Journal of Pharma and Drug Innovation

Frequency : Quarterly
Editorial & Review Timeline
3 - 9 Days Initial Quality Review
14 Days Peer Evaluation Summary
80% Final Acceptance Rate After Peer Review
35 - 45 Days Complete Editorial Processing Time

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board of the journal is responsible for maintaining the quality and integrity of the journal's content. The board members are experts in their respective fields and play a crucial role in the peer review process, ensuring that all articles published meet the highest academic standards.

The Editorial Board is committed to upholding the principles of academic excellence, transparency, and ethical publishing practices. They work closely with authors, reviewers, and the editorial team to facilitate a smooth publication process.

Editor-in-Chief

Leonard-Ionut Atanase

Leonard-Ionut Atanase (Ph.D)

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  Full Professor Former Dean

  Faculty of Medical Dentistry

  Apollonia University of Iasi

  Romania

Prof. Dr. Leonard-Ionut Atanase is a leading polymer scientist specializing in drug delivery systems, polymeric micelles, hydrogels, nanocapsules, and biomaterials for biomedical applications.

He received his PhD in France and has extensive postdoctoral and academic experience in European research institutions. He has published over 100 ISI-indexed papers, contributed to internationally recognized book chapters, and has an H-index of 30.

He has coordinated and collaborated on more than 12 research projects and participated in over 300 scientific events. Since 2022, he is listed in the Top 2% Most Influential Scientists by Stanford University.

His work drives innovation in controlled drug release, tissue regeneration, and polymer therapeutics.

Rana Ahmed Youness

Rana Ahmed Youness (PhD)

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  Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry

  Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry

  German International University

  Egypt

Dr. Rana Ahmed Youness (H-index = 27) is an Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry and Group Leader of the Molecular Genetics Research Team (MGRT) at the Faculty of Biotechnology, German International University (GIU). She earned her B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. from the German University in Cairo (GUC) with highest honors. Her research focuses on non-coding RNAs in cancer biology, gasotransmitter signaling pathways, and natural anti-cancer compounds. She has authored over 60 publications, served as editor/reviewer in top-tier journals, and received prestigious awards including the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award (2023) and the State Encouragement Award in Medical Sciences (2022). Her team collaborates globally with institutions across Europe, Asia, and the USA

Giuseppe Murdaca

Giuseppe Murdaca (MD, PhD)

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  Associate Professor Internal Medicine

  DiMI Department of Internal Medicine

  University of Genova

  Italy

Giuseppe Murdaca is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Genova, Italy. He earned his MD cum laude from the University of Genova in 1993, specializing in Allergology and Clinical Immunology (1999) and obtaining a PhD in Sciences and Space Engineering (2003). With a career spanning over two decades, he has progressed from Fellow to Assistant Professor and, since 2017, to Associate Professor. His extensive research focuses on immunology, encompassing immunodeficiency, autoimmunity, pharmacogenomics, and the interplay between vaccines and autoimmune diseases. He is an active member of several national and international societies and serves on the editorial boards of multiple high-impact scientific journals.

Alireza Heidari (Ph.D)

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  Professor

  Faculty of Chemistry

   California South University (CSU)

  United States (USA)

