About Drugs in Context

Drugs in Context is an open access, peer-reviewed, continuous publication of international standing. It is a member of the Directory of Open Access Journals (https://doaj.org/). It is listed on PubMed and all articles are free-to-view/download immediately on PubMed Central.

Latest rankings (SJR/Scimago 2019): equivalent Impact Factor = 3.56. Q2 title; H index = 15; SJR = 0.848. Ranked 15 of 80 open access pharmacology journals worldwide (based on eIF). Ranked 71 of 326 of all pharmacology journals worldwide (based on eIF).

Articles: we publish high-quality, peer-reviewed original research papers and topical review articles covering the latest evidence and innovations in drug treatment across all therapeutic areas. Other article types are considered.

Peer review: we conduct single-blind external peer review on all manuscripts with comments from at least two peer reviewers. Our aim is to obtain a first editorial decision within 3 weeks of manuscript submission and online publication within 3 weeks of acceptance.

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Latest Article

Dabigatran, the oral anticoagulant of choice at discharge in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and COVID-19 infection: the ANIBAL* protocol

Teodoro Iturbe-Hernandez MD, Luis García de Guadiana Romualdo MD, Ignacio Gil Ortega MD, Antonio Martínez Francés MD, Olga Meca Birlanga MD, Juan José Cerezo-Manchado MD

Articles 2020

TAS-102 in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC): efficacy, tolerability, and quality of life in heavily pretreated elderly patients: a real-life study

Giuseppe Cicero MD PhD, Raffaele Addeo MD, Rossella De Luca PhD, Giuseppe Lo Re MD PhD, Leonardo Gulotta MD, Pierenrico Marchesa MD, Gaspare Gulotta MD PhD

Bempedoic acid for the treatment of dyslipidemia

Joel C Marrs PharmD, MPH, Sarah L Anderson PharmD

Mepolizumab: an alternative therapy for idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia with glucocorticoid intolerance

Adam Kisling MD, Jason Jones MD, Caleb Hixson DO FCAP, David Hostler MD MPH FACP, Jordanna Hostler MD FACP

Pharmacotherapy patterns in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation beginning treatment with linaclotide or lubiprostone in the United States

Arpita Nag PhD, Rebecca Bornheimer BA, Gerry Oster PhD

Cutaneous adverse events and quality of life in outpatients receiving anticancer agents: results from an observational, cross-sectional study

Hae-Jin Suh Oh MD, Ángeles Flórez Menéndez PhD, Víctor Sacristán Santos MD, Francisca Fernández Ribeiro PharmD, Lucía Vilanova-Trillo DNP, Manuel Constenla Figueiras PhD, Manuel Pereiro Ferreiros PhD