Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation

Aims & Scope

Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation is a Scopus-indexed multidisciplinary journal that aims to address potentially emerging issues concerning pharmacovigilance, with special emphasis on how the post-marketing surveillance drives informed regulatory decision process and vice-versa.

Led by Field Chief Editor Prof Gianluca Trifirò (University of Verona, Italy), Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation publishes epidemiological, clinical and translational original articles, editorials and reviews across the fields of clinical pharmacology, pharmacovigilance, pharmacoepidemiology, drug policy, public health and regulatory science.

Topics of interest include: • advanced methods in pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology • cardiovascular drug safety • maternal-fetal medicine • respiratory drug safety • rheumatic drug safety • substance-based medical devices • vaccine safety and regulation Drug safety monitoring is an essential element for the effective and safe use of medicines and for high quality medical care and it is the process of detection, assessment, understanding and prevention of side effects, allowing an in-depth knowledge of the benefit-risk profile of conventional drugs and vaccines as well as Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs, e.g., gene therapy medicinal products, somatic cell therapy medicinal products, tissue engineered medicinal products, medicinal products for combined advanced therapies,), dietary supplements/nutraceuticals and medical devices.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,950.00 CHF. Learn more.

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