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Current Drug Metabolism

ISSN: 1389-2002 (Print)
eISSN: 1875-5453 (Online)

Journal
Impact Factor :

2.1

Scopus
CiteScore:

4.3

Aims and Scope:Current Drug Metabolism aims to cover all the latest and outstanding developments in drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, and drug disposition. The journal serves as an international forum for the publication of full-length/mini review articles and guest edited issues in drug metabolism. Current Drug Metabolism is an essential journal for academic, clinical, government and pharmaceutical scientists who wish to be kept informed and up-to-date with the most important developments. The journal covers the following general topic areas: pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, and most importantly drug metabolism.

More specifically, in vitro and in vivo drug metabolism of phase I and phase II enzymes or metabolic pathways; drug-drug interactions and enzyme kinetics; pharmacokinetics, pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling, and toxicokinetics; interspecies differences in metabolism or pharmacokinetics, species scaling and extrapolations; drug transporters; target organ toxicity and interindividual variability in drug exposure-response; extrahepatic metabolism; bioactivation, reactive metabolites, and developments for the identification of drug metabolites. Preclinical and clinical reviews describing the drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics of marketed drugs or drug classes.

Editor-in-Chief:


Ming Hu College of Pharmacy
University of Houston
Houston, TX
USA

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Special Issues With Active Call for Papers

Submission closes on: Dec 31, 2025
Metabolism-Mediated Xenobiotic Toxicity

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Submission closes on: Dec 31, 2025
Impact of brain tissue binding and plasma protein binding of drugs in DMPK

The impression of brain tissue binding (BTB) or plasma protein binding (PPB) in Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics is critical to understanding the distribution, efficacy, and potential toxicity of drugs that target the central nervous system (CNS). BTB and high PPB influence the distribution of drugs in the body and their pharmacokinetic properties. Drugs with high PPB may have reduced bioavailability and prolonged half-lives, leading to potential drug interactions and toxicity. Drugs that exhibit high BTB... see more

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Safety evaluation of vaccine combination

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Therapeutic drug monitoring in clinical applications

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Submission closes on: Dec 31, 2025
Interaction between drugs and endocrine diseases

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Submission closes on: Dec 25, 2025
Translational Control: A Novel Frontier in Therapeutics and Drug Metabolism for Civilization-Related Diseases and Premature Aging

Translational control (TC), a relatively underexplored mechanism of protein synthesis regulation, plays a crucial role in stress adaptation and drug metabolism. Its dysregulation is closely associated with premature aging and civilization-related diseases, including cancer and cardiovascular disorders—the leading global causes of death. By shifting between cap-dependent and cap-independent mechanisms, TC enables cells to prioritize stress-response proteins critical for survival under conditions such as hypoxia. Cancer cells exploit these switches to promote oncogenic protein synthesis, using... see more