Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Aims & Scope

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is a monthly journal aimed at everyone working in the drug discovery and development arena.

In addition to the highest-quality reviews and perspectives covering a broad scope, each issue includes news stories that investigate the hottest topics in drug discovery, timely summaries of key primary research papers, and concise updates on the latest advances in areas such as new drug approvals, patent law and emerging industry trends and strategies.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	101.8
2024	122.70

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	30.506

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	412

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	14603

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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 Medicine and 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.

• Engineering precision nanoparticles for drug delivery

  Citation: 5925

  Authors: Michael J., Margaret M., Rebecca M., Marissa E., Nicholas A., Robert

• Targeting cancer cells by ROS-mediated mechanisms: a radical therapeutic approach?

  Citation: 4552

  Authors: Dunyaporn, Jerome, Peng

• Recent advances with liposomes as pharmaceutical carriers

  Citation: 4297

  Authors: Vladimir P.

• MicroRNA therapeutics: towards a new era for the management of cancer and other diseases

  Citation: 3785

  Authors: Rajesha, Frank J.

• Natural products in drug discovery: advances and opportunities

  Citation: 3757

  Authors: Atanas G., Sergey B., Verena M., Ilkay Erdogan, Maciej, Judith M., Davide, Wolfram, Rudolf, Edward A., Muhammed, Anupam, Valery, Günther K., Nady, Franz, Alejandro, Grazia, Michael, Marc, Albena T., Thomas, Khalid, Nicolas, Tai-Ping, Bernd L., Michael, Milen I., Simon, Keith M., Christian W., Jag, Lukas A., Elena, Anake, Anna K., Aiping, Francisco A., Mark J. S., Andrei, Rolf, Ferdinando, George, Valeria, Luca, Michael, Gian Luigi, Ana Sanches, Daniela, Helen, Krystyna, Leandros, Eduardo, David S., Hermann, Antoni, Nikolay T., Rosa Anna, Bharat B., Maurizio, Francesca, Michael, Jean-Luc, Jianbo, Andy Wai Kan, Gérard, Michael A., Michael, Ioana, Marc, Maria, Robert, Claudiu T.

• Nanoparticle therapeutics: an emerging treatment modality for cancer

  Citation: 3660

  Authors: Mark E., Zhuo, Dong M.

• mRNA vaccines — a new era in vaccinology

  Citation: 3607

  Authors: Norbert, Michael J., Frederick W., Drew

• Drug repurposing: progress, challenges and recommendations

  Citation: 3604

  Authors: Sudeep, Francesco, Patrick A., K. Jane, Shirley, Andrew, Andrew, Tim, Joanna, Christine, Alan, Philippe, David, Munir

• Can the pharmaceutical industry reduce attrition rates?

  Citation: 3403

  Authors: Ismail, John

• Cellular processing of platinum anticancer drugs

  Citation: 3220

  Authors: Dong, Stephen J.

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