international journal of basic & clinical pharmacology (ijbcp) is an open access, international, peer-reviewed journal. the journal's full text is available online at http://www.ijbcp.com. the journal allows free access to its contents. ijbcp publishes important advances in pharmacology that include basic and clinical studies of all aspects of pharmacology in human, animal and cell-line studies. the journal also accepts articles on traditional medicine. the journal has a broad coverage of relevant topics across pharmacology including ethics, research methodology, data management, drug utilisation, regulatory, teaching and biostatistics. ijbcp is one of the fastest communication journals and articles are published online within short time after acceptance of manuscripts. the types of articles accepted include original research articles, review articles, case reports, conference abstracts, general articles in the field of basic and clinical pharmacology, new drug updates and letters to the editor. it is published monthly and available in print and online version. ijbcp complies with the uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals, issued by the international committee for medical journal editors.