This Special Issue will publish articles, reviews and perspectives and will highlight the exciting research from molecular pharmaceutics scientists in India. Submit your manuscript by March 1, 2025.

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ACS Publications is excited to announce a Call for Papers for a special issue of Molecular Pharmaceutics titled “Advances in Pharmaceutical Research in India”. Researchers from academia, industry and research institutes based in India, are invited to contribute their original work.

We invite research papers, reviews and perspectives, in the broad area of pharmaceutical research fitting in the scope of Molecular Pharmaceutics. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Computational pharmaceutics
  • Pre formulation
  • Solid state pharmaceutics
  • Crystal engineering
  • Enabling technologies for solubility/ bioavailability enhancement
  • Continuous manufacturing
  • Application of PAT tools
  • Nanotechnology assisted drug delivery
  • CGT
  • Biologics including mAbs, CarT therapy, proteins and peptides, etc.

Organizing Editors

Professor Arvind Kumar Bansal, Guest Editor
Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), India

Professor Swati Biswas, Guest Editor
Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India

Dr. Dinesh Kumar Rawat, Guest Editor
Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology BHU, India

Submission Information

We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through March 1, 2025 in anticipation of publishing the Special Issue in late 2025. For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.

Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online as soon as they are accepted. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.

How to Submit

  • Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
  • Select the “Journals” tab.
  • Search for Molecular Pharmaceutics.
  • Click "Submit."
  • Select your manuscript type, and, under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Advances in Pharmaceutical Research in India.”

If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact (eic@mp.acs.org).

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