Submission to first decision (The average time from manuscript submission to desk rejection, direct rejection/acceptance or assignment to the first editor)
Note: For manuscripts that fully comply with the journal template. However, this timeframe does not apply to manuscripts with formatting or guideline deficiencies. If a manuscript is returned to the authors for corrections, the administrative review process will restart from the re-submission date.
3 weeks
Submission to decision after review (For papers that are sent to review, the average time from submission to receipt of first editor decision) 6 weeks
Submission to final decision (The average time from manuscript submission to the final editorial decision) 16 weeks
Submission to publication (The average time from acceptance to publication. Manuscript published in early view are also included in this calculation) 24 weeks

Current Issue: 2026 , Vol 64 , Num 3

Editor-in-Chief: Gülden Zehra Omurtag
Associate Editors: Sevde Nur Biltekin Kaleli, Betül Şirin Karakaya
Copy Editors: Ayşe Çalış, Ayşenur Ölmez, Fatma Sarı, Hikmet Gülben Güç, İsmet Berrak Altunçul, Melih Buğra Ağ, Melike Zeynep Ünükür, Meryem Nur Baş, Nezahat Nazlı Okay, Öykü Eytemiş, Özce Esma Pala Çamlı, Petek Nur Abiz, Selim Gürsoy, Sümeyye Elif Kahya, Tuğba Arslan
Online ISSN: 1307-2080
Frequency: 4 issues / year
Abbreviation: Acta Pharm Sci
Publisher: Behalf of the İstanbul Medipol University Responsible Prof. Sabahattin Aydın, MD
Contact: editor@actapharmsci.com
ACTA Pharmaceutica Sciencia
Risk assessment and risk communication for empowering consumers in food safety.
A review on the Rheum genus: Taxonomy, chemical constituents, pharmacological activities, and supercritical extraction studies.
Geographical variation in phytochemical composition and antioxidant activity of supercritical CO2 extracts of Rheum ribes L. assessed by HPLC-DAD.
In vitro assessment of serotonin bioaccessibility from foods and supplements in male reproductive health.
Comprehensibility of pharmaceutical pictograms in patient information leaflets: A cross-sectional study in Ankara, Türkiye.
Overcoming solubility challenges of eplerenone via nanomicelles-driven strategy.
Preparation and in vitro characterization of a new dosage form for antibiotic delivery: Cellulose-based gelispheres.
Screening and cytotoxicological assessment of sulfur-spring Bacillus isolates for the bioremediation of methyl red and other azo dyes.
In silico design of ester lipophilic pyrazoline against DNA gyrase as an antibacterial candidate.
Synergistic protective effects of zinc and vitamins against flonicamid induced biochemical changes, oxidative stress and hepatotoxicity in male rabbits.

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