Scope
Current Opinion in Pharmacology (COPHAR) publishes authoritative, comprehensive, and systematic reviews. COPHAR helps specialists keep up to date with a clear and readable synthesis on current advances in pharmacology and drug discovery. Expert authors annotate the most interesting papers from the expanding volume of information published today, saving valuable time and giving the reader insight on areas of importance.
COPHAR is part of the Current Opinion and Research (CO+RE) suite of journals and is a companion to the new primary research, open access journal, Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery (CRPHAR).
COPHAR divides the subject of pharmacology into themed sections, each of which is reviewed once a year. The amount of space devoted to each section is related to its importance. Themes include neurosciences; cardiovascular and renal; respiratory; musculoskeletal; cancer; immunomodulation; anti-infectives; new technologies; gastrointestinal; endocrine; and metabolic diseases.
The journal builds on Elsevier's reputation for excellence in scientific publishing and long-standing commitment to communicating reproducible biomedical research targeted at improving human health.
Expertise - Expert authors, who are leaders in their field, are invited to write short review articles in which they present recent developments in their subject and provide short annotations to the papers that they think are most relevant.
Comprehensiveness - There are 27 high-impact Current Opinion review journals in a range of subjects from food science to green and sustainable chemistry.
Impact - In addition to a vast readership, Current Opinion titles enjoy high citations, Impact Factors, and CiteScores.