''Current Medicinal Chemistry'' is a

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published by

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. The

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is Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS (Kings College University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK). The journal covers developments in medicinal chemistry and rational drug design and publishes original research reports and review papers. A related journal titled ''Current Medicinal Chemistry – Anti-Cancer Agents'' was launched in 2001, and retitled as ''

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'' from the start of 2006 with (print), (online).

Abstracting and indexing

''Current Medicinal Chemistry'' is indexed in the following databases: * Chemical Abstracts Service/CASSI * EMBASE *

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According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 4.184, ranking it 16th out of 59 journals in the category "Chemistry, Medicinal".

References

External links

*{{Official website, 1=http://benthamscience.com/journal/index.php?journalID=cmc Medicinal chemistry journals Publications established in 1994 Bentham Science Publishers academic journals English-language journals Journals published between 27 and 51 times per year