Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Toxicol. Sci Language English Publication history 1981–present | Edited by Gary W. Miller | |
Publisher Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology | ||
Toxicological Sciences is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which covers all aspects of research on toxicology. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology. It was established in 1981 as Fundamental and Applied Toxicology and obtained its current name in 1998. The current editor-in-chief is Gary W. Miller, a professor at Emory University, and the Managing Editor is Virginia F. Hawkins. The editorial staff also includes Associate Editors in subject areas and an Editorial Board of topic experts. While its official abbreviation is Toxicol. Sci. it is commonly referred to as ToxSci.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, CAB International, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents, EMBASE, Health & Safety Science Abstracts, Science Citation Index, and Toxicology Abstracts.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 3.854, ranking it 11th out of 87 journals in the category "Toxicology".