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Hatley RJD, Procopiou PA, McLachlan SP, Westendorf LE, Meanwell NA, Ewing WR, Macdonald SJF. Writing Your Next Medicinal Chemistry Article: Journal Bibliometrics and Guiding Principles for Industrial Authors. J Med Chem 2020; 63:14336-14356. [PMID: 33103431 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Writing scientific articles is immensely rewarding but challenging. This Perspective provides the medicinal chemist with background and advice on the art and process of writing manuscripts and complements the instructions to authors provided by journals. Included are many tips that we wish we had known when we first started writing. Bibliometric data from seven medicinal chemistry journals between 2000 and 2019 are collated including Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters and the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Although the overall number of articles has doubled, the output from 23 large pharma companies in the past decade has dropped significantly. Commentary is given on the entire process of writing original scientific articles, opinion articles, and reviews. Examples from our own papers and experience are shared including what typically motivates the writer, challenges commonly encountered, and how we find time to write. Finally, the benefits derived from much wider publishing of industrial medicinal chemistry are described.
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Affiliation(s)
- Richard J D Hatley
- RGDscience Ltd, 2nd Floor, 2 Walsworth Road, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9SP, U.K
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- School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Science, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, U.K
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- Data & Computational Science, GlaxoSmithKline Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1 2NY, U.K
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- Enterprise Information Management, Bristol Myers Squibb, 1 Squibb Drive, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, United States
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- Discovery Chemistry Platforms, Small Molecule Drug Discovery, Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Early Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-4000, United States
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- Discovery Chemistry Platforms, Small Molecule Drug Discovery, Bristol Myers Squibb Research and Early Development, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-4000, United States
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Postma A, Davis TP, Donovan AR, Li G, Moad G, Mulder R, O'Shea MS. A simple method for determining protic end-groups of synthetic polymers by 1H NMR spectroscopy. POLYMER 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2006.01.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Girdhar NK, Ishar MPS. Facile C21 functionalization through a novel functional group transfer reaction in 16 alpha,17 alpha-epoxy-3 beta-hydroxypregn-5-en-20-one and its applications. Chem Commun (Camb) 2002:2102-3. [PMID: 12357798 DOI: 10.1039/b205022f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel functional group transfer reaction in 16 alpha,17 alpha-epoxy-3 beta-hydroxypregn-5-en-20-one by treatment with dry HCl affords 21-chloro-3 beta-hydroxy-pregn-5,16-dien-20-one, which has been utilized to obtain a number of C21-substituted derivatives.
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- Navdeep K Girdhar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, Punjab, India
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