30th Anniversary of Molecules—Recent Advances in Medicinal Chemistry
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 1423
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multitarget anti-Alzheimer agents; hybrid compounds; cholinesterase inhibitors; amyloid anti-aggregating compounds; BACE-1 inhibitors; antiprotozoan compounds
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Interests: computational medicinal chemistry; cannabinoid receptors; drug discovery; quantum chemistry; allosteric modulators; protein modeling; quantitative structure–activity relationships; glycoscience
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The year 2026 commemorates the 30th anniversary of Molecules. Molecules has carved out a notable space in the field, with an Impact Factor of 4.6 (2024). The growth of Molecules has only been possible because authors, reviewers, editors, and all people working in some way for the journal have joined their efforts for years. Thank you for your confidence and your enthusiasm.
In order to mark that important milestone, we have launched a Special Issue titled “30th Anniversary of Molecules—Recent Advances in Medicinal Chemistry”, with the aim of encouraging authors to publish their cutting-edge research in our Medicinal Chemistry Section. We cordially encourage all research groups worldwide to contribute a research article reporting outstanding new results or an up-to-date, comprehensive review, highlighting one of the latest developments in medicinal chemistry.
Contributions to this Special Issue may focus on any area of medicinal chemistry, with those dealing with new drug modalities, such as proximity-inducing drugs, photoswitchable agents, antibody–drug conjugates, RNA-targeting compounds, modulation of epigenetic targets, covalent modifiers, etc., being especially welcome.
Prof. Dr. Diego Muñoz-Torrero
Prof. Dr. Robert J. Doerksen
Guest Editors
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
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Keywords
- medicinal chemistry
- drug discovery and development
- lead compounds
- proximity-inducing drugs
- photopharmacology
- covalent modifiers
- antibody-drug conjugates
- epigenetic modulators
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