AACP CORE LIST OF JOURNALS FOR PHARMACY EDUCATION
7th Edition, 2019
Prepared by: Robert D. Becketta, PharmD; Skye Bicketb, DHSc, MLIS; Kayce Gillc, MIS; Neyda Gilmand, MILS; Jason Guye, PharmD; Pam Hargwoodf, MLIS; Jennifer Hartmang, PharmD; Rebecca Hooverh; Tim Hutchersoni, PharmD; Jennifer Martinj, MIRLS; John Redwanskik, PharmD; Christina M. Seegerg, CPhT, MLS, AHIP
Introduction
The 7th edition of the AACP Core List of Journals for Pharmacy Education (Core Journals List) is a companion list to AACP Basic Resources for Pharmacy Education, and is an updated version of the 2016 Core Journals List. The update was conducted by an interdisciplinary task force of drug information specialists and pharmacy librarians. The goals for this update were to refine the previous list using similar, systematic collection methods. Similar to the previous update, the goal was to produce a final list containing 200 to 300 journals.
The Core Journals List is a service project of the Library and Information Sciences Section of AACP. It is intended to provide information that assists with collection development as applied to the curriculum of the particular school or college of pharmacy for which it is being used. The Core Journals List is produced as a guide for those developing or maintaining the library collections that serve colleges and schools of pharmacy. While the recommended journals are suitable for all pharmacy college libraries, not all pharmacy college libraries should feel obligated to purchase every title on the list. Each pharmacy program has its own mission and program(s), so each college’s library’s collection must reflect that mission and support the college’s curricula. Excellent library collections are built by knowledgeable librarians and drug information specialists using their professional judgment along with the expertise of the college’s faculty. The Core Journals List should not be used as a benchmark and is not prescriptive, but instead is a starting place for librarians who are building a new collection or maintaining an established one.
Methods
The 7th edition was generated by first identifying relevant topics grouped under one of six domains: Basic Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry, and Pharmacology; Pharmaceutics; Pharmacy Practice; Related Disciplines; Social and Administrative Sciences; and Therapeutics. Within each domain, taskforce members identified pertinent topics and subtopics in order to guide a search of the National Library of Medicine catalogue, using PubMed for relevant journals. Journals must have been currently in press and published in English (full text). Most are also currently indexed in MEDLINE and indexed by the search term as a Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) major topic (e.g., ophthalmology). In order to identify the most relevant publications from this sample, journals were reviewed using the following criteria: impact factor, open access status, stated journal focus on pharmacy or medications, and whether the journal is an official publication of a major professional organization.
Following assembly of the initial list, specific topics were distributed to a non-section member content expert for peer review (see Acknowledgments). Peer reviewers could suggest addition, deletion, or movement of titles within the list. Suggestions from peer review were considered by the taskforce and ultimate journal placement was determined by consensus. Finally, the list was distributed for review and input by the AACP Library and Information Sciences Section.
Results
Our initial search and evaluation identified 306 potential publications. Following review of the criteria, refinement of topic placement and voting by the taskforce, 279 journals were selected for inclusion on the list that was distributed for peer review. Following recommendations from peer review and removal of duplicates, 286 journals were included on the final list, described on the following pages. A sortable version with journal details is available in a separate Excel® file.
