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ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters Template

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About the ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters format

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters is a peer-reviewed journal published by American Chemical Society, covering Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Protein Degradation and Inhibitors. Over its lifetime it has published 5,494 papers, which have received 106,737 citations.

PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
Reference styleSuperscript numbered (ACS)
Superscript — small raised numerals in the text
(1) Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2023, 12, 45–58.

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Publishes research inComputational Drug Discovery Methods Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
ISSN1948-5875
Citation impact (2-yr)1.95
h-index109
i10-index2,686
Top institutions publishing hereMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)
Journal websitepubs.acs.org
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Papers published in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters per year

300
2014
269
2015
270
2016
287
2017
321
2018
351
2019
429
2020
391
2021
353
2022
363
2023
410
2024
520
2025

Citation impact of ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters by publication year

8.7K
2014
8.8K
2015
7.2K
2016
8K
2017
8.2K
2018
7.4K
2019
9.6K
2020
4.6K
2021
3.6K
2022
3K
2023
1.5K
2024
623
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Discovery of AG-120 (Ivosidenib): A First-in-Class Mutant IDH1 Inhibitor for the Treatment of IDH1 Mutant Cancers

Janeta Popovici-Müller, René M. Lemieux, Erin Artin et al. · 19 Jan 2018

Somatic point mutations at a key arginine residue (R132) within the active site of the metabolic enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) confer a novel gain of function in cancer cells, resulting in the production of d-2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG), an oncometabolite. Elevated 2-HG levels are implicated in epigenetic alterations and impaired cellular differentiation. IDH1 mutations have been…

Practical High-Throughput Experimentation for Chemists

Michael Shevlin · 17 May 2017

Large arrays of hypothesis-driven, rationally designed experiments are powerful tools for solving complex chemical problems. Conceptual and practical aspects of chemical high-throughput experimentation are discussed. A case study in the application of high-throughput experimentation to a key synthetic step in a drug discovery program and subsequent optimization for the first large scale synthesis of a…

Discovery of RG7112: A Small-Molecule MDM2 Inhibitor in Clinical Development

Binh Thanh Vu, Peter M. Wovkulich, Giacomo Pizzolato et al. · 2 Apr 2013

The p53 tumor suppressor is a potent transcription factor that plays a key role in the regulation of cellular responses to stress. It is controlled by its negative regulator MDM2, which binds directly to p53 and inhibits its transcriptional activity. MDM2 also targets p53 for degradation by the proteasome. Many tumors produce high levels of…

Identification of Potent, Selective, Cell-Active Inhibitors of the Histone Lysine Methyltransferase EZH2

Sharad K. Verma, Xinrong Tian, Louis V. LaFrance et al. · 19 Oct 2012

The histone H3-lysine 27 (H3K27) methyltransferase EZH2 plays a critical role in regulating gene expression, and its aberrant activity is linked to the onset and progression of cancer. As part of a drug discovery program targeting EZH2, we have identified highly potent, selective, SAM-competitive, and cell-active EZH2 inhibitors, including GSK926 (3) and GSK343 (6). These…

Discovery of GSK2126458, a Highly Potent Inhibitor of PI3K and the Mammalian Target of Rapamycin

Steven D. Knight, Nicholas D. Adams, Joelle L. Burgess et al. · 19 Jan 2010

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase α (PI3Kα) is a critical regulator of cell growth and transformation, and its signaling pathway is the most commonly mutated pathway in human cancers. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), a class IV PI3K protein kinase, is also a central regulator of cell growth, and mTOR inhibitors are believed to augment the antiproliferative…

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters format?
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What reference style does ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters use?
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters uses Superscript numbered (ACS) references, shown as superscript numerals in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: (1) Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2023, 12, 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters?
No. DocuGuru generates the achemso LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a American Chemical Society-ready ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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