Prof. Dr. Alireza Heidari, Ph.D., D.Sc. is a Full Distinguished Professor and Academic Tenure of Chemistry and also Enrico Fermi Distinguished Chair in Molecular Spectroscopy at the California South University (CSU), Irvine,California, USA. He has got his Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from the California South University (CSU), Irvine, California, USA. Furthermore, he has double postdocs in Project Management, Oncology, Human Cancer Tissues and Synchrotron Radiation from the Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and also in Nanochemistry and Modern Molecular Electronic–Structure Computations Theory from the California South University (CSU), Irvine, California, USA. His research interests include Biophysical Chemistry, Biomolecular and Biomedical Spectroscopy, Quantum Chemistry, Nanochemistry, Modern Electronic Structure Computations, Theoretical Chemistry, Mathematical Chemistry, Computational Chemistry, Vibrational Spectroscopy, Molecular Modelling, Ab initio & Density Functional Methods, Molecular Structure, Biochemistry, Molecular Simulation, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Oncology, Synchrotron Radiation, Synchrocyclotron Radiation, LASER, Anti–Cancer Nano Drugs, Nano Drugs Delivery, ATR–FTIR Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Intelligent Molecules, Molecular Dynamics, Biosensors, Biomarkers, Molecular Diagnostics, Numerical Chemistry, Nucleic Acids, DNA/RNA Monitoring, DNA/RNA Hypermethylation & Hypomethylation, Human Cancer Tissues, Human Cancer Cells, Tumors, Cancer Tissues, Cancer Cells, Non–Covalent Interactions, Structure and Dynamics of Molecular and Biomolecular Clusters and Biomolecules, Hydrogen–Bonding and Improper, Blue–Shifting Hydrogen–Bonding, Halogen Bonding, Drug Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Computational BioSpectroscopy, Plasmonic and Polaritonic Chemistry, Spectroscopy of Metal Clusters, Surface–Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectroscopy (SERS), Plasmonic Properties of Metal Clusters, Analysis of the Nature of Metal Cluster Interactions, etc. He has participated at more than nine hundred reputed international conferences, seminars, webinars, congresses, summits, meetings, symposiums and forums around the world as yet. Also, he possesses many published articles in Web of Science, Scopus, SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, HEC, PMDC, PubMed, Medline and NLM. It should be noted that he has visited many universities or scientific and academic research institutes in different countries such as United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Croatia, Romania, Greece, Russia, Estonia, Ukraine, Turkey, France, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines, South Korea, China, India, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Oman, etc. as research fellow, sabbatical and volunteer researcher or visitor and so on heretofore. In addition, he had been visiting professor and research associate at the Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) (United States), Spelman College (United States), Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) (England), University of Freiburg (German: Albert–Ludwigs–Universität Freiburg) (UFR) (Germany), University of Padua (Italian: Università degli Studi di Padova) (UNIPD) (Italy), University of Cartagena (Spanish: Universidad de Cartagena), also called UniCartagena (Spain), Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe) (Italy), Ege University or Aegean University ( Turkish : Ege Üniversitesi) (Turkey) and also Nova Southeastern University (NSU) (United States). He has a history of several years of teaching for college students and various disciplines and trends in different universities. Moreover, he has been a senior advisor in various industries, factories and companies. He is expert in many computer programs and programming languages. Hitherto, he has authored more than twenty books and book chapters in different fields of Chemistry. Syne, he has been awarded more than one thousand reputed international awards, prizes, scholarships, honors and grants. Heretofore, he has multiple editorial duties in many reputed international and peer–reviewed journals, books and publishers. Hitherward, he is continuous member of more than nine hundred reputed international academic–scientific–research institutes around the world. It should be noted that he is currently board member of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists (WATOC), continuous member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, continuous member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), Rockville, Maryland, USA, the President of the American International Standards Institute (AISI), Irvine, California, USA and also Head of Cancer Research Institute (CRI) and Director of the BioSpectroscopy Core Research Laboratory (BCRL) at the California South University (CSU), Irvine,California, USA. Furthermore, he is a World Class University Professor and Coordinator for international scientific and academic collaborations.

Prof Nisar Ullah

Prof Nisar Ullah (PhD)

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  Professor

  Chemistry

  King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

  Saudi Arabia

Prof. Ullah obtained his PhD from the University of Graz in 2001. He then assumed postdoctoral positions at McMaster University and the University of Guelph, Canada, before starting his academic career as an assistant professor with KFUPM in 2007, where he has been a professor of organic chemistry since 2015. His research is mainly centered on the organic synthesis, designed-based drug development, and environmental chemistry. He has authored more than 150 papers in reputed journals and is the recipient of the Diligence, Dedication, and Performance Award by Pfizer Ann Arbor, USA, in 2005 and the Excellence in Research Awards, KFUPM, in the years 2019 and 2024.

