Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
📈 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems: research momentum
346 papers in Jul 2026–Sep 2026, +22% on a year earlier. Trend: Accelerating.
Analysis
#3 of 15 by growth. −25% on the previous three months. 1,628 papers in the last 12 months, 3% of all tracked Nanotechnology papers recently. Forecast for the next 3 months: 439 papers (+28% on the same months last year; tested error 17%). Heat score 86/100. The last 12 months are the highest 12-month total in 4 years of data.
| Month | Papers |
|---|---|
| September 2026 | 115 |
| August 2026 | 110 |
| July 2026 | 121 |
| June 2026 | 176 |
| May 2026 | 146 |
| April 2026 | 139 |
| March 2026 | 133 |
| February 2026 | 88 |
| January 2026 | 257 |
| December 2025 | 119 |
| November 2025 | 120 |
| October 2025 | 104 |
| September 2025 | 95 |
| August 2025 | 81 |
| July 2025 | 107 |
| June 2025 | 102 |
| May 2025 | 78 |
| April 2025 | 73 |
| March 2025 | 92 |
| February 2025 | 91 |
| January 2025 | 244 |
| December 2024 | 116 |
| November 2024 | 102 |
| October 2024 | 92 |
How we calculate this: Monthly counts of Nanotechnology papers in this OpenAlex research topic; last three complete months vs the same months a year earlier.
Updated 2026-10-16. Research data through September 2026