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Editorial

Is high performance computing a requirement for novel drug discovery and how will this impact academic efforts?

Savíns Puertas-Martína Supercomputing - Algorithms Research Group (SAL), University of Almería, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, Almería, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8956-1733View further author information
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Antonio J. Banegas-Lunab Bioinformatics and High Performance Computing Research Group (BIO-HPC), Computer Engineering Department, Universidad Católica San Antonio De Murcia (UCAM), Murcia, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1158-8877View further author information
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María Paredes-Ramosc METMED Research Group, Physical Chemistry Department, Universidade Da Coruña (UDC), Coruña, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4776-2868View further author information
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Juana L. Redondoa Supercomputing - Algorithms Research Group (SAL), University of Almería, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, Almería, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2826-1635View further author information
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Pilar M. Ortigosaa Supercomputing - Algorithms Research Group (SAL), University of Almería, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, Almería, SpainORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6514-6543View further author information
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Ol’ha O. Brovarets'd Department of Molecular and Quantum Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, UkraineORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8929-293XView further author information
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Horacio Pérez-Sánchezb Bioinformatics and High Performance Computing Research Group (BIO-HPC), Computer Engineering Department, Universidad Católica San Antonio De Murcia (UCAM), Murcia, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 981-985 | Received 16 Oct 2019, Accepted 17 Apr 2020, Published online: 29 Apr 2020

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