Toxicological Sciences Explained

Toxicological Sciences
Caption:April, 2017 Cover
Editor:Jeffrey M. Peters
Discipline:Toxicology
Abbreviation:Toxicol. Sci.
Publisher:Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology
Frequency:Monthly
History:1981–present
Openaccess:Hybrid and delayed, after 12 months
Impact:3.703
Impact-Year:2019
Website:https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/
Link1:https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/issue
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/issue
Link2-Name:Online archive
Oclc:37825607
Lccn:98660653
Coden:TOSCF2
Issn:1096-6080
Eissn:1094-2025

Toxicological Sciences is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which covers all aspects of research on toxicology. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology. It was established in 1981 as Fundamental and Applied Toxicology and obtained its current name in 1998. The current editor-in-chief is Jeffrey M. Peters, a professor of molecular toxicology and carcinogenesis at The Pennsylvania State University, and the Managing Editor is Virginia F. Hawkins. The editorial staff also includes Associate Editors in subject areas and an editorial board of topic experts. While its ISO 4 abbreviation is Toxicol. Sci. it is commonly referred to as ToxSci.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS, CAB International, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents, EMBASE, Health & Safety Science Abstracts, Science Citation Index, and Toxicology Abstracts.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 4.081, ranking it 11th out of 92 journals in the category "Toxicology".[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2015 Journal Citation Reports. Thomson Reuters. 2016. Sciences. Web of Science. Journals Ranked by Impact: Toxicology.