Stefania Galdiero
Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II
Italy
Editor-in-Chief

Frontiers in Drug Discovery is an ESCI and Scopusindexed multidisciplinary journal focused on the discovery and development of new drugs and therapies. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof. Stefania Galdiero (University of...
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Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II
Italy
Editor-in-Chief
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
United States
Specialty Chief Editor
Anti-Cancer Drugs
University of Naples Federico II
Italy
Specialty Chief Editor
Anti-Infective Agents
Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
United States
Specialty Chief Editor
Dermatologic Drugs
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mexico
Specialty Chief Editor
In silico Methods and Artificial Intelligence for Drug Discovery
University of Kansas
United States
Specialty Chief Editor
Technologies and Strategies to Enable Drug Discovery
University of Arizona
United States
Specialty Chief Editor
Neurological Drugs
University of Bath
United Kingdom
Specialty Chief Editor
Anti-inflammatory and Immunomodulating Agents
204 editors · 0 reviewers
Perspective
Published
Fidele Ntie-Kang · Peter Mubanga Cheuka · Richard Kwamla Amewu · Elizabeth V. M. Kigondu · Collen Masimirembwa
Frontiers in Drug Discovery
doi 10.3389/fddsv.2026.1884834
Correction
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Frontiers Editorial Office
Frontiers in Drug Discovery
doi 10.3389/fddsv.2026.1939675
Mini Review
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Silvia Tenorio-Salgado · Alejandra Sánchez-Canché · Ernesto Perez-Rueda
Frontiers in Drug Discovery
doi 10.3389/fddsv.2026.1856085
Review
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Ana Luisa Islas-Ávila · Julián García-Vinuesa · Nicole Soto-García · Michelle Soto-García · Bárbara Gutiérrez-Cárdenas · Alejandro Inostroza-Munoz · Mehdi D. Davari · Leandro Murgas · Roberto Uribe-Paredes · Alicia Martínez-Rebollar · Julieta Sepulveda-Yañez · David Medina-Ortiz
Frontiers in Drug Discovery
doi 10.3389/fddsv.2026.1820604
Perspective
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Gonzalo Colmenarejo
Frontiers in Drug Discovery
doi 10.3389/fddsv.2026.1898583
Review
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Ayman Grada
Frontiers in Drug Discovery
doi 10.3389/fddsv.2026.1777138
Mini Review
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Alejandra Ojeda-Pérez · Rocío Borges-Argáez · Norberto Sánchez-Cruz
Frontiers in Drug Discovery
doi 10.3389/fddsv.2026.1882806
Original Research
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Aylin del Moral-Morales · Jean Arguello‐Camarillo · Jesús Yael Castañón Bello · Angélica Chavez-Romero · José L. Medina-Franco · Hugo Nájera · Gerardo Pérez-Hernández
Frontiers in Drug Discovery
doi 10.3389/fddsv.2026.1834905
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Frontiers in Drug Discovery is an ESCI and Scopus-indexed multidisciplinary journal focused on the discovery and development of new drugs and therapies. Led by Field Chief Editor Prof. Stefania Galdiero (University of Naples Federico II), this journal fosters studies across disciplines, with a primary focus on investigations dedicated to a wide range of therapeutic agents and their mode of action, including small molecules and biologics, along with cutting-edge technologies critical to drug discovery and development. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: a broad range of in silico methods from molecular modeling to artificial intelligence big data and smart data, knowledge discovery, and actionable knowledge biologics including therapeutic proteins, antibodies, cell therapies and gene therapies computational-chemistry-biology-medicine continuum drug combination drug repurposing experimental low-, medium-, and high-throughput approaches in silico and in vitro ADME-tox studies to assist drug discovery in vitro models for early-stage drug discovery such as 3D cell cultures and patient-derived organoids in vivo models and animal use alternatives mechanisms of action of drugs and drug candidates national and international drug discovery and development platforms and networks novel targets, pathways, and molecular mechanisms in health and disease states novel therapeutic strategies small molecules including short peptides, nucleic acids, and macrocycles. Frontiers in Drug Discovery is also interested in studies on personalized and stratified medicