Journal History
| 2004 | The inaugural issue was released. Pharmaceuticals was published as a biannual journal. |
| 2009 | Pharmaceuticals resumed publishing and adopted a quarterly publication schedule. |
| 2013 | Pharmaceuticals was indexed in PubMed - NCBI. |
| 2014 | Pharmaceuticals was indexed in Scopus - Elsevier. |
| 2015 | Pharmaceuticals organized the 1st International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, held on Sciforum. |
| 2016 | Pharmaceuticals organized the 2nd International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, held on Sciforum. Pharmaceuticals announced the first edition of the Travel award. |
| 2017 | Pharmaceuticals was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Pharmaceuticals organized the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, held on Sciforum. Pharmaceuticals announced the second edition of the Travel award. |
| 2018 | Pharmaceuticals organized the 4th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, held on Sciforum. Pharmaceuticals announced the third edition of the Travel award. |
| 2019 | Pharmaceuticals was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) - Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). Pharmaceuticals organized the 5th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, held on Sciforum. Pharmaceuticals announced the fourth edition of the Travel award. |
| 2020 |
Pharmaceuticals received its first Impact Factor (4.286).
Pharmaceuticals organized the 6th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, held on Sciforum. |
| 2021 | Pharmaceuticals organized the 7th International Electronic Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, held on Sciforum. Pharmaceuticals received its second Impact Factor (5.863). Pharmaceuticals received its second CiteScore (2020) of 4.6, ranked 9th out of 63 titles (Q1) in "Chemistry, Medicinal" and 37th out of 295 (Q1) in "Pharmacology & Pharmacy". |
| 2022 | Pharmaceuticals announced the first edition of the Young Investigator award. Pharmaceuticals announced the first edition of the Best PhD Thesis award. Pharmaceuticals received its third Impact Factor (5.215). Pharmaceuticals received its third CiteScore (2021) of 4.0, ranked 69th out of 279 (Q1) in “Pharmacology & Pharmacy” and 16th out of 63 titles (Q2) in “Chemistry, Medicinal”. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2010–2015 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Derek J. McPhee |
| 2015–2022 | Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde |
| 2022–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Amélia Pilar Rauter |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–2021 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Félix Carvalho for the section on Pharmacology |
| 2020–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Amélia Pilar Rauter for the section on Biopharmaceuticals |
| 2020–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Serge Mordon for the section on Pharmaceutical Technology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Alfredo Berzal-Herranz for the section on Biopharmaceuticals Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gill Diamond for the section on Biopharmaceuticals Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mary J. Meegan for the section on Medicinal Chemistry |
| 2021–present |
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Irina Velikyan for the section on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gary J. Stephens for the section on Pharmacology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Daniela De Vita for the section on Natural Products |
