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Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Template

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About the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry format

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry is a peer-reviewed journal published by American Chemical Society, covering Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Synthesis and biological activity, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation. Over its lifetime it has published 40,763 papers, which have received 1,971,486 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. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2023, 12, 45–58.

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Publishes research inReceptor Mechanisms and Signaling Synthesis and biological activity Synthesis and Biological Evaluation Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Computational Drug Discovery Methods
ISSN0022-2623
Citation impact (2-yr)6.81
h-index370
i10-index30,547
Top institutions publishing hereCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Journal websitepubs.acs.org
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Papers published in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry per year

813
2014
732
2015
1K
2016
813
2017
799
2018
801
2019
900
2020
1.1K
2021
936
2022
1K
2023
1.3K
2024
1.5K
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Medicinal Chemistry by publication year

62.4K
2014
56.6K
2015
48.4K
2016
47K
2017
44.1K
2018
38.3K
2019
42.2K
2020
39.4K
2021
26.4K
2022
19.1K
2023
16.7K
2024
7K
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Glide:  A New Approach for Rapid, Accurate Docking and Scoring. 1. Method and Assessment of Docking Accuracy

Richard A. Friesner, Jay L. Banks, Robert B. Murphy et al. · 27 Feb 2004

Unlike other methods for docking ligands to the rigid 3D structure of a known protein receptor, Glide approximates a complete systematic search of the conformational, orientational, and positional space of the docked ligand. In this search, an initial rough positioning and scoring phase that dramatically narrows the search space is followed by torsionally flexible energy…

9,992 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Molecular Properties That Influence the Oral Bioavailability of Drug Candidates

Daniel F. Veber, Stephen R. Johnson, Hung‐Yuan Cheng et al. · 11 May 2002

Oral bioavailability measurements in rats for over 1100 drug candidates studied at SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals (now GlaxoSmithKline) have allowed us to analyze the relative importance of molecular properties considered to influence that drug property. Reduced molecular flexibility, as measured by the number of rotatable bonds, and low polar surface area or total hydrogen bond count…

8,181 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Extra Precision Glide:  Docking and Scoring Incorporating a Model of Hydrophobic Enclosure for Protein−Ligand Complexes

Richard A. Friesner, Robert B. Murphy, Matthew P. Repasky et al. · 23 Sep 2006

A novel scoring function to estimate protein-ligand binding affinities has been developed and implemented as the Glide 4.0 XP scoring function and docking protocol. In addition to unique water desolvation energy terms, protein-ligand structural motifs leading to enhanced binding affinity are included: (1) hydrophobic enclosure where groups of lipophilic ligand atoms are enclosed on opposite…

6,914 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Analysis of the Structural Diversity, Substitution Patterns, and Frequency of Nitrogen Heterocycles among U.S. FDA Approved Pharmaceuticals

Edon Vitaku, David T. Smith, Jón T. Njardarson · 25 Sep 2014

Nitrogen heterocycles are among the most significant structural components of pharmaceuticals. Analysis of our database of U.S. FDA approved drugs reveals that 59% of unique small-molecule drugs contain a nitrogen heterocycle. In this review we report on the top 25 most commonly utilized nitrogen heterocycles found in pharmaceuticals. The main part of our analysis is…

6,295 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
pkCSM: Predicting Small-Molecule Pharmacokinetic and Toxicity Properties Using Graph-Based Signatures

Douglas E. V. Pires, Tom L. Blundell, David B. Ascher · 10 Apr 2015

Drug development has a high attrition rate, with poor pharmacokinetic and safety properties a significant hurdle. Computational approaches may help minimize these risks. We have developed a novel approach (pkCSM) which uses graph-based signatures to develop predictive models of central ADMET properties for drug development. pkCSM performs as well or better than current methods. A…

5,485 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Journal of Medicinal Chemistry use?
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 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. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2023, 12, 45–58.
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