Aims and Scope of Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
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. Less
Key Metrics
CiteScore 

65.9
Eigenfactor 

0.01 - 0.05
Impact Factor 

>= 25
Scite Index 

0.96 5-Year SI

SJR 

Q1Pharmacology

SNIP 

14.86
Recommended pre-submission checks
Powered by 

Topics Covered on Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Journal Specifications
Indexed in the following public directories
Web of Science
Scopus
SJR
| Overview | |
| Publisher | NATURE PORTFOLIO |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| General Details |
View less
Planning to publish in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ?
Upload your Manuscript to get
- Degree of match
- Common matching concepts
- Additional journal recommendations

Recently Published Papers in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Realizing the potential of agonistic antibody immunotherapy.
- 19 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
Autophagy modulation in cancer.
- 18 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
Trends in the landscape of clinical trials of innovative drugs in China since 2015.
- 13 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
The evolving landscape of obesity pharmacotherapy.
- 13 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
A peptide-guided strategy for kinase activation.
- 12 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
Eli Lilly inks dual-payload ADCs deal.
- 11 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
Realizing the potential of agonistic antibody immunotherapy.
- 19 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
Autophagy modulation in cancer.
- 18 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
Trends in the landscape of clinical trials of innovative drugs in China since 2015.
- 13 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
The evolving landscape of obesity pharmacotherapy.
- 13 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
A peptide-guided strategy for kinase activation.
- 12 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery
Eli Lilly inks dual-payload ADCs deal.
- 11 May 2026
- Nature reviews. Drug discovery