Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems

Aims & Scope

Therapeutic uses of a variety of drug carrier systems have significant impact on the treatment and potential cure of many chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes mellitus, psoriasis, parkinsons, Alzheimer, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV infection, infectious diseases, asthma, and drug addiction.

Scientific efforts in these areas are multidisciplinary, involving the physical, biological, medical, pharmaceutical, biological materials, and engineering fields.

Articles concerning this field appear in a wide variety of journals.

With the vast increase in the number of articles and the tendency to fragment science, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep abreast of the literature and to sort out and evaluate the importance and reliability of the data, especially when proprietary considerations are involved.

Abstracts and noncritical articles often do not provide a sufficiently reliable basis for proper assessment of a given field without the additional perusal of the original literature.

This journal bridges this gap by publishing authoritative, objective, comprehensive multidisciplinary critical review papers with emphasis on formulation and delivery systems.

Both invited and contributed articles are subject to peer review.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5
2024	3.00

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	10122

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	169

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.574

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	84

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Lipid-Based Nanoparticles as Pharmaceutical Drug Carriers: From Concepts to Clinic

  Citation: 833

  Authors: Anu, Kristin, Brandon, Jae-Ho, Amichai, Eliahu, Robert

• PLGA Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery: The State of the Art;

  Citation: 563

  Authors: Indu, Sarita, MNV Ravi

• Scaffold: A Novel Carrier for Cell and Drug Delivery

  Citation: 444

  Authors: Tarun, Onkar, Saahil, R. S. R.

• Polymeric Micelles for Delivery of Poorly Water-Soluble Compounds

  Citation: 411

  Authors: Glen S.

• Nanocapsule Technology: A Review

  Citation: 410

  Authors: Patrick, Gillian, Elias, Christine

• Pluronic? Block Copolymers in Drug Delivery: from Micellar Nanocontainers to Biological Response Modifiers

  Citation: 370

  Authors: Alexander V., Valery Yu.

• Transfersomes, Liposomes and Other Lipid Suspensions on the Skin: Permeation Enhancement, Vesicle Penetration, and Transdermal Drug Delivery

  Citation: 354

  Authors: Gregor

• Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) Acid-Controlled-Release Systems: Experimental and Modeling Insights

  Citation: 334

  Authors: Daniel J., David L.

• A Human Colonic Cell Line Sharing Similarities With Enterocytes as a Model to Examine Oral Absorption: Advantages and Limitations of the Caco-2 Model

  Citation: 327

  Authors: Florence, Werner

• Biodegradable Microspheres in Drug Delivery

  Citation: 325

  Authors: Hiroaki, Hajime

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