European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Elsevier BV · NL · ISSN 09280987
SJR Q1Open accessDOAJ
What the numbers say
Publication volume tightened while average citedness edged up.
Output shrank while citation impact rose. If you prioritise visibility per paper, this trend is relevant to your choice. Field-weighted citation impact moved from 1.89 to 1.91. Expect modestly higher average attention for articles here than in many places. RNA Interference and Gene Delivery rose from 2.0% to 5.4% of what the journal runs. Consider submitting RNA interference work when seeking topical fit. Gold open access accounts for 100.0%. Be prepared for article processing charges typical of full open access venues.
Citation metrics
SJR quartile
Q1
SJR score
0.95
Citations / doc (2y)
5.82
h-index
184
Based on the Scopus and OpenAlex citation graphs. We do not provide Clarivate’s JCR Impact Factor.
Output and citation impact
Whether citation performance keeps up as output grows.
PapersField-weighted impact
2018
457
1.89
2019
381
1.99
2020
398
1.87
2021
348
1.83
2022
232
1.93
2023
282
2.23
2024
292
2.17
2025
400
1.91
Topic shift
Share in the last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) versus the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
Rising
- RNA Interference and Gene Delivery2.0%→5.4%+3.4%pPrevNow
- Protein purification and stability2.4%→5.7%+3.3%pPrevNow
- Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior0.0%→3.2%+3.2%pPrevNow
- Crystallization and Solubility Studies0.0%→2.1%+2.1%pPrevNow
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens0.0%→2.1%+2.1%pPrevNow
Falling
- Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems19.4%→15.7%−3.7%pPrevNow
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy2.8%→0.0%−2.8%pPrevNow
- Diabetes Treatment and Management2.8%→0.0%−2.8%pPrevNow
- Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies2.4%→0.0%−2.4%pPrevNow
- Extracellular vesicles in disease2.4%→0.0%−2.4%pPrevNow
Terms appearing more often
Wording in recent paper titles that stands out against the journal's own baseline.
biopharmaceuticalfenofibrate
Author countries
Last 24 months (2024-09 – 2026-08) against the previous 24 (2022-09 – 2024-08).
- CN41.3%→23.0%−18.3%pPrevNow
- DE12.0%→21.1%+9.1%pPrevNow
- US15.1%→15.4%+0.3%pPrevNow
- FI7.2%→9.5%+2.3%pPrevNow
- GB5.5%→9.1%+3.5%pPrevNow
- HU0.0%→7.8%+7.8%pPrevNow
Top 5 institutions
Top 5 institutions publishing in this journal, 2018 – 2026.
Recently published
20The 20 most recent papers — not the full list.
1
Article2026
Quantitative image analysis reveals the benefits of dapagliflozin on glomerulosclerosis, podocyte effacement and kidney fibrosis in the SDT fatty rat model of diabetic nephropathyFrançois Briand*, Estelle Grasset, Masami Shinohara, Luiz Cordeiro, Virgile Richard, Nicole Endlich, Tim Endlich, Li Chen, Mathieu Petitjean, Thomas de Bel, Thierry Sulpice
OANephrologyMedicine
2
Article2026
Cytotoxic crosslinker-loaded indocyanine green nanoparticle for near-infrared fluorescence imaging-guided chemo-photothermal eradication of triple-negative breast cancerYanan Li, Zijun Qiu, Juan Yu, Susu Yan, Aishan Lin, Zhifang Wu*, Yichao Chai*
OABiomedical EngineeringEngineering
3
Article2026
Targeted polymeric nanoparticles enable epithelial translocation of PROTACs and preserve intracellular protein degradation activitySarah Vogel-Kindgen, Jonas Schreiner, Fabian Klos, Justus Peters, Stefanie Gier, Maike Windbergs*
OAMolecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
4
5
Article2026
The effect of pH stability and aqueous solubility on the oral bioavailability of a novel antileishmanial agentMaria Rincon Nigro, Tolulope Adebusuyi, Manvir Kaur, Huan Xie, Jing Ma, Omonike Olaleye, Dong Liang*
OAPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine
6
Article2026
Ethnopharmacobotanical investigation of plants used for respiratory disorders in Transylvania, RomaniaNóra Papp, Rita Filep*, Dóra Czégényi, Edit Ormai, Tamás Ollmann, Tibor Rák, Bianka Böröcz, Viktória Lilla Balázs, Tünde Dénes, Sámuel Gergely Bartha, Erzsébet Varga
