Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Abbreviated title (ISO)	(NRD)
Discipline	pharmacology biotechnology microbiology
Language	English
Publication details
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group (international)
Publication history	2002-
Frequency	monthly
Open access	no
Impact factor (2010)	28.712
Indexing
ISSN	1474-1776 (print) 1474-1784 (web)
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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is a review journal with an emphasis on drug discovery and development.^[1] With an impact factor of 28.712 in 2010 it is the leading journal in pharmacology/pharmacy and biotechnology/applied microbiology areas.^[2]

The reviews are commissioned to leaders in the their specialties (non-commissioned review submissions are discouraged), but are also peer-reviewed after submission. The reviews are supplemented with glossary explanations for non-specialist readers and illustrated with figures drawn by Nature's in-house art editors. Besides reviews, the journal accepts peer-reviewed analysis articles based on existing datasets (e.g. metaanalysis), progress articles that focus on outstanding issues, and perspective articles—typically opinions or historical pieces.^[3]

See also

• Nature Biotechnology, the leading research journal in biotechnology
• Annual Review of Pharmacology and Pharmacological Reviews, two close competitors in the pharmacology area

References

1. ^ Journal Scope : Information : Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. Nature.com (2008-06-20). Retrieved on 2011-06-29.
2. ^ 2010 JCR Science Edition
3. ^ Guide : Information : Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. Nature.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-29.