Submit Your Research Papers to be Featured in Specialty Issue of Clinical Therapeutics edited by Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission Research Department

Papers will be accepted until September 1, 2025

Elsevier, the Publisher of Clinical Therapeutics, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission’s (Commission) Research Department, has issued a call for papers to be featured in a specialty issue titled, “Cannabis Research and Policy: A Joint Exploration of Past and Future Therapeutic Agency.” 

Clinical Therapeutics is a peer-reviewed medical journal with a large international audience of scientists and clinicians in a variety of research, academic, and clinical practice settings. This specialty issue will provide a comprehensive overview of clinical and regulatory research on cannabis, with focus on medical cannabis. This edition will be guest edited by the Commission’s Chief of Research, Dr. Julie K. Johnson, and Research Analysts Graelyn Humiston and Alexander Colby. 

This will be Clinical Therapeutics’ second-ever cannabis specialty issue. The Commission’s Research Department had also guest edited the inaugural specialty issue which was published in July 2023.

Papers are being accepted on a rolling basis, with a deadline of September 1, 2025. The print edition of the journal is expected to be published by January 2026. However, papers will be published online as they are accepted. 

Interested authors can submit their papers for consideration using the Editorial Manager submission system. Papers are being accepted in the following categories: 

• Original Research 

• Review Article 

• Case Report 

• Commentary 

• Pilot Study 

• Brief Report 

Once submitted, your paper will be assigned to a Guest Editor for the peer-review process. Check out Clinical Therapeutics’ Guide for Authors before submitting your paper to be reviewed. 

For more information, contact the Commission’s Research Department at Research@cccmass.com. 

To learn more about the Commonwealth’s research mandate, visit MassCannabisControl.com/Research. Commission reports are also available for the public’s review at MassCannabisControl.com/PublicDocuments/Reports.

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