OAPlant ScienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences
7
Article2026
Redox-responsive oral drug delivery systems for inflammatory bowel disease: Analytical challenges, design strategies, and translational outlookBhargav Mahabaleshwara Hegde, Rashmi N G*
OAPharmaceutical SciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
8
Article2026
Metabolic fate and oral dosing feasibility of the formyl peptide receptor 2 agonist WKYMVm: An integrated analytical and kinetic modeling approachSeongsoo Lee*, Seungah Yang, Wonseok Hu, Yoo‐Seong Jeong, Yoe‐Sik Bae, Wooin Lee*
OACellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeuroscience
9
Article2026
Structure and process relationships in extruded polymer systems: Solid-state remodeling of oxymetazolineAna Luiza Lima, Guilherme M. Gelfuso, Taís Gratieri, Livia L. Sá-Barreto, Ricardo N. Marreto, Marcelo H. Sousa, Idejan P. Gross, Marcilio Cunha-Filho*
OAPolymers and PlasticsMaterials Science
10
Article2026
Impact of gamma irradiation and ethylene oxide sterilisation on the stability of crystalline and amorphous drug solidsMohamed Elkhashab, Ziad Sartawi, Denis Lynch, Sonja Vucen, Abina Crean*
OAPharmaceutical SciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
11
Article2026
Synergistic impact of 3D multicellular architecture and capillary-like flow on intestinal drug permeabilitySofia Dias, Sofia Costa, Sofia Barros, Catarina Leite Pereira*, B Sarmento
OABiomedical EngineeringEngineering
12
Article2026
H₂O₂-induced oxidative stress modulates methotrexate and dexamethasone-dependent regulation of NLRP3-associated transcription and HLA class I expression in primary human RPE cellsZahra Souri, Mohammad Malekahmadi
OABiochemistryBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
13
Article2026
Engineering piroxicam crystals with targeted morphologies and polymorphs using organic additives: A comprehensive study of tablet performance and molecular mechanismsMaoyuan Liu, Xian Sun, Guangyue Li, Fumin Xue*, Shuai Yu*
OAPharmaceutical SciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
14
Article2026
A structure-derived compositional framework for interpreting membrane permeability via relative interaction balanceKen Yoshioka*
OAComputational Theory and MathematicsComputer Science
15
Article2026
Selective Nanomolar Inhibitors of Carbonic Anhydrases IX and XII: Coumarin Aminophosphonates as Potential Anticancer AgentsManuela Voráčová, Elena Andreucci, Lucia Magnelli, Alessio Biagioni, Marija Skvorcova, Ashenafi Legehar, Henri Xhaard, Fabrizio Carta, Paula Kiuru*
OAMolecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
16
Article2026
Special Issue on the 10th BBBB Conference on Pharmaceutical SciencesKarin Kogermann*, Ivo Laidmäe, Andrea Heinz, Petra Kocbek
OAComputational Theory and MathematicsComputer Science
17
Article2026
Corrigendum to “Pulmonary Delivery of siRNA Lipoplexes and Lipid Nanoparticles using a Vibrating Mesh Nebuliser” [European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 107386 216(2026)]M Neary, Lianne M. Mulder, Ciaran O. Leime, Ronan MacLoughlin, Brunella Grassiri, Łukasz Baranowski, Piotr S. Kowalski, Abina M. Crean, Katie B. Ryan
OAPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine
18
Article2026
Mirtazapine identified as a preventive agent against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity: Integrating in silico, in vitro, and in vivo analysesAyaka Hase, Kenji Ikemura*, Manami Ueno, Yuhi Horii, Saaya Azuta, Eri Wakai, Akihide Kobayashi, Fumihiro Yamane, Masahiro Okuda
OAPathology and Forensic MedicineMedicine
19
Article2026
European science for health research needs and prioritiesMareike Lutz, Tessa Moleman, Hubert G.M. Leufkens*
OAHealth InformaticsMedicine
20
Article2026
Determinants of simulated dissolution profile similarity (f2): Interactions of Z-factor, particle size, dose, solubility, and diffusivityAyşe Nur Oktay, Diego Véliz-Otani, James Polli*
OAMaterials ChemistryMaterials Science
Most cited
20Top 20 most cited, 2018 – 2026.
