2011 witnessed another record year of new manuscript submissions to Pharmaceutical Development and Technology. Our rejection rate also increased as we slightly elevated our acceptance criteria with greater emphasis on true novelty of manuscript content. Our 2010 impact factor increased from 0.895 to 1.170. The journal’s website (http://informahealthcare.com/phd) experienced nearly 220,000 page views and nearly 26,000 page downloads in 2011. Since the large majority of our readers are industrial scientists who do not publish as much as academic scientists, we pay as much or more attention to the number of page views and downloads as we do to the impact factor.
Here are the top ten most downloaded papers published in PDT:
Qin, W, Tong, T, Whitesell, G, 1998: In Situ Salt Screening—A Useful Technique for Discovery Support and Preformulation Studies
Waterman, KC, Adami, RC, Alsante, KM, Hong, J, Landis, MS, Lombardo, F, Roberts, CJ, 2002: Stabilization of Pharmaceuticals to Oxidative Degradation
Murdande, SB, Pikal, MJ, Shanker, RM, Bogner, RH, 2011: Aqueous Solubility of Crystalline and Amorphous Drugs: Challenges in Measurement
Bhatnager, BS, Bogner, RH, Pikal, MJ, 2007: Protein Stability During Freezing: Separation of Stresses and Mechanisms of Protein Stabilization
Sacha, GA, Saffell-Clemmer, W, Abram, K, Akers, MJ, 2010: Practical Fundamentals of Glass, Rubber, and Plastic Sterile Packaging Systems
Liu, J, 2006: Physical Characterization of Pharmaceutical Formulations in Frozen and Freeze-Dried Solid States: Techniques and Applications in Freeze-Drying Development
Payne, RW, Murphy, BM, Manning, MC, 2011: Product Development Issues for PEGlylated Proteins
Schwegman, JJ, Hardwick, LM, Akers, MJ, 2005: Practical Formulation and Process Development of Freeze-Dried Products
Ennis, RD, Pritchard, R, Nakamura, C, Coulon, M, Yang, T, Visor, GC, Lee, WA, 2001: Glass Vials for Small Volume Parenterals: Influence of Drug and Manufacturing Processes on Glass Delamination
Palm, T, Esfandiary, R, Gandhi, R, 2011: The Effect of PEGylation on the Stabiity of Small Therapeutic Protein
2012 marks the 17th year of publication of PDT issues and the 13th year that I have served as editor. I retired from Baxter at the end of 2011 yet plan to continue as editor of PDT at least through 2012.
One long-time editorial advisory board (EAB) member cycled off the board at the end of 2011. Dr. Takashi Sonobe of Miyagi University in Japan has stepped down and we shall miss his support and influence. I publicly thank him for his years of service and friendship.
One new pharmaceutical scientist, Dr. Rouslan Moustafine, joined the EAB in 2011. Dr. Moustafine is Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical, Analytical and Toxicological Chemistry at Kazan State Medical University in Tatarstan, Russian Federation. Dr. Moustafine’s pioneering research is focused on the synthesis of new interpolyelectrolyte complexes (IPECs) with Eudragit® copolymers and applying them as new carriers in oral advanced drug delivery systems. He recently was the recipient of the Distinguished Award “The Calling”, which is presented to the best scientists in the medical and pharmaceutical fields that have been supported by the Russian Ministry of Public Health and Social Development of Russia. He is a graduate of the State Medical University of Kazan pharmaceutics program and earned his Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Technology from the Sechenov’s Moscow State Medical Academy.
As I write every year, a research journal is only as good as the scientists who serve as peer referees for evaluating submitted manuscripts. I wish to thank sincerely all those whose names are listed on the following 2011 referee acknowledgement pages. Their efforts have ensured that only the best manuscripts are eventually published, evidenced by the fact that less than 30% of all manuscripts submitted over the past year were eventually accepted for publication. These scientists and especially those who serve on the EAB are appreciated so much for their time and efforts in reviewing manuscripts.