| Nature Reviews Drug Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title (ISO) | (NRD) |
| Discipline | pharmacology biotechnology microbiology |
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group (international) |
| Publication history | 2002- |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Open access | no |
| Impact factor (2010) |
28.712 |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1474-1776 (print) 1474-1784 (web) |
| Links | |
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery is a review journal with an emphasis on drug discovery and development.[1] With an impact factor of 28.712 in 2010 it is the leading journal in pharmacology/pharmacy and biotechnology/applied microbiology areas.[2]
The reviews are commissioned to leaders in the their specialties (non-commissioned review submissions are discouraged), but are also peer-reviewed after submission. The reviews are supplemented with glossary explanations for non-specialist readers and illustrated with figures drawn by Nature's in-house art editors. Besides reviews, the journal accepts peer-reviewed analysis articles based on existing datasets (e.g. metaanalysis), progress articles that focus on outstanding issues, and perspective articles—typically opinions or historical pieces.[3]