Welcome to 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 2020): equivalent Impact Factor (eIF) = 5.1; SJR = 1.262. Ranked 102 of 297 pharmacology journals worldwide (based on eIF) and ranked 76 of 793 of all general medicine 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

Granulocyte and monocyte/macrophage apheresis for the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory arthropathies: case reports

Ana Victoria Carro Martínez, Lydia Montolio Chiva, Montserrat Robustillo Villarino

Articles 2021

New and emerging lipid-modifying drugs to lower LDL cholesterol

Constantine E Kosmas, Dafni Pantou, Andreas Sourlas, Evangelia J Papakonstantinou, Rogers Echavarria Uceta, Eliscer Guzman

Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and breast cancer: a systematic review of current evidence on diagnosis, treatment and prognosis

Ludovica Mollica, Claudia Leli, Silvia Puglisi, Silvia Sardi, Federico Sottotetti

Impact of opioid-induced constipation on opioid substitution therapy management: the patient perspective

Fabio Lugoboni, Genevieve Hall, Vivek Banerji

A review of conventional and sustained-release formulations of oral natural micronized progesterone in obstetric indications

Girija Narendrakumar Wagh, KM Kundavi Shankar, Sumitra Bachani

Dermatology: how to manage acne vulgaris

Alexander KC Leung, Benjamin Barankin, Joseph M Lam, Kin Fon Leong, Kam Lun Hon