Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Med. Chem. Commun. Language English | Discipline Chemistry, medicine Publication history 2010-present | |
Edited by Anthony Wood, Greg Verdine Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom) | ||
MedChemComm (in full: Medicinal Chemistry Communications) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original (primary) research and review articles on all aspects of medicinal chemistry, including drug discovery, pharmacology and pharmaceutical chemistry. It is published monthly by the Royal Society of Chemistry in partnership with the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry, of which it is the official journal. Authors can elect to have accepted articles published as open access. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.495, ranking it 27th out of 59 journals in the category "Chemistry, Medicinal" and 163 out of 289 journals in the category "Biochemistry & Molecular Biology".
The editors-in-chief are Anthony Wood (Pfizer, USA) and Greg Verdine (Harvard University).
Article types
MedChemComm publishes Concise Articles (original scientific work, 3-7 pages in length) and Reviews (critical analyses of specialist areas).