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Medicinal Chemistry Research is a journal focused on the publication of novel findings in drug design, drug discovery, and mechanisms of action of biologically active compounds.

  • Offers prompt publication of experimental achievements.
  • Covers chemical biological relationships, especially on: structure-activity relationships, investigations of biochemical and pharmacological targets of drug action, and correlations of structure with mode of action.
  • Increases understanding of biochemical interactions.
  • Reviews and "New Trends" articles are solicited from the leading researchers in all fields of medicinal chemistry.

Editor-In-Chief
  • Longqin Hu PhD

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Journal Impact Factor
3.5 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
3.0 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
3 days
Downloads
530.6k (2025)

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Journal updates

  • Announcement of a special collection in honor of Dr. Anil Kumar Saxena

    We are delighted to announce this special collection honoring Dr. Anil Kumar Saxena. It will be guest edited by Profs. Athina Geronikaki, Sisir Nandi, and Kuldeep K. Roy. We would like to invite you to submit a comment, review, brief report, or research article to this special collection under the broad theme of drug discovery and development.

    We aim for submission by 30th November 2026, and completion of the special collection by April 2027.


  • Announcement of a special issue in honor of Prof. Richard B. Silverman

    We are delighted to announce this special issue honoring Prof. Richard B. Silverman. It will be guest edited by Drs. Matthew Moschitto, Isaac Schiefer, and Pathum Weerawarna. We would like to invite you to submit a comment, review, brief report, or research article to this special issue under the broad theme of drug discovery.

    We aim for submission by January 26, 2026, and publication of the special issue in April 2026. 

  • Announcement of a special issue in honor of Dr. Kenneth A. Jacobson

    We are delighted to announce this special issue honoring Dr. Jacobson. The special issue will be guest edited by Drs. Carola Gallo-Rodriguez, Juan Bautista Rodriguez, and Pnina Fishman. We would like to invite you to submit a comment, review, brief report, or research article to this special issue under the broad theme of drug discovery.

    We aim for submission by February 28, 2026, and publication of the special issue in May 2026. 

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1554-8120
Print ISSN
1054-2523
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  3. BIOSIS
  4. Baidu
  5. Biological Abstracts
  6. CAB Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
  9. CNPIEC
  10. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  11. Chimica
  12. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  13. Current Contents/Life Sciences
  14. Derwent Drug File
  15. Dimensions
  16. EBSCO
  17. EMBASE
  18. Google Scholar
  19. INIS Atomindex
  20. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  21. Medline
  22. Meta
  23. Naver
  24. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  25. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  26. Ovid Discovery
  27. Portico
  28. ProQuest
  29. Reaxys
  30. SCImago
  31. SCOPUS
  32. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  33. TD Net Discovery Service
  34. Wanfang
  35. eLibrary.ru
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