ChemMedChem is a monthly peer-reviewed

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 medicinal chemistry

Medicinal chemistry

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 journal

Scientific journal

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. It is co-owned by the 14 European chemical society members of ChemPubSoc Europe and is published by Wiley-VCH

John Wiley & Sons

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. Its 2010 impact factor

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 is 3.306. In addition to original research in the form of full papers and shorter communications, ChemMedChem contains review-type articles (reviews, minireviews, essays, highlights) as well as occasional book reviews and conference reports. The first volume was published at the beginning of 2006 under the two founding chemical societies, the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the Italian Chemical Society (SCI). Since then, 12 additional chemical societies have joined in co-ownership of the journal. ChemMedChem is a sister publication to other scientific journal

Scientific journal

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s published by Wiley-VCH, including Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie

Angewandte Chemie is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers all aspects of chemistry. Its impact factor was 12.730 in 2010, the highest value for a chemistry-specific journal that publishes original research...

, ChemBioChem

ChemBioChem

ChemBioChem is a European Journal of Chemical Biology co-owned by the 14 European chemical society members of ChemPubSoc Europe and is published by Wiley-VCH. ChemBioChem is a peer-reviewed chemical biology journal that has been published since 2000...

, ChemPhysChem

ChemPhysChem

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, ChemSusChem, and ChemCatChem. Topics covered in ChemMedChem include drug design

Drug design

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, development

Drug development

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 and delivery

Drug delivery

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, molecular modeling

Molecular modelling

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, combinatorial chemistry

Combinatorial chemistry

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, drug target validation, lead generation

Lead generation

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, and ADME

ADME

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T studies.