Future Directions
The next update of the Core Journals List will take place during the 2021-2022 academic year with a target publication date of August 2022. aManchester University bPhiladelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine – Georgia Campus cLipscomb University State dBinghamptom University eUniversity of Findlay fRutgers University gUniversity of Texas – El Paso hIdaho State University; iD’Youville College; jUniversity of Arizona; kUniversity of New England; lUniversity of the Incarnate Word
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Topic Journal Biochemical Pharmacology Basic Sciences, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology Biological Psychiatry Biochemistry ACS Chemical Biology British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin British Journal of Pharmacology Clinical Biochemistry Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics Molecular Aspects of Medicine Current Opinion in Pharmacology Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Frontiers in Pharmacology Pharmacology Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology Biology Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Philosophical Society Therapeutics FASEB Journal Journal of Psychopharmacology (Oxford, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. England) Series B, Biological Sciences Molecular Pharmacology The Journal of Cell Biology Neuropsychopharmacology Chemistry Clinical Chemistry Pharmacological Research Journal of the American Chemical Society Pharmacological Reviews Drug Design, AAPS PharmSciTech Pharmacology & Therapeutics Discovery, Drug Discovery Today Trends in Pharmacological Sciences Development Drug Discovery Today Toxicology Archives of Toxicology Drugs in R&D Neurotoxicology Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs Toxicological Sciences Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics Toxicology in Vitro Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Toxicology Letters Medicinal Chemistry ChemMedChem Pharmaceutics Current Medicinal Chemistry Biotechnology Biotechnology Progress Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry Current Opinion in Biotechnology European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Compounding International Journal of Pharmaceutical Future Medicinal Chemistry Compounding Dosage Forms Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Medicinal Research Reviews Delivery Molecular Medicine Current Molecular Medicine Journal of Controlled Release
Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine Journal of Microencapsulation Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Molecular Medicine Pharmaceutical Research Trends in Molecular Medicine Nanotechnology International Journal of Nanomedicine Pharmacology AAPS Journal Nanomedicine
Nanotoxicology Advances in Nutrition Pharmaceutical nanotechnology Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics Pharmaceutical Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology Analysis Analysis 2
Pharmaceutical Profiles of Drug Substances, Excipients and Journal of the American Medical Informatics Excipients Related Methodology Association Pharmaceutical Current Pharmaceutical Design Pharmacogenetics Human Genomics Technology Drug discovery today: Technologies and Pharmacogenetics and Genomics Pharmacogenomics European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences The Pharmacogenomics Journal European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Pharmacokinetics Biopharmaceutics Pharmacodynamics Drug Metabolism and Disposition International Journal of Pharmaceutics Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics International Journal of Pharmaceutics Drug Metabolism Reviews PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Technology Pharmacokinetics Pharmaceutical Development and Technology Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacy Practice Pharmacodynamics Complementary and BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Alternative Medicine Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice Related Disciplines
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Dentistry Journal of the American Dental Association Medicine Dietetics/Nutrition Clinical Nutrition Journal of Dietary Supplements Journal of Nutrition Journal of Ethnopharmacology Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Journal of Natural Medicines Nutrition in Clinical Practice Journal of Natural Products The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Phytomedicine Nursing American Journal of Nursing Phytotherapy Research Journal of the American Association of Nurse The American Journal of Chinese Medicine Practitioners General Pharmacy American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Occupational Therapy The American Journal of Occupational Therapy Clinical Therapeutics Physical Therapy Physical Therapy Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Physician Assistants Journal of the American Academy of Physician Drugs Assistants Veterinary Medicine Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Therapeutics Journal of Pharmacy Practice Research in Veterinary Science Journal of the American Dental Association Social and Administrative Pharmacy Journal of the American Pharmacists Association Economics and Clinical Drug Investigation Pharmacotherapy Pharmacoeconomics PharmacoEconomics The Annals of Pharmacotherapy Value in Health The Consultant Pharmacist Medication Safety Drug Safety The International Journal of Pharmacy Practice Expert Opinion on Drug Safety Medical Informatics Health Informatics Journal Pharmacy Education American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
