About this journal

Aims and scope

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (formerly known as Southern Med Review) is an Open Access peer-reviewed journal that provides a platform for researchers to disseminate empirical research findings with the aim that people everywhere have access to the medicines they need and be able to use them rationally.

The Journal encompasses all aspects of pharmacy including clinical, social, administration, and economics. It also covers pharmaceutical aspects of healthcare policy, providing a platform to researchers, academics and practitioners from around the world to share evidence, concerns and perspectives on pharmacy systems, management, ethics, and financial analysis.

The journal welcomes for consideration the following types of article: research article, letter to the Editor, review, article commentary, comment, policy analysis, short report, study protocol. All articles received by the Journal will be subject to double-anonymous peer review.

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Journal History

In December 2008, Southern Med Review was started by Prof. Zaheer Babar to promote pharmaceutical policy research at a global level. The journal has been unique in publishing the work of new researchers, documenting the pharmaceutical situation of low- and middle-income countries and debating pertinent pharmaceutical policy questions. The journal's work has been recognized at a global level and, according to WHO, it fulfilled a global need. The journal is indexed in Scopus, EMBASE and PubMed Central and in 2013 was relaunched under its new title,  Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice.

Archival content

An electronic archive of content under the journal's previous name Southern Med Review Volumes 2-5 (2009-2012) can be found on PubMed Central.

About the Editor

Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar is Professor in Medicines and Healthcare at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom.

He is globally recognized for his research in pharmaceutical policy and practice, including the quality use of medicines, clinical pharmacy practice, access to medicines and issues related to pharmacoeconomics. Previously he was the Head of Pharmacy Practice at School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand. A pharmacist by training and holding a Ph.D. in pharmacy practice, Prof. Babar is the recipient of prestigious “Research Excellence Award” from the University of Auckland.

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 8K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 3.3 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 3.7 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 4.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 0.986 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.740 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 35 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 52 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 29 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 53% acceptance rate

Editorial board

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Zaheer Babar - Professor in Medicines and Healthcare, Department of Pharmacy, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England, UK

   

JOURNAL EDITORIAL OFFICE

[email protected]

   

SECTION EDITORS

Andy Gray - Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Discipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

Muhammad Abdul Hadi - Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice, College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Qatar

Helle Håkonsen - Associate Professor in Social Pharmacy, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Rabia Hussain - Senior Lecturer, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Najmeh Moradi - Research Associate in Health Economics, Health Economics Group, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK

Shane L. Scahill - Head of School and Associate Professor in Pharmacy Management, School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Shusen Sun - Clinical Professor in Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Western New England University, Springfield, MA, USA

Sabine Vogler - Head of the Pharmacoeconomics Department, Gesundheit Österreich GmbH (GÖG / Austrian National Public Health Institute), Vienna, Austria

   

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

Eskinder Eshetu Ali - Assistant Professor of Social and Administrative Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Fahmida Aslam - Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland 

Nur Liyana Binti Zainal Bahrin - Senior Principal Assistant Director, Pharmaceutical Services Division, Ministry of Health, Malaysia

Gizem Gülpınar - Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

Nirmala Jagan - Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Department, Hospital Sultan Idris Shah, Selangor, Malaysia

Mahmathi Karuppannan - Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia

Rahela Ambaras Khan - Head of Pharmacotherapy Services, Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  

Pradeep Lukka - Associate Director, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, ML, USA

Jaya Muneswarao - Clinical Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Hospital Pulau Pinang, George Town, Penang, Malaysia

Aliki Peletidi - Assistant Professor in Clinical Pharmacy Practice, Pharmacy Programme Coordinator, Department of Health Sciences, School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus; Visiting Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK 

Danya Qato - Associate Professor of Practice, Sciences, and Health Outcomes Research, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

Shazia Rehman - The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China 

Nadeem Zia - CEO, Nadeem Zia Consulting INC, Surrey, BC, Canada 

   

INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Yousaf Ahmad - Chief Pharmacist and Director of Medicines Optimisation, NHS Frimley, Windsor, England, UK

Raid Alany - Chair in Pharmaceutical Formulation and Drug Delivery, School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, UK

