Current Medicinal Chemistry is a peer-reviewed medical journal

Medical journal

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 published by Bentham Science Publishers

Bentham Science Publishers

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. The editor-in-chief is Atta-ur-Rahman (International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi

University of Karachi

The University of Karachi is a public university located in Karachi, Pakistan. It serves an on-campus student population of more than 24,000. According to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, it is ranked among the top three universities of the country...

). The journal covers developments in medicinal chemistry and rational drug design and publishes original research reports and review papers.

Abstracting and indexing

Current Medicinal Chemistry is indexed in the following databases:

• Chemical Abstracts Service/CASSI
  Chemical Abstracts Service
  Chemical Abstracts is a periodical index that provides summaries and indexes of disclosures in recently published scientific documents. Approximately 8,000 journals, technical reports, dissertations, conference proceedings, and new books, in any of 50 languages, are monitored yearly, as are patent...
  
  
• EMBASE
  EMBASE
  Embase is an online information source of published literature designed to supportinformation managers and pharmacovigilance in complying with the regulatoryrequirements of a licensed drug. Through its unique and comprehensive content coverage,...
  
  
• EMBiology
  EMBiology
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• MEDLINE
  MEDLINE
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• Science Citation Index Expanded
  Science Citation Index
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• Scopus
  Scopus
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According to the Journal Citation Reports

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, the journal has a 2010 impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

of 4.63, ranking it 4th out of 54 journals in the category "Chemistry, Medicinal".