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2025 Editorial Calendar

September 2025

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Neurology and BrainComputer
    Interfaces in Pharma

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Space Exploration Technologies

VIRTUAL EVENTS: EDITORIAL ROUNDTABLES

  • Self Driving Labs Editorial Roundtable
    Series

October 2025

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • AI and Machine Learning Tools in Drug
    Discovery

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Engineering a Data Strategy for AI/ML
    Across R&D Sectors

DIGITAL REPORT

  • Top 100 Labs: Commercial, Institutional, National Labs

VIRTUAL EVENTS: LABORATORY AUTOMATION WEEK

  • Lab Automation Week

November 2025 Issue

AD CLOSE: September 23, 2025

PRINT ISSUE

  • R&D 100

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Regulatory Affairs: Navigating the Changing Landscape

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Global R&D Regulations and Their Impact on Innovation
LIVE EVENTS
  • R&D 100 GALA

December 2025

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • The Future of Personalized
    Medicine and Biotech

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Quantum Computing for R&D: Where Are We Now?

2026 Editorial Calendar

January 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Top International Biopharma Hubs

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Global Funding Forecast Annual Report Launch

February 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Digital Drug Design & Simulation in Pharma

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Automotive R&D

March 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Small and Large Molecule R&D

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Chemical & Materials R&D

April 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Organ-on-a-chip

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Semiconductor R&D Landscape

May 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Sustainability in Pharma

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Environmental & Energy R&D

June 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Pharma 50: Top Pharma and Biotech Companies in 2026

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • 10 Emerging Lab Technologies

July 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Pharma lab trend deep dive

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Scientific Instrumentation & Lab Automation

August 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Pharma’s “Next-Gen Biologics Design”

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Sustainable Materials Innovation

September 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Microgravity drug development

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Space Exploration & Defense R&D

October 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • AI and Machine Learning Tools in Drug Discovery

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Exploration of R&D Software Landscape Trends

November 2026 Issue

AD CLOSE: September 26, 2026

PRINT ISSUE

  • R&D 100

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Most innovative pharma companies

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Top R&D Labs (Most innovative companies)

LIVE EVENTS

  • R&D 100 Gala

December 2026

PHARMACEUTICAL TOPICS (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • AI and quantum computing in drug discovery

R&D WORLD (ONLINE EDITORIAL COVERAGE)

  • Quantum Computing and Emerging Technologies

Special Editions / Blockbuster Issues

r&D World - Special R&D 100 Edition:

Issue
NOVEMBER | R&D 100 Awards Special Print & Digital Issue: We will be publishing a special edition of R&D World Magazine celebrating the R&D 100 winners. The issue will feature a complete listing of the R&D 100 along with descriptions, photos, and the key innovations they offer. This issue will be sent to 7,500 print subscribers and distributed digitally to an additional 50,000. The issue will also be handed out to all attendees of the R&D 100 Awards Banquet.

ADVERTISING RATE: 

Full page: $3,750

1/2 page: $1,950

Two-Page Spread: $7,500

Print Rates and Specs

Please submit ads via the WTWH Ad Portal at ads.wtwhmedia.com.

LIVE (SAFETY) AND BLEED
Keep all live items (not intended to trim) 1/4” inside trim edges. If an ad is designed to bleed to the edge, an 1/8” bleed is required outside of trim. Please make sure to output the pdf accordingly to include the bleed, as this is generally not the default setting.

MEDIA

  • File format: Ads must be PDF/X-1a files. Please save PDF as: PDF/X-1a:2001 with the compatibility set to Acrobat 4 (PDF 1.3).
  • Fonts: Embed all fonts
  • Color space: CMYK — Images and colors saved as CMYK, no RGB files and no spot colors or pantones within PDFs.
  • Resolution: 300 dpi

Artwork submitted is assumed that color, images, and copy are proofed and correct from client. Any necessary artwork or copy preparation may be billed to advertiser.

PROOF
Client also has the option to submit a SWOP 3 certified proof via mail, as well. By choosing not to supply a SWOP 3 certified proof, the color reproduction of the ad will be based on industry standard best practices to achieve as accurate color as possible from the supplied digital file. If sending a SWOP certified proof, please contact your Customer Service Representative for details

SUPPLEMENT HALF-PAGE TIP SPECS:

  1. High resolution logo (preferably ai or eps file)
  2. 1 image (3×3, 300 dpi, preferably jpg, eps, tiff, or pdf)
  3. 100-125 words of copy (May include title)
  4. Contact info (Company Name, website and address and phone # if preferred)

PRINT RATES:

  • Full page…………………………. $7,160
  • 2/3 page ………………………. $4,650
  • 1/2 island………………………..$4,270
  • 1/2 page………………………….$3,970
  • 1/3 page ………………………..$2,500
  • 1/4 page…………………………..$2,140
  • 1/2 page spread…………..$5,845
  • Two-Page Spread………$11,350