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• http://www.nature.com/cpt
• Editor: Scott Waldman, MD, PhD, FCP
• Volume 83-84: 12 issues per year
• ISSN: 0009-9236
• EISSN: 1532-6535
• Impact factor : 8.033*
• Impact ranking: 7/205 Pharmacology & Pharmacy*
• Date Established: 1960
• Published on behalf of: Official journal of the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Aims and Scope:

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics is cross-disciplinary biomedical journal devoted to publishing the most exciting advances in pharmacology and therapeutics, as they pertain to advances in translational and clinical medicine. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics welcomes original articles, letters and brief communications in the emerging areas of translational, predictive and personalized medicine; new therapeutic modalites including gene and cell therapies; pharmacogenomics, proteomics and metabolomics; bioinformation and applied systems biology complementing the areas of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, human investigation and clinical trials; pharmacovigilence, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacometrics and population pharmacology. State-of-the-art reviews summarize the latest advances in the science underpinning drug discovery, development, regulation and utilization.

Readership:
Physicians, pharmacologists, pharmacists, nurses and research coordinators.

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics-breaking boundaries. The journal offers the most exciting advances in the field in the following formats:

• News and Views - the latest developments in the field. This section takes a closer look at the major issues and research developments that are making an impact in pharmacology.
• Perspectives - controversy and opinion on the latest findings.
• State of the Art - contributions summarize the latest advances in the science underpinning drug discovery, development, regulation and utilization.
• Original Research - high-quality, peer-reviewed articles focusing on advances in the nature, action, efficacy, and evaluation of pharmacology and therapeutics.
• Macroscopy - offers a broad opinion on critical issues facing clinical pharmacology and therapeutics in science, healthcare, policy and society.
• Discovery & Development -bench-to-bedside translation in therapeutics is presented in the context of clinical applications of basic pharmacology, discovery and translational medicine, and drug development.
• Regulation & Use - addresses issues transforming the practice of clinical pharmacology, including ethics, education and public policy.

What makes Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics stand apart from the crowd?

• Redesigned - with a new publisher, editor, editorial team, and content, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics remains devoted to publishing the most exciting advances in the field while expanding coverage to critical issues across the continuum of discovery, development, regulation and utilization in human therapeutics and introducing new content and format.
• Prestigious - the journal ranks in the top 3 percent of pharmacology journals and is recognized as one of the most prestigious journals in the field.
• Distinguished content - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics continues to break boundaries in the field of pharmacology and therapeutics. The following topics will be covered in 2008:
  • Women's health
  • Innovations in pharmacology
  • Addictions
  • Global health
  • Drug safety

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  *2007 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2008)