Drug Discovery Today

Aims & Scope

Drug Discovery Today delivers informed and highly current reviews for the discovery community.

The magazine addresses not only the rapid scientific developments in drug discovery associated technologies but also the management, commercial and regulatory issues that increasingly play a part in how R&D is planned, structured and executed.

Features include comment by international experts, news and analysis of important developments, reviews of key scientific and strategic issues, overviews of recent progress in specific therapeutic areas and conference reports.

Coverage includes: • Novel therapeutic strategies • High-throughput screening • Therapeutic targets • Combinatorial chemistry, parallel synthesis and library design • Drug delivery • ADME/Tox • Advances in key compound classes and therapeutic areas • Genomics and proteomics • Automation and technology • Virtual chemistry • Informatics • Business strategy • Clinical trials and other aspects of drug discovery.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	7.5
2024	6.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1830

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	7067

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.742

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	226

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The growing impact of click chemistry on drug discovery

  Citation: 2886

  Authors: Hartmuth C, K.Barry

• Peptide therapeutics: current status and future directions

  Citation: 2527

  Authors: Keld, Torsten

• PEGylation, successful approach to drug delivery

  Citation: 2004

  Authors: Francesco M., Gianfranco

• Ligand efficiency: a useful metric for lead selection

  Citation: 1615

  Authors: Andrew L., Colin R., Alexander

• Exploiting the enhanced permeability and retention effect for tumor targeting

  Citation: 1542

  Authors: Arun K., Greish, Jun, Hiroshi

• Hydrogels: from controlled release to pH-responsive drug delivery

  Citation: 1511

  Authors: Piyush, Kavita, Sanjay

• Natural products in drug discovery

  Citation: 1426

  Authors: A

• Poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimers: from biomimicry to drug delivery and biomedical applications

  Citation: 1377

  Authors: Roseita, Donald A.

• The rise of deep learning in drug discovery

  Citation: 1283

  Authors: Hongming, Ola, Yinhai, Marcus, Thomas

• Solid dispersions as strategy to improve oral bioavailability of poor water soluble drugs

  Citation: 1250

  Authors: Teófilo, Bruno, Paulo

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