About the journal
Editor-in-Chief: Péter Ferdinandy
Online ISSN: 1476-5381
Print ISSN: 0007-1188
The British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP) is a biomedical science journal giving leading international coverage of all aspects of experimental and translational pharmacology. It publishes the latest in high-quality original research and authoritative reviews. The journal is published twice-monthly by the British Pharmacological Society in partnership with Wiley.
BJP is also home to the Concise Guide to Pharmacology, which provides an overview and a permanent, citable, point-in-time record of data from the BPS/IUPHAR Guide to PHARMACOLOGY database.
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BJP invites papers ranging from original research to authoritative reviews, mini-reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, databases, letters to the Editor and commentaries.
Find out more about the aims and scope of the journal, and why you should choose to publish in the BJP.
Peer review
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Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY
BJP is home to the Concise Guide to Pharmacology, which provides an overview and a permanent, citable, point-in-time record of data from the online BPS/IUPHAR Guide to PHARMACOLOGY database. It is produced in close conjunction with the Nomenclature and Standards Committee of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (NC-IUPHAR) and therefore provides official IUPHAR classification and nomenclature for human drug targets, where appropriate.
Editor-in-chief
Professor Péter Ferdinandy (2023 - present)
Professor Péter Ferdinandy was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Pharmacology in November 2022 and assumed the role in January 2023. A distinguished pharmacologist, Professor Ferdinandy is the President of the Hungarian Society of Pharmacology and a member of the Executive Committee of the European Federation of Pharmacological Societies. He holds several positions at Semmelweis University in Hungary, including Vice-Rector for Science and Innovations, and Professor & Director of the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Medicine.
Professor Ferdinandy’s main aim during his post as Editor-in-Chief is “to drive science and innovations in all areas of pharmacology in the 21st century".
History of the journal
The British Journal of Pharmacology was first founded by the British Pharmacological Society in 1946 as the “British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy”. The journal was initially published with the British Medical Association, but moved to Macmillan Journals Limited in 1968, at which point it was retitled the British Journal of Pharmacology (BJP). The journal adopted its iconic blue colouring in 1968 to complement the green colouring of the newly-founded sister journal, the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. In 2009, the BJP moved to its current publisher, Wiley.
Learn more about the history of the British Pharmacological Society and its journals.
