Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Phytother. Res. Publisher John Wiley & Sons | Language English Publication history 1987-present | |
Discipline pharmacology, toxicology, natural products, phytotherapy, biochemistry Edited by Elizabeth M. Williamson, Angelo Izzo, Sung-Hoon Kim and Rajan Radhakrishnan | ||
Phytotherapy Research is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original research papers, short communications, reviews, and letters on medicinal plant research. Key areas of interest are pharmacology, toxicology, and the clinical applications of herbs and natural products in medicine, from case histories to full clinical trials, including studies of herb-drug interactions and other aspects of the safety of herbal medicines. Papers concerned with the effects of common food ingredients and standardised plant extracts, including commercial products, are particularly relevant, as are mechanistic studies on isolated natural products.
The editors-in-chief are Elizabeth M. Williamson (University of Reading), Angelo Izzo (University of Naples), Sung-Hoon Kim (Kyung Hee University) and Rajan Radhakrishnan (Roseman University of Health Sciences).
Impact factor
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.66, ranking it 25th out of 59 journals in the category "Chemistry, medicinal" and 105th out of 254 journals in the category "Pharmacology & Pharmacy".