Mohammad Hasanzadeh

Mohammad Hasanzadeh (PhD)

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  Assistant Professor

  Pharmaceutical Analysis Research Center

  Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

  Iran

Mohammad Hasanzadeh is an Assistant Professor of pharmaceutical analysis at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (TUOMS) at Pharmaceutical Analysis Research Center (PARC). He studied Electrochemistry at K.N. Toosi University of Technology (Tehran, Iran) and gained his MSc in 2008. In 2010, he founded Drug Applied Research Center (DARC) and worked at that center as the PhD candidate for 4 years. Dr. Hasanzadeh has also received International Razi Award for excellence research in health sciences in 2010 and 2020. He has published more than 350 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Recently, he has focused on the application of advanced methods towards early-stage diagnosis of disease. Also, he has some of important approach on the science and engineering of nanomaterials and nano-devices used in bioanalysis and healthcare such as: a) IFIA (The International Federal of Inventors Associations) CUP for the best invention of the 3rd International Olympiad of inventors, Originators and innovators, 2012; b) Gold Medal Cup in 2th, 3rd, and 4th International Invention Festival in 2012, 2013, and 2014, respectively; c) Distinguished in Nanotechnology, Business Plan Group, 2011 (7th National Sheikh Bahaie Technology Festival).

Editorial Members

Ismael Valladolid Acebes (Ph.D)

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  Group Leader - Signal Transduction Unit

  Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery

  Karolinska Institute

  Sweden

Dr. Ismael Valladolid-Acebes is Group Leader and Director of the Signal Transduction Unit at the Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm. He holds a Licentiate in Pharmacy, an MPhil in Pharmacology, a PhD in Medical Science, and an MS in Clinical Research from Spanish universities. His research focuses on molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating metabolic and endocrine homeostasis, especially pancreatic islet biology, insulin secretion, metabolic stress pathways, and diabetes and its complications. He has published more than 40 scientific articles and is actively involved in teaching, supervision, and international academic service.

Prof Josiana Adelaide Vaz (Ph.D)

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  Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologies

  Instituto Politécnico de Bragança

  Portugal

Dr. Josiana Adelaide Vaz is an Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança and a Researcher at the LiveWell Centre for Active Living and Wellbeing. She holds a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Porto. Her multidisciplinary career covers biomedical laboratory sciences, pharmacology, natural products and medical biotechnology. Her main research focuses on bioactive compounds from wild mushrooms and plants, antioxidant and antiproliferative activity, biomonitoring of environmental and occupational exposure, sericin-based biomaterials and sleep-related health determinants. She has authored over 50 scientific works, collaborated with more than 100 researchers and participates in several funded projects including IberLongeva, NSL – New Long-lived Societies, Bio4Drinks and Acorn4Med. She also holds multiple academic governance roles.

Prof Hamdy Abdelkader (Ph.D)

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  Faculty of Pharmacy

  Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University

  King Khalid University

  Egypt

Prof. Hamdy Abdelkader is a Professor in Pharmaceutics at the College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, KSA. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). His academic career spans Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Europe. He received his BPharm from Alexandria University (2000) and PhD from the University of Auckland, New Zealand (2011). He was awarded the prestigious Leverhulme Fellowship in the UK (2013–2015). His research focuses on ocular drug delivery and age-related eye diseases. He has served as Associate Editor-in-Chief for JABPS and is on editorial boards of multiple journals. He has lectured internationally, including in Egypt and the UK.

Eleonora Russo (PhD)

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  Associate Professor

  Department of Pharmacy DIFAR

  University of Genoa (UniGe), Italy

  Italy

Fereshteh Nazari Khanamiri

Fereshteh Nazari Khanamiri (Pharm.D.)

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  Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran

  Iran

Fereshteh Nazari Khanamiri is a 27-year-old pharmacist and researcher specializing in targeted drug delivery, phytotherapy, and pharmacology. She has published more than 10 scientific articles, holds an h-index of 7, and has received approximately 250 citations. She also serves as a peer reviewer for Springer Nature and other journals. Her research focuses on nanoparticles, extracellular vesicles, and RNA-based therapeutics. In addition to her academic work, she manages her own pharmacy and is passionate about high-impact, innovative scientific projects.

Dr Krishna Chandra Panda

Dr Krishna Chandra Panda (Ph.D)

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  Associate Professor

  Faculty of Pharmacy

  Odisha University of Health Sciences,Berhampur, Odisha

  India

Dr. Krishna Chandra Panda is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy at Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Berhampur, Odisha, with 17 years of teaching and research experience. He earned his Ph.D. in Pharmacy from Biju Patnaik University of Technology and has published more than 30 international and 10 national research papers, 8 book chapters, 3 authored books, and 2 Indian patents.

His research focuses on medicinal and heterocyclic chemistry, green chemistry, drug design, phytochemical screening, neurobiology, and biological evaluation of bioactive compounds. He also serves as a reviewer/editorial member for various international journals and is a life member of APTI.

Michal Gorski (Ph.D)

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  Assistant Professor

  Department of Chronic Diseases

  Medical University of Silesia in Katowice

  Poland

Dr.Michal Gorski is an Assistant Professor at the Medical University of Silesia, Poland, specializing in mental health and clinical brain sciences. His research focuses on mood disorders, eating disorders, dementia, and neurodevelopmental conditions.

He has authored 20+ international scientific publications, served as Guest Editor in pharmaceutical drug-development topics, and actively contributes to studies on innovative pharmacological treatments and new diagnostic strategies in psychiatry. His work bridges research and practice, improving therapeutic approaches for complex mental health disorders.

Mr Sameer Mustafa Sheikh

Mr Sameer Mustafa Sheikh (M.Pharm)

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  Postgraduate Researcher

  Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

  Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur

  India

Sameer Mustafa Sheikh is a dedicated pharmaceutical researcher with an M.Pharm in Pharmacognosy from RTM Nagpur University, India. His work focuses on phytochemistry, ethnopharmacology, and developing herbal drugs with validated therapeutic potential.

He has authored publications in peer-reviewed journals and actively participates in national and international conferences. As a motivated early-career researcher, he aims to contribute to innovative and sustainable drug discovery through natural product research.

Mr Mohamed Ashraf Momtaz

Mr Mohamed Ashraf Momtaz (Ph.D)

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  PhD Researcher

  Department of Analytical Chemistry

  Faculty of Science, Tanta University

  Egypt

Mohamed Ashraf Momtaz is an experienced analytical chemist with over 13 years in pharmaceutical research and development. He specializes in advanced chromatographic and electrochemical methods supporting therapeutic drug monitoring, pharmacokinetics, and innovative drug detection platforms.

He has contributed significantly to method validation, stress stability studies, and bioequivalence research for various dosage forms, aligning with global regulatory standards (USP, BP, ICH). As Associate Manager of Laboratories Development at EIPICO, he leads multidisciplinary teams and collaborates with CROs to drive pharmaceutical innovation and regulatory compliance.

He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at Tanta University and actively reviews peer-reviewed journal submissions, further advancing research quality standards in the pharmaceutical industry.

Prof Aura Rusu (Ph D)

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  Professor

  Faculty of Pharmacy

  University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures

  Romania

Prof. Aura Rusu is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, Romania. Her academic journey spans more than two decades, with advanced qualifications in Pharmacy, Quality Management, and Drug Design. She coordinates courses in Pharmaceutical and Therapeutic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, and Drug Design.
Her research interests focus on pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry, antibacterial agents, metal complexes, analytical chemistry, and drug design.
She has authored 14 books and over 80 peer-reviewed papers (Impact Factor: 142.69, H-index: 18), serves as a reviewer for more than 30 international journals, and has been Guest Editor for MDPI journals such as Pharmaceutics, Molecules, and Cosmetics.