The ''Journal of the American Pharmacists Association'' is a bimonthly

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covering

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-related topics. It was established in 1912, published as ''Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association'' with slightly varying title until 1977, as ''American Pharmacist'' (1978 – 1996), then again as the ''Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association'' (1996 – 2002); it obtained its current title in 2003, and is the official journal of the

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(the scientific journal of the association is the ''

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''). The current

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is Pamela Heaton, PhD, BSPharm, MS (

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: *

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* FDA Clinical Experience Abstracts *

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/Clinical Medicine According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2018

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of 2.076.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://japha.org/index.aspx Publications established in 1961 Pharmacology journals Bimonthly journals Academic journals published by learned and professional societies of the United States English-language journals