The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics is a peer-reviewed pharmacology

Pharmacology

Pharmacology is the branch of medicine and biology concerned with the study of drug action. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical function...

 journal

Scientific journal

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 published since 1909 by the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics is an American academic society founded in late 1908 by John J. Abel of Johns Hopkins University , with the aim of promoting the growth of pharmacological research...

 (ASPET). The journal publishes mainly original research articles, and accepts papers covering all aspects of the interactions of chemicals with biological systems.

John Jacob Abel

John Jacob Abel

John Jacob Abel was a significant American biochemist and pharmacologist.Born near Cleveland, Ohio, he graduated with a Ph.D. in 1883 from the University of Michigan. In 1891 he founded and chaired the first department of pharmacology in the United States at the University of Michigan...

founded ASPET in December 1908 when he invited 18 pharmacologists to his laboratory in order to organize a new society. At the end of the meeting Abel announced the establishment of the JPET.