Journal of Biomedical Informatics Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning Journal of Medical Systems
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Pharmacy Law and The American Journal of Bioethics: AJOB The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Ethics Metabolism Practice Management/ Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Epidemiology American Journal of Epidemiology Health Care Pharmacy JMCP Epidemiology Administration Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Social and Behavioral Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy Aspects of Practice International Journal of Epidemiology Therapeutics Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety Addiction Medicine Journal of Addictive Diseases Family Medicine American Family Physician Substance Abuse Annals of Family Medicine The American Journal on Addictions Gastroenterology Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Anesthesiology Anaesthesia Gastroenterology Anesthesiology Gut British Journal of Anaesthesia The American Journal of Gastroenterology Cardiology American Heart Journal Geriatrics Geriatrics & Gerontology International American Journal of Cardiology Gerontology Circulation Journal of Gerontology Series A European Heart Journal Journal of the American Geriatrics Society JAMA - Cardiology Hematology Blood Journal of the American College of Cardiology Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Clinical Toxicology Clinical Toxicology Immunology Cancer Immunology Research Clinical Toxicology Internal Medicine American Journal of Medicine Critical Reviews in Toxicology Annals of Internal Medicine Critical Reviews in Toxicology BMC Medicine Journal of Medical Toxicology BMJ Journal of Medical Toxicology JAMA Critical Care American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care JAMA Internal Medicine Medicine Journal of General Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine Journal of Internal Medicine Intensive Care Medicine Lancet Dermatology British Journal of Dermatology Mayo Clinic Proceedings JAMA Dermatology PLoS Medicine Journal of the American Academy of The New England Journal of Medicine Dermatology Emergency Medicine Academic Emergency Medicine Microbiology and Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Infectious Diseases Annals of Emergency Medicine Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) Emergency Medicine Journal Clinical Microbiology and Infection Resuscitation Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Endocrinology Diabetes Emerging Infectious Diseases Diabetes Care International Journal of Infectious Diseases Journal of Endocrinology Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 4
Open Forum Infectious Diseases Ophthalmology The Journal of Infectious Diseases Pain Management European Journal of Pain The Lancet Infectious Diseases Pain The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal Pain management Nephrology American Journal of Kidney Disease Pain Medicine Clinical Journal of the American Society of Pain Practice Nephrology Pain Research and Management Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Kidney International The Journal of Headache and Pain Neurology Annals of Neurology Pediatrics JAMA Pediatrics Brain Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and JAMA Neurology Therapeutics Lancet Neurology Journal of Pediatrics Neurology Neonatology The Journal of Neuroscience Pediatric Allergy and Immunology Nuclear Medicine Journal of Nuclear Medicine Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Nuclear Medicine and Biology Pediatric Diabetes Obstetrics/Gynecology American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Pediatrics BJOG Psychiatry and American Journal of Psychiatry Contraception Psychology British Journal of Psychiatry
Fertility and Sterility JAMA Psychiatry Menopause Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Obstetrics and Gynecology Journal of the American Academy of Child and Oncology Anti-Cancer Drugs Adolescent Psychiatry Lancet Psychiatry British Journal of Cancer Pharmacopsychiatry Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals Progress in Neuro-psychopharmacology and Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology Biological Psychiatry Cancer Medicine Radiology Journal of American College of Radiology Clinical Cancer Research Radiology Journal of Clinical Oncology Rheumatology Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Journal of Experimental Therapeutics & Arthritis & Rheumatology Oncology Sports Medicine British Journal of Sports Medicine Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice Sports Medicine Journal of the National Cancer Institute The American Journal of Sports Medicine Nature Reviews. Cancer Surgery Annals of Surgery Nature Reviews. Clinical Oncology JAMA Surgery Oncology Research Journal of the American College of Surgeons The Lancet Oncology Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Ophthalmology American Journal of Ophthalmology The British Journal of Surgery 5
Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation Transplantation Urology European Urology The Journal of Urology
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the following individuals for their careful peer review of the Core Journals List.
Renee Bellanger, PharmD Diane Calinski, PhD Jongwha Chang, PhD Mary Chavez, PharmD Nicole Cieri-Hutcherson, PharmD Adinoyi Garba, PharmD Mathew Garber, PharmD, MA, PhD Sarah Gordon, PharmD Ron Hills, PhD Vicki Howe, PharmD Wesley Kufel, PharmD Dustin Linn, PharmD Ian Mendez, PhD Denise Pinal, PharmD Thomas Smith, PharmD Lisa Voigt, PharmD
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