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It is published for the <a href="/wiki/British_Pharmacological_Society" title="British Pharmacological Society">British Pharmacological Society</a> by <a href="/wiki/Wiley-Blackwell" title="Wiley-Blackwell">Wiley-Blackwell</a>. It was established in 1946 as the <i>British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy,</i> and originally published by the <a href="/wiki/British_Medical_Association" title="British Medical Association">British Medical Association</a>. The journal obtained its current title in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current <a href="/wiki/Editor-in-chief" title="Editor-in-chief">editor-in-chief</a> is Péter Ferdinandy.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Previous editors-in-chief include <a href="/wiki/Amrita_Ahluwalia" title="Amrita Ahluwalia">Amrita Ahluwalia</a>, Ian McGrath, Humphrey Rang, Alan North, Phil Moore, Bill Large, and Tony Birmingham. A sister journal, also published for the <a href="/wiki/British_Pharmacological_Society" title="British Pharmacological Society">British Pharmacological Society</a> by <a href="/wiki/Wiley-Blackwell" title="Wiley-Blackwell">Wiley-Blackwell</a> is the <i><a href="/wiki/British_Journal_of_Clinical_Pharmacology" title="British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology">British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology</a></i>. The journal publishes research papers, review articles, commentaries and correspondence in all fields of pharmacology. It also publishes themed issues, as well as supplements. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Concise_Guide_to_PHARMACOLOGY"><i>The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Journal_of_Pharmacology&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY</i> is a supplement of the <i>British Journal of Pharmacology</i>, replacing the "Guide to Receptors and Channels". It is produced in association with the Nomenclature Committee of the <a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Basic_and_Clinical_Pharmacology" title="International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology">International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology</a>. The current version, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14765381/2019/176/S1">The Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY 2019/2020</a></i>, was published in December 2019, and edited by Stephen Alexander, Eamonn Kelly, Alistair Mathie, John Peters and Emma Veale. This edition is a compilation of the major pharmacological targets divided into seven sections: <a href="/wiki/G_protein-coupled_receptor" title="G protein-coupled receptor">G protein-coupled receptors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ion_channel" title="Ion channel">ion channels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catalytic_receptor" class="mw-redirect" title="Catalytic receptor">catalytic receptors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_receptor" title="Nuclear receptor">nuclear receptors</a>, <a href="/wiki/Membrane_transport_proteins" class="mw-redirect" title="Membrane transport proteins">transporters</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Enzyme" title="Enzyme">enzymes</a>. These are presented with nomenclature guidance and summary information on the best available pharmacological tools, alongside suggestions for further reading. It is freely available online and also available in hard copy. Previous editions of the "Guide to Receptors and Channels" are available through <a href="/wiki/PubMed_Central" title="PubMed Central">PubMed Central</a>. The content of the "Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY" is also available through the online portal <a href="/wiki/Guide_to_PHARMACOLOGY" class="mw-redirect" title="Guide to PHARMACOLOGY">Guide to PHARMACOLOGY</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abstracting_and_indexing">Abstracting and indexing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=British_Journal_of_Pharmacology&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Abstracting and indexing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The journal is abstracted and indexed in: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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