''Nature Reviews Drug Discovery'' is a monthly

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published by

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. It was established in 2002 and covers

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and development. The

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is Peter Kirkpatrick. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2021

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of 112.288, ranking it 1st out of 158 journals in the category "Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology" and 1st out of 279 journals in the category "Pharmacology & Pharmacy". Reviews are commissioned to specialists and supplemented with glossary explanations for non-specialist readers and illustrated with figures drawn by Nature's in-house art editors. Besides reviews, the journal publishes analysis articles based on existing datasets (e.g.

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), progress articles that focus on outstanding issues, and perspective articles—typically opinions or historical pieces.Guide : Information : Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
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