Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Aims & Scope

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring is a peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal directed to an audience of pharmacologists, clinical chemists, laboratorians, pharmacists, drug researchers and toxicologists.

It fosters the exchange of knowledge among the various disciplines–clinical pharmacology, pathology, toxicology, analytical chemistry–that share a common interest in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring.

The journal presents studies detailing the various factors that affect the rate and extent drugs are absorbed, metabolized, and excreted.

Regular features include review articles on specific classes of drugs, original articles, case reports, technical notes, and continuing education articles.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.585

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	105

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9935

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	738

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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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.

• METLIN

  Citation: 1984

  Authors: Colin A, Grace O??, Elizabeth J, Chuan, Sunia A, Theodore R, Darlene E, Ruben, Gary

• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Tacrolimus-Personalized Therapy: Second Consensus Report

  Citation: 540

  Authors: Mercè, Teun, Anders, Vincent, Dennis A., Loralie, Florian, Pierre, Christoph, Maria, Alexander, Pierre, Eberhard, Jean Baptiste, Markus J., Klemens, Helena, Maja-Theresa, Laure, Kamisha L., Paweł K., Iain, Satohiro, Binu S., Olga, Tomoyuki, Dirk-Jan A. R., Caroline, Ofelia, Tomasz, Nicolas, Ron, Claudia, Nils Tore, Brenda, Uwe, Stein

• Dried Blood Spot Methods in Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Methods, Assays, and Pitfalls

  Citation: 450

  Authors: Peter M, Jacques van der, Leo M L

• Accurate Detection of Outliers and Subpopulations With Pmetrics, a Nonparametric and Parametric Pharmacometric Modeling and Simulation Package for R

  Citation: 417

  Authors: Michael N., Michael G., Walter M., Alan, Roger W.

• Opportunities to Optimize Tacrolimus Therapy in Solid Organ Transplantation: Report of the European Consensus Conference

  Citation: 394

  Authors: Pierre, Victor W, Merce, Vincent, David W, Atholl, Dirk, Yannick Le, Pierre, Michael, Eric, Burkhand, Nas, Lutz T, Ian S, Michel

• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Antiepileptic Drugs in Epilepsy: A 2018 Update

  Citation: 391

  Authors: Philip N., Edgar P., Dave J.

• Detection Times of Drugs of Abuse in Blood, Urine, and Oral Fluid

  Citation: 387

  Authors: Alain G.

• Organophosphate Pesticides: Biochemistry and Clinical Toxicology

  Citation: 377

  Authors: Tai C.

• Mode of Action of Tacrolimus (FK506): Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms

  Citation: 351

  Authors: A. W., C. A., A.

• Human Pharmacology of MDMA

  Citation: 351

  Authors: Rafael, Magí, Pere N., Neus, Sergio, Mireia, Jordi, Jordi

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