About this journal
Aims and scope
Patient Preference and Adherence is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that focuses on the growing importance of patient preference and adherence throughout the therapeutic continuum. The role that patient satisfaction plays in developing new therapeutic modalities and compounds to optimize clinical outcomes for existing disease states is the major area of interest for the journal.
The journal is characterized by the rapid reporting of original research, reviews, and clinical studies across all therapeutic areas.
Patient Preference and Adherence will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication.
Specific topics covered by the journal include:
- Patient satisfaction
- Treatment acceptability
- Treatment compliance
- Quality of life
- Health management modeling
The journal will consider case reports and study protocols only if they make a valuable and original contribution to the literature. Basic research and animal-based studies are not suitable for this journal.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 430K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 2.0 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.4 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.6 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.914 (2023) SNIP
- 0.647 (2023) SJR
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor-in-Chief
Dr Johnny Chen, Surgery and Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, United States
Associate Editors-in-Chief
Dr Jongwha Chang, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, United States
Professor Reem Kayyali, Department of Pharmacy, School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom
Dr Michael Ortiz, St Vincent's Clinical School, School of Medicine, University of NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Professor Qizhi (Cathy) Yao, Department of Surgery, Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, United States
Editorial Board
Dr Ahmad R. Alsayed, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Applied Science Private University, Amman, Jordon
Professor Debi Bhattacharya, Behavioural Medicine, School of Allied Health Professions, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Professor Hayden Bosworth, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, Duke University Medical Center, NC,United States
Dr David Cella, Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Associate Director for Cancer Prevention and Control, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Professor Carlos De las Cuevas, Psychiatry, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain
Mr Mark Duman, MD Healthcare and Patient Information Forum, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. Alfio Ferlito, Coordinator of the International Head and Neck Scientific Group, Padua, Italy
Professor Eva Kahana, Sociology, Humanities, Nursing & Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, United States
Dr Ian Kellar, School of Psychology, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Dr Faiz Kermani, Ophthalmology, Global Product Development Medical Affairs (PDMA), F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Switzerland
Professor Janet Krska, Medway School of Pharmacy, The Universities of Greenwich and Kent, United Kingdom
Dr Luis Lizan, Department of Medicine, Jaume I University, Castellon, Spain
Professor Charles Morecroft, Pharmacy Education and Professional Practice, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
Dr Faustino Ram Perez-Lopez, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Zaragoza Hospital Clínico, Zaragoza, Spain
Mr Graham Prestwich, Yorkshire and Humber Academic Health Science Network, United Kingdom
Professor Patrick Raue, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, United States
Dr Jaclyn Schwartz, Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, United States
Dr Madhukar H Trivedi, Psychiatry, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, United States
Prof. Dr. Liset van Dijk, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Dr Leah L Zullig, Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University Medical Center; Investigator, Durham VA HSR&D Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham, NC, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Patient Preference and Adherence is indexed/tracked/covered by the following services:
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
EMBASE (Elsevier)
Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
Pubmed (NLM)
PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)
Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)
Scopus (Elsevier)
Open access
Patient Preference and Adherence 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.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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News, offers and calls for papers
Calls for papers
- Advancing Medical Problem-Oriented Approaches in Infectious Disease Management
- Enhancing Medication Safety: Prioritizing Risk Management and Ensuring Safe Dispensing, Prescribing, Pharmacovigilance, and Patient Adherence
- “How are you taking your medication?” Communication and information about medicine use
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