Sixty years of pharmacological reviews: has the role of review articles in biomedical sciences changed and, if so, how does this affect pharmacological reviews?

摘要

Introduction Pharmacological Reviews has been publishing high-quality review articles since 1949. Over those 60, years the pharmacological sciences have changed dramatically; accompanying this change in the science has been the development and use of information technologies. These changes have undoubtedly led to transformations in the users, purposes, and accessibility of review articles. Insights into these changes should inform decision making by authors of review articles and the editorial policies of journals that publish them.