2019年初，在IUPHAR前主席S J Enna教授的积极推荐下，国际知名科技出版集团Elsevier（爱思唯尔）药学出版人Anne Marie Pordon女士开始与我会沟通，计划创办一份以中药药理学为主要内容的新期刊。与本领域已有期刊相比，本刊最大的特点是可以接受中药复方药理学研究的文章，而不局限于分离纯化获得的活性成分/单体的药理学研究。
2021年5月，经双方协商一致，中国药理学会与Elsevier达成一致，正式签署合作办刊协议。期刊正式名称为Pharmacological Research: Modern Chinese Medicine，采取双主编负责制，由我会和Elsevier各推荐一位，经推荐和协商，我会党委书记杜冠华教授和意大利米兰大学Emilio Clementi教授担任共同主编，我会段大跃教授、高秀梅教授、周文霞教授担任副主编，另有62名专家担任编委。本刊为开放获取期刊（Open Access, OA），在2023年前投稿免收稿件处理费。6月17日，Elsevier正式通过官网发布消息，期刊自即日起接受投稿。本刊主要刊登实验药理学相关的机制研究、安全性研究，药理学活性物质及中药复方的临床疗效研究、安全性研究等相关领域文章，鼓励将现代科学方法应用于中药复方的研究中。同时欢迎活性物质作用机制研究等相关领域文章投稿。
爱思唯尔和中国药理学会合作创办的开放获取期刊Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine正式发布，现已接收作者投稿！
Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine期刊主要刊登实验药理学相关的机制研究、安全性研究，药理学活性物质及中药复方的临床疗效研究、安全性研究等相关领域文章，鼓励将现代科学方法应用于中药复方的研究之中。同时欢迎活性物质作用机制研究等相关领域文章投稿。
限免政策：2023年12月31日前投稿的文章，作者无须支付文章出版费（APC）！
主编简介
Emilio Clementi博士自2005年起任意大利米兰大学药理学教授兼国家卫生系统临床药理学组主任，1988年在米兰大学(University of Milano)获得医学博士学位，并于1994年在布雷西亚大学(University of Brescia)获得了实验药物治疗博士学位。目前是欧洲临床药理学和治疗学协会（EACPT）执行委员会成员，他还是国际基础和临床药理学联盟（IUPHAR）执行委员会成员。重点研究一氧化氮的病理生理学及其在治疗方面的相关性，并且研究了其在杜兴氏肌肉营养不良症临床研究中的作用。除本刊外，Emilio Clementi还担任爱思唯尔期刊Pharmacological Research主编，发表论文400余篇（H指数53）。
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