Aims and Scope
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is a peer-reviewed review journal covering drug discovery and development. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 64.797. Reviews are commissioned to specialists and supplemented with glossary explanations for non-specialist readers and illustrated with figures drawn by Nature's in-house art editors. Besides reviews, the journal publishes analysis articles based on existing datasets (e.g. metaanalysis), progress articles that focus on outstanding issues, and perspective articles—typically opinions or historical pieces.
Key Metrics
65.9
CiteScore
CiteScore
CiteScore measures average citations received per document published in the serial.
0.01 - 0.05
Eigenfactor
Eigenfactor
Eigenfactor Score measures the number of times articles from the journal published in the past five years have been cited. This does not include self citations.
>= 25
Impact Factor
Impact Factor
Impact factor of a journal is calculated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years.
0.96
5-Year SI
5-year SI
- 0.95 2-year SI
- 0.93 Lifetime SI
Scite Index
Scite Index
scite Index is the ratio of citations supporting research which is published in the journal to sum of citations either supporting or contrasting the research published in the journal for the same time period. Minimum 100 supporting citations required.
Q1
Pharmacology
SJR
- Q1 Pharmacology
- Q1 Drug Discovery
SJR
SJR
SCImago Journal Rank measures weighted citations received by the serial. Citation weighting depends on subject field and prestige (SJR) of the citing serial.
14.86
SNIP
SNIP
Source Normalized Impact per Paper measures actual citations received relative to citations expected for the serial’s subject field.
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SJR
Topics Covered
- Immunotherapy
- Chimeric antigen receptor
- CRISPR
- Antigen
- Alzheimer's disease
- Medical research
- Drug discovery
- Drug development
- Clinical trial
- Receptor targeting
- Phagocytosis
- Wound healing
- Multiple sclerosis
- Drug delivery
- Fda approval
- Skin cancer
- Dystrophin
- Antitumor immunity
- Progressive multiple sclerosis
- Translational research
Journal Specifications
| Overview | |
| Publisher | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| General Details | |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publication Start Year | 2002 |
| Website URL | Visit website |
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Scite analysis
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10.7k articles received 1.3m citations see all
- 17,479 Supporting
- 1,298,307 Mentioning
- 1,186 Contrasting
Editorial notices
- 0 Retractions
- 0 Withdrawals
- 56 Corrections
- 235 Errata
- 0 Expression of Concern
FAQs
How long has Nature Reviews Drug Discovery been actively publishing?
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery has been in operation since 2002 till date.
What is the publishing frequency of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ?
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery published with a Monthly frequency.
How many articles did Nature Reviews Drug Discovery publish last years ?
In 2023, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery published 243 articles.
What is the eISSN & pISSN for Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ?
For Nature Reviews Drug Discovery,eISSN is 1474-1784 and pISSN is1474-1776.
What is Citescore for Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ?
Citescore for Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is 65.9.
What is SNIP score for Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ?
SNIP score for Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is 14.86.
What is the SJR for Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ?
SJR for Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is Q1.
Who is the publisher of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ?
NATURE PORTFOLIO is the publisher of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.