ISSN 0306-5251. PMC 1884412.
- ^ Cremers, Serge; Tucker, Geoffrey T.; Aronson, Jeffrey K.; Ritter, James M.; Cohen, Adam F. (2024). "The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology: The first 50 years". British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 90 (1): 4–11. doi:10.1111/bcp.15952. ISSN 1365-2125.
- ^ Journal Citation Reports (2025). "British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology".