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American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ15754037 ↗
Source-derived summary

The American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy is a biweekly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of drug therapy and pharmacy practice specific to hospitals. It was established in 1943 and is published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The editor-in-chief is Daniel J. Cobaugh.

History

The journal was founded in 1943 as the Bulletin of the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. It was renamed the American Journal of Hospital Pharmacy in 1958. Its sponsoring society launched a second journal, Clinical Pharmacy, in 1982; the two publications merged in 1994. In 1995 the AJHS obtained its present title.

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 1.882.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1943, 1958, 1982, 1994—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1965-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with American, Journal and Health-System providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.