Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Drug Metab. Dispos. Edited by Edward T. Morgan | Language English Publication history 1973–present | |
Discipline Pharmacology, toxicology Publisher American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (United States) | ||
Drug Metabolism and Disposition is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the fields of pharmacology and toxicology. It was established in 1973 and is published monthly by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. The journal publishes articles on in vitro and in vivo studies of the metabolism, transport, and disposition of drugs and environmental chemicals, including the expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes and their regulation. As of 2011, the editor-in-chief is Edward T. Morgan (Emory University).
Contents
All issues are available online as PDFs, with text versions additionally available from 1997. Content from 1997 is available freely 12 months after publication.
History
Drug Metabolism and Disposition was established in 1973 by Kenneth C. Leibman. The initial frequency was bimonthly (six annual issues); it increased to monthly in 1995. The journal was published on behalf of the society by Williams & Wilkins until the end of 1996.
Abstracting and indexing
According to the Journal Citation Reports, Drug Metabolism and Disposition received a 2014 impact factor of 3.252, ranking it 68th out of 254 journals in the category Pharmacology & Pharmacy. The journal is abstracted and indexed in the following databases: