Press Release
July 13, 2026
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Rebecca Stauffer
AAPS Communications Manager
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AAPS PharmSciTech Journal Sees Major Climb in Impact Factor Between 2024 and 2025
Arlington, VA—AAPS is excited to announce that the impact factor for its peer-reviewed journal, AAPS PharmSciTech, increased significantly in 2025.
AAPS PharmSciTech increased from an impact factor of 4.0 to 5.1, ranking it 65 out of 356 journals in Springer Nature’s Pharmacology & Pharmacy category.
“I extend my thanks to our editors, Editorial Advisory Board members, reviewers, and authors for amplifying this peer-reviewed publication,” AAPS PharmSciTech Editor-in-Chief Robert O. (Bill) Williams III, Ph.D., said. “With their support, we continue to publish highly relevant papers in the pharmaceutical sciences and maintain the highest scientific publishing ethical standards.”
AAPS members have free, unlimited, electronic access to articles in AAPS’ four peer-reviewed journals, including AAPS PharmSciTech. To submit an article to any of the journals, visit the individual page for each journal.
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American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit association of more than 7,000 scientists and professionals employed in academia, industry, regulatory, and other research related to the pharmaceutical sciences worldwide. Its mission is to advance the capacity of pharmaceutical scientists to develop products and therapies that improve global health, which members pursue through four peer-reviewed journals and a variety of events in person and online.
AAPS journals publish articles covering the breadth of pharmaceutical science, including complementary disciplines like chemistry, biology, and engineering. AAPS publishes four peer-reviewed journals: The AAPS Journal, AAPS PharmSciTech, Pharmaceutical Research, and AAPS Open. The latter is AAPS’ first fully open access journal. It is freely available worldwide, and authors retain copyright. All four journals are available with AAPS membership or through institutional access. www.aaps.org/journals