About this journal
Aims and scope
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs [ISSN 1354-3784]; [e-ISSN 1744-7658] is a MEDLINE-indexed, international subscription-based journal publishing rigorously peer-reviewed review articles and original papers on drugs in preclinical and early-stage clinical development, providing expert opinion on the scope for future development. Each article is structured to incorporate the author’s own expert opinion on the impact of the topic on research and clinical practice and the scope for future development.
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs address the needs of scientists, managers and decision-makers in the pharmaceutical industry, and others closely involved in R&D.
The Editors welcome:
- Reviews covering preclinical through to Phase II data on drugs or drug classes for specific indications, and their potential impact on future treatment strategies.
- Drug Evaluations reviewing the clinical and pharmacological data on a particular drug.
- Original Research papers reporting the results of clinical investigations on agents that are in Phase I and II clinical trials.
Please note that we do not consider case report or case series articles.
Comprehensive coverage in each review is complemented by the unique Expert Collection format and includes the following sections:
Expert Opinion – a personal view of the data presented in the article, a discussion on the developments that are likely to be important in the future, and the avenues of research likely to become exciting as further studies yield more detailed results;
Article Highlights – an executive summary of the author’s most critical points.
Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the Editorial Team, it will then be double-anonymous peer-reviewed by independent, expert referees.
Reach an international clinical and medical audience alongside other key option leaders in your field by publishing with Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, part of the Expert Collection brand.
For any pre-submission enquiries, please contact the Commissioning Editor.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 241K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 4.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 5.3 (2023) 5 year IF
- 10.0 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.983 (2023) SNIP
- 1.414 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 35 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 68 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 10 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 47% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
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. Naim Alkhouri, Texas Liver Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Dr. Jerry Colca, Kalamazoo Metabolic Research, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
Prof. Giuseppe Tonini, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Prof. Karl-Eric Andersson, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Prof. Wilbert Aronow, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
Prof. Guglielmo Borgia, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy
Dr. Martin Braddock, AstraZeneca, Loughborough, England, UK
Prof. Maria Luisa Brandi, Vita-Salute University at the San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Prof. Linda Cardozo, King's College London, London, England, UK
Prof. Thomas Ciulla, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
Prof. Mellar Davis, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH, USA
Prof. William Denny, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Nafsika Georgopapadakou, NHG LLC, Princeton, NJ, USA
Dr. Lars Grundemar, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Percy Ivy, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Prof. Michael Koutsilieris, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Prof. Renu Kowluru, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
Prof. Dimitri Mikhalidis, University College London, London, UK
Prof. Nouri Naemati, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Prof. Athanasios Papatsoris, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Prof. Athanasios Papavassiliou, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Prof. Godefridus J. Peters, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dr. Alessandro Rizzo, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Prof. Marwan N Sabbagh, Banner Sun Health Research Institute, Sun City, AZ, USA
Dr. Tomi Sawyer, Merck Research Laboratories, Boston, MA, USA
Prof. Nicola Silvestris, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Dr. Noel J Snell, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Dr. Guru Sonpavde, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
Prof. Christoph Stein, Charité Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Eleftherios Tsiridis, Imperial College, London, UK
Prof. László Vecsei, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Prof. Stephan von Haehling, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Dr. Robert Williams, Cancer Research, London, UK
Abstracting and indexing
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs
is included in the following abstracting and indexing services:Chemical Abstracts (CODEN: EOIDER); Current Contents/Life Sciences; EMBASE/Excerpta Medica; Index Medicus/Medline; ISI Alerting Services; Science Citations Index-Expanded.
Open access
Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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
News and offers
- Discuss your submission with the Commissioning Editor, Ryan Gilroy
12 issues per year
Associated with:
- Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs (2013 - current)
- Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy (2001 - current)
- Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs (2001 - current)
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