Preface

Rapid advances in the field of medicinal chemistry have resulted over the last two decades in a growing number of high quality review articles, many of which can not be published in a timely fashion because of limited number of fast publication journals with the result that publications of important and urgent nature are often delayed by a year or more. There was, therefore, an acute need of a journal which would publish important review articles rapidly. Medicinal Chemistry Reviews - Online is thus being launched to meet this need. Medicinal Chemistry Reviews - Online publishes exclusively online reviews in medicinal chemistry and related areas written by leading experts in the field. The journal will emphasize rapid online publication of cutting edge review articles. Reviews will be processed rapidly and take full advantage of internet technology for both the submission and peer-review of manuscripts as well as instant online availability to its readers. The online journal is essential reading to all medicinal chemists who wish to keep abreast of all the rapid and important developments in the field. There will be four issues of this journal published in 2004. The publication frequency of the journal will increase gradually in the years to come. The internationally eminent editorial board including such eminent authorities as T. Abe, A. Abell, J.D. Adams, Jr., A.A. Adjei, S. Agrawal, H. Akgun, S.M. Ali, R. Andersen, K. Asadullah, M. Aviram, A. Balkan, J. Barrish, J.J. Barchi, Jr., A. Bardelli, E.J. Barreiro, K. Beyreuther, G. Bonn, D. Boschelli, J. Bremner, D.L. Brown, J.K. Buolamwini, F. Buttgereit, H. Cerecetto, J.B. Chaires, K.L. Chan, C. Chen, J.W. Chern, A. Chimirri, G.J. Christ, P.J. Conn, G. Corradin, D.J. Craik, S. Cuzzocrea, S. Dagogo-Jack, B. Daniela, R.B. de Alencastro, A.K. Debnath, Z. Debyser, E. De Clercq, W.A. Denny, R.J. DeVita, S.W. Djuric, J.M. Dogne, R.E. Dolle, Y. Dong, D. Fabbro, K.W. Fowler, S. Gamo, A. Gangjee, D.R. Gehlert, U. Gerlach, E.L. Ghisalberti, T. Girbes, R.A. Glennon, S. Goldstein, M. Grifantini, D. Hadjipavlou-Litina, A. Hilgeroth, W.J. Hoekstra, S.M. Husbands, K. Izuhara, P.F. Jackson, T.C. Jenkins, R. Jones, M. Jung, M. Kahn, H. Kalasz, E. Karnieli, A.J. Kastin, J.R. Kelsoe, R. Khanolkar, G. Krishnaswamy, M.L. Koschinsky, A.S. Lalani, D.M. Lambert, G.R. Lauretti, C.G. Lee, T. Lee, T. Leff, J.F. Liegeois, M.L. Lopez-Rodriguez, J.W. Lown, M. Magnani, S. Malik, H. Marquardt, B.E. Maryanoff, O.A. Mascaretti, G. Matarese, I.A. McDonald, S. Mehta, D.D. Miller, R. Morishita, S. Nagpal, N. Neamati, I. Niculescu-Duvaz, M.H. Norman, E.R. O'Brien, J. O'Connell, D.W. Oliver, F.A. Osman, M. Palumbo, K.W. Pankiewicz, N.P. Peet, L.M. Pelus, P. Perlmutter, G. Perry, B.M. Pettitt, J.M. Pezzuto, U. Pindur, B. Pirotte, R. Plate, Y. Pommier, R.F. Potter, P. Pourquier, L. Prokai, S. Przyborski, I. Rahman, K.C. Rice, J.B. Rodriguez, G. Ronsisvalle, B.D Roufogalis, D.R. Rubinow, R. Salomao, H.U. Saragovi, U. Saxena, U. Scherf, S.W. Schneller, R. Schwarcz, K.R. Scott, M. Searcey, P. Senter, P.M. Sexton, C.K. Sha, R.P. Sharma, M.S. Sheikh, M. Spedding, N. Sperelakis, C.J. Springer, H. Stark, K. Takeuchi, J.E. Talmadge, R.E. Tanzi, G.C. Timothy, S. Toba, I. Toth, E. Toussirot, M. Tricklebank, D.J. Triggle, B.K. Trivedi, P. Truffa-Bachi, N. Tuncel, H. Ulrich, D.Y. Wang, M.J. Waring, J. Weitz, O. Werz, G. Willick, Z.J. Yao, J. Zablocki, N.S. Zefirov, R. Zhang will undoubtedly guide us in the editorial responsibilities and ensure the very highest standards. The opinions expressed by six Nobel Laureates can be reviewed at (www.bentham.org / nobel) which reflect the excellent reputation that Bentham Science Publishers enjoy. I keenly look forward to the wide acceptance of this new journal by the community of scientists working in the field of drug design and medicinal chemistry.