Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Official Journal of the Japanese Pharmacological Society

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences (JPS), an official journal of the Japanese Pharmacological Society, is an international open access journal intended for the advancement of pharmacological sciences in the world. The journal welcomes submissions in all fields of experimental and clinical pharmacology, including molecular, cellular, biochemical, physiological and behavioral pharmacology, for publication as "Reviews", "Full Papers" or "Short communications". Review articles are only accepted if they are requested by the editors. Short communications will only be accepted for papers that present novel and highly exciting pharmacological findings. Manuscripts concerning descriptive case reports, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies without pharmacological mechanisms and dose-response determinations are not acceptable and will be rejected without peer review. Ethnopharmacological studies are also out of the scope of this journal. Furthermore, JPS does not publish work on the actions of biological extracts unknown chemical composition.