1
ReviewCitations 5452021
Antimicrobial resistance: Prevalence, economic burden, mechanisms of resistance and strategies to overcomeThiruchelvi Pulingam, Thaigarajan Parumasivam*, Amirah Mohd Gazzali, Azlinah Mohd Sulaiman, Jiun Yee Chee, Manoj Lakshmanan, Chai Fung Chin, Kumar Sudesh*
OAMolecular MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
2
ArticleCitations 4092019
Interpreting non-linear drug diffusion data: Utilizing Korsmeyer-Peppas model to study drug release from liposomesIren Yeeling Wu, Sonali Bala, Nataša Škalko‐Basnet, Massimiliano Pio di Cagno*
OAMolecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
3
ReviewCitations 3912019
Autophagy as a molecular target for cancer treatmentNur Mehpare Kocatürk, Yunus Akkoç, Cenk Kığ, Oznur Bayraktar, Devrim Gözüaçık, Özlem Kutlu*
OAEpidemiologyMedicine
4
ReviewCitations 3672020
Nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems for controllable photodynamic cancer therapyYilin Zheng, Ziying Li, Haijun Chen, Yu Gao*
Biomedical EngineeringEngineering
5
ReviewCitations 3672019
The mechanisms of pharmacokinetic food-drug interactions – A perspective from the UNGAP groupMirko Koziolek, Stefano Alcaro, Patrick Augustijns, Abdul W. Basit, Michael Grimm, Bart Hens, Caroline L. Hoad, Philipp Jedamzik, Christine M. Madla, Marc Maliepaard, Luca Marciani, Annalisa Maruca, Neil Parrott, Petr Pávek, Christopher J. H. Porter, Christos Reppas, Diana A. van Riet‐Nales, Jari Rubbens, Marina Statelova, Natalie L. Trevaskis, Kateřina Valentová, Maria Vertzoni, Dubravka Vitali Čepo, Maura Corsetti*
OAPharmacologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
6
ReviewCitations 3572019
Successful oral delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs both depends on the intraluminal behavior of drugs and of appropriate advanced drug delivery systemsBen J. Boyd, Christel A. S. Bergström, Zahari Vinarov, Martin Kuentz, Joachim Brouwers, Patrick Augustijns, Martin Brandl, Andreas Bernkop‐Schnürch, Neha Shrestha, Véronique Préat, Anette Müllertz, Annette Bauer‐Brandl, Vincent Jannin*
OAPharmaceutical SciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
7
ReviewCitations 3362018
Spray drying of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals: Critical parameters and experimental process optimization approachesAhmad Ziaee, Ahmad B. Albadarin, Luís Padrela, Tim Femmer, Emmet O’Reilly*, Gavin Walker
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine
8
ReviewCitations 3272021
Impact of gastrointestinal tract variability on oral drug absorption and pharmacokinetics: An UNGAP reviewZahari Vinarov, Mohammad Abdallah, José A. G. Agúndez, Karel Allegaert, Abdul W. Basit, Marlies Braeckmans, Jens Ceulemans, Maura Corsetti, Brendan T. Griffin, Michael Grimm, Dániel Keszthelyi, Mirko Koziolek, Christine M. Madla, Christophe Matthys, Laura E. McCoubrey, Amitava Mitra, Christos Reppas, Jef Stappaerts, Nele Steenackers, Natalie L. Trevaskis, Tim Vanuytsel, Maria Vertzoni, Werner Weitschies, Clive Wilson, Patrick Augustijns*
OAPharmaceutical SciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
9
ReviewCitations 2952020
Impact of gastrointestinal physiology on drug absorption in special populations––An UNGAP reviewCordula Stillhart, Katarina Vučićević, Patrick Augustijns, Abdul W. Basit, Hannah Batchelor, Talia Flanagan, Ina Gesquiere, Rick Greupink, Dániel Keszthelyi, Mikko Koskinen, Christine M. Madla, Christophe Matthys, Goran Miljuš, Miriam G. Mooij, Neil Parrott, Anna‐Lena Ungell, Saskia N. de Wildt, Mine Orlu, Sandra Klein, Anette Müllertz*
OASurgeryMedicine
10
ReviewCitations 2772018
Chitosan-based nanosystems and their exploited antimicrobial activityDiego Romano Perinelli, Laura Fagioli, Raffaella Campana, Jenny K.W. Lam, Wally Baffone, Giovanni Filippo Palmieri, Luca Casettari, Giulia Bonacucina*
OABiomaterialsMaterials Science
11
ArticleCitations 2502019
Digital light processing (DLP) 3D-printing technology and photoreactive polymers in fabrication of modified-release tabletsHossam Kadry, Soham Wadnap, Changxue Xu, Fakhrul Ahsan*
Biomedical EngineeringEngineering
12
ArticleCitations 2352020
A molecular docking study repurposes FDA approved iron oxide nanoparticles to treat and control COVID-19 infectionYasmin Abo‐zeid*, Nasser S. M. Ismail, Gary R. McLean, Nadia Μ. Hamdy
OAInfectious DiseasesMedicine
13
ReviewCitations 2182020
An insight into the therapeutic applications of coumarin compounds and their mechanisms of actionSourbh Suren Garg, Jeena Gupta, Shikha Sharma, Debasis Sahu*
Organic ChemistryChemistry
14
ReviewCitations 2132019
Impact of regional differences along the gastrointestinal tract of healthy adults on oral drug absorption: An UNGAP reviewMaria Vertzoni*, Patrick Augustijns, Michael Grimm, Mirko Koziolek, Glenn Lemmens, Neil Parrott, Christina Pentafragka, Christos Reppas, Jari Rubbens, Jens Van Den Αbeele, Tim Vanuytsel, Werner Weitschies, Clive Wilson*
OAPharmaceutical SciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
15
ReviewCitations 2122022
CADD, AI and ML in drug discovery: A comprehensive reviewDivya Vemula*, Perka Jayasurya, Varthiya Sushmitha, Yethirajula Naveen Kumar, Vasundhra Bhandari
OAComputational Theory and MathematicsComputer Science
16
ArticleCitations 1982021
Efficacy and safety of ciprofol for the sedation/anesthesia in patients undergoing colonoscopy: Phase IIa and IIb multi-center clinical trialsYi Teng, Mengchan Ou, Xiao Wang, Wensheng Zhang, Xiao Liu, Yong Liang, Kuixiang Li, Yaping Wang, Wen Ouyang, Hao Weng, Junmin Li, Shanglong Yao, Meng Jin-hai, Wangning Shangguan, Yunxia Zuo, Tao Zhu, Bin Liu, Jin Liu*
OAAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineMedicine
17
ArticleCitations 1932018
A 3D printed bilayer oral solid dosage form combining metformin for prolonged and glimepiride for immediate drug deliveryChristos I. Gioumouxouzis, Apostolos Baklavaridis, Orestis L. Katsamenis, Catherine K. Markopoulou, Nikolaos Bouropoulos, Dimitrios Tzetzis, Dimitrios G. Fatouros*
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18
ArticleCitations 1932020
Curcumin loaded nanostructured lipid carriers for enhanced skin retained topical delivery: optimization, scale-up, in-vitro characterization and assessment of ex-vivo skin depositionVamshi Krishna Rapalli, Vedhant Kaul, Tejashree Waghule, Srividya Gorantla, Swati Sharma, Aniruddha Roy, Sunil Kumar Dubey, Gautam Singhvi*
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19
ReviewCitations 1922018
Drug permeability profiling using cell-free permeation tools: Overview and applicationsPhilippe Berben, Annette Bauer‐Brandl, Martin Brandl, Bernard Faller, Gøril Eide Flaten, Ann-Christin Jacobsen, Joachim Brouwers, Patrick Augustijns*
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