About this journal

Aims and scope

Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry publishes open access research on enzyme inhibitors, inhibitory processes, and agonist/antagonist receptor interactions in the development of medicinal and anti-cancer agents.

Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry aims to provide an international and interdisciplinary platform for the latest findings in enzyme inhibition research.

The journal’s focus includes current developments in:

  • Enzymology
  • Cell biology
  • Chemical biology
  • Microbiology
  • Physiology
  • Pharmacology leading to drug design
  • Molecular recognition processes
  • Distribution and metabolism of biologically active compounds


Across these fields of study, special attention is given to:

  • Structure and molecular aspects
  • Enzyme kinetics and inactivation mechanisms
  • Structure-activity relationships (QSAR, graphic techniques)
  • Drug development studies and drug release
  • Control mechanisms in metabolic processes


Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry
accepts original articles, reviews/systematic reviews, methods, brief reports, data notes, discussions, editorials and letters to the editor.

The journal operates a single anonymized peer review policy.

Read the Instructions for Authors .

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 1.0M annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 5.6 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 5.1 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 10.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.223 (2023) SNIP
  • 0.949 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 27 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 42 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 21 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 38% acceptance rate

Editorial board

Editor in Chief

Professor Claudiu T. Supuran

Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Associate Editors

Clemente Capasso - Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerche, Naples, Italy
Alex Donald - University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Binghe Wang - Georgia State University, Georgia, Atlanta, USA
Jean-Yves Winum - University of Montpellier, Montpellier,France

Editorial Board

Zeid Alothman - King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Atanas G. Atanasov - Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Mohammed Arifuddi n - National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Hyderabad, India
Simone Carradori - Chieti University, Chieti, Italy
Fabrizio Carta - University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Pedro Colinas - Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Deniz Ekinci - Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
Wagdy H. Eldehna - Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt
Daniel P. Flaherty - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Ozlen Guzel - Istanbul University, Istanbul,Turkey
Dimitra Hadjipavlou-Litina - Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Marc A Ilies - Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
Bogdan Iorga – National Centre of Scientific Research (CNRS), Gif sur Yvette, France
Jan Korábečný - University Hospital Hradec Kralove and University of Defence, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic 
Marc Le Borgn e - University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
Óscar López - University of Seville, Seville, Spain
Robert McKenna - University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
Mattia Mori - University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Dario Neri - ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Seppo Parkkila - University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Silvia Pastorekova - Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
Mariana Pinteala - Petru Poni Institute, Iaşi, Romania
Des Richardson - Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Brisbane, Australia
Mario Sechi - University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
Claire Simons - Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
Sibel Süzen - Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Sebastien Thibaudeau - University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
Dimitrios Tsikas - University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Tiziano Tuccinardi - Pisa University, Pisa, Italy
Alane B Vermelho - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Raivis Zalubovskis - Institute of Organic Synthesis, Rīga, Latvia
Peng Zhan - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, China


Updated: 04-06-2024

Abstracting and indexing

Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry is included in the following abstracting and indexing services:

Current Contents: Life Sciences; Science Citation Index; Research Alert; SciSearch; BIOSIS; Biotechnology Citation Index; Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences; Chemical Abstracts; DOAJ; EMBASE/Excerpta Medica; Current Science Ltd; Index Medicus/Medline; SCOPUS; SIIC; Sheffield University Biomedical Information Services (SUBIS).

Open access

Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.

Why choose open access?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. Rigorous peer review for every open access article

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