Anna Birna B. Almarsdóttir - Professor in Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Muhammad Majid Aziz - Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Darrin Baines - Professor of Health Economics, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, England, UK

Douglas Ball - Consultant in Public Health Pharmacy, Ornex, France

Karen Bissell - Senior Lecturer, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Nadeem Irfan I Bukhari - Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Qarshi University, Lahore, Pakistan

Nadia Bukhari - Associate Professor of Practice & Policy, School of Pharmacy, University College London, London, England, UK

Suzete Costa - Executive Director & Senior Research Director, Institute for Evidence-Based Health (ISBE), Lisbon, Portugal

Faris El-Dahiyat - Professor, College of Pharmacy, Al Ain University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates 

Margaret Ewen - Senior Projects Manager (Pricing), Health Action International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Yu Fang - Professor in Pharmaceutical Administration and Pharmacoeconomics, School of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Sanjay Garg - Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaida, SA, Australia

Radi Haloub - Associate Professor of Biotech and Pharmaceutical Management, Global Business School for Health, Faculty of Population Health, University College London (UCL), London, England, UK

Anwarul-Hassan Gilani - Chairman, Pakistan Council for Science & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Azhar Hussain - Professor of Practice, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pak Austria Fachhochschule, Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Mang Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Shazia Q. Jamshed - Associate Professor Clinical Pharmacy/Pharmacy Practice, Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Adjunct Professor, Shifa College of Pharmacy, Shifa Tameer-Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan

Anita Kotwani - Professor (retired), V. P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Richard Laing - Retired Professor of Global Public Health, Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

Aukje Mantel-Teeuwisse - Professor of Phramacy and Global Health, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology & Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Nadia Al Mazrouei - Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, Pharmacy College, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim - Professor of Social & Administrative Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy and Practice, College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

Huseyin Naci - Associate Professor in Health Policy, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England, UK

Sania Nishtar - Founder, Heartfile, Islamabad, Pakistan

Nisar Ur Rahman - Professor of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS Institute of Information and Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Huma Rasheed - Assistant Professor (Pharmaceutics), Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore Pakistan 

Dennis Ross-Degnan - Associate Professor, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, East Boston, MA, USA

Budiono Santoso - Independent Consultant in Medicine Policy, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Kritsanee Saramunee - Associate Professor in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, MahaSaraKham University, Maha Sarakham, Thailand

Ali Seyfoddin - Professor of Bio-Pharmaceutics, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand

Salman Sharif - Laboratory Coordinator, National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

Chaoncin Sooksriwong - Associate Professor in Social Administrative Pharmacy and Healthcare, Faculty of Pharmacy, Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand

Fatima Suleman - Professor, School of Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

David Tordrup - Doctoral Researcher, WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulation, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Agnes Vitry - Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Anita Katharina Wagner - Associate Professor of Population Medicine; Director, Ethics Program, Point32Health; Co-Director, HMS Fellowship in Health Policy and Insurance Research; Co-Director, Center for Cancer Policy and Program Evaluation; Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA

Albert Wertheimer - Professor, Department of Sociobehavioral and Administrative Pharmacy, NSU University, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Amanda Wheeler - Professor of Mental Health, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, QLD, Australia; Honorary Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Veronika J. Wirtz - Professor, Department of GLobal Health, Boston University School of Public Health; Director, World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Pharmaceutical Policy, Boston, MA, USA 

   



  Updated 19 July 2024

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice is abstracted and indexed in the following databases:

BFI List, CAB Abstracts, CNKIChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) – GeOA, DOAJ, Dimensions, EBSCO Academic Search, EBSCO Discovery Service, EMBASE, Emerging Sources Citation Index, Gale, Google Scholar, International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, National Library of New Zealand, Naver, OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Health & Medical Collection, ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Database, ProQuest Pharma Collection, ProQuest-Ex Libris Primo, ProQuest-Ex Libris Summon, PubMed Central, Reaxys, SCImago, Scopus, TD Net Discovery Service, UGC-CARE List (India), WHO's Essential Medicines Documentation Database

Open access

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

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  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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