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

Hypophosphataemia, fibroblast growth factor 23 and third-generation intravenous iron compounds: a narrative review

Xenophon Kassianides BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCP(UK), Sunil Bhandari MBChB, MRCP, FRCP, PhD, M Clin Edu, FHEA

Articles 2021

Current therapeutic strategies in connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease: introduction to the special issue

Gian Luca Erre MD, PhD, Arduino Aleksander Mangoni MD

Efficacy of cyclophosphamide in treating connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung diseases

Valeria Nucera MD, Elisabetta Gerratana MD, Manuela Giallanza MD, Laura La Corte MD, Donatella Sangari MD, Fabiola Atzeni MD, PhD

Efficacy and safety of mycophenolate mofetil in the treatment of rheumatic disease-related interstitial lung disease: a narrative review

Giulia Cassone MD, PhD, Marco Sebastiani MD, Caterina Vacchi MD, PhD, Gian Luca Erre MD, Carlo Salvarani MD, Andreina Manfredi MD, PhD

Efficacy and safety of rituximab in the treatment of connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease

Caterina Vacchi PhD, Andreina Manfredi MD, Giulia Cassone PhD, Gian Luca Erre MD, Carlo Salvarani MD, Marco Sebastiani MD

Antifibrotic drugs in connective tissue disease-related interstitial lung disease (CTD-ILD): from mechanistic insights to therapeutic applications

Gian Luca Erre MD, PhD, Marco Sebastiani PhD, Andreina Manfredi MD, Elisabetta Gerratana MD, Fabiola Atzeni MD, Giuseppe Passiu MD, Arduino A Mangoni MD