Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in medicinal chemistry. It is published by the American Chemical Society. It was established in 1959 as the Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry and obtained its current name in 1963.[1] Philip S. Portoghese served as Editor-in-Chief from 1972-2011.[1] In 2012, Gunda I. Georg (University of Minnesota) and Shaomeng Wang (University of Michigan) succeeded Portoghese (University of Minnesota) as co-Editors-in-Chief. In 2021, Craig W. Lindsley (Vanderbilt University) became the new Editor-in-Chief, having served as the founding Editor-in-Chief of ACS Chemical Neuroscience since 2010. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal received its highest impact factor to date in 2020 impact factor, with an IF of 7.446, ranking it 1st out of 61 journals in the category "Chemistry, Medicinal".[2]
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| Discipline | Medicinal chemistry |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Craig W. Lindsley |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
| History | 1959-present |
| Publisher | American Chemical Society (United States) |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| 7.446 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Med. Chem. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | JMCMAR |
| ISSN | 0022-2623 (print) 1520-4804 (web) |
| LCCN | a63000643 |
| OCLC no. | 39480771 |
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Current Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
- Craig W. Lindsley
Associate Editors
- James Barrow
- Maria Laura Bolognesi
- Kelly Chibale
- Stuart Conway
- William Denny
- Ke Ding
- Luhua Lai
- Stefan Laufer
- Nouri Neamati
- Takayoshi Suzuki
Perspectives Editor
- Nicholas Meanwell
Drug Annotations Editor
Topic Editors
- Salvatore Bongarzone
- Lori Ferrins
Managing Editor
- Lorraine Clark
Editorial Advisory Board
Details of the current Editorial Advisory Board can be found on the Official website
References
- Portoghese, Philip S. (2011). "My Farewell to the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 54 (24): 8235. doi:10.1021/jm201370n. PMID 22070537.
- "Journals Ranked by Impact: Chemistry, Medicinal". 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2019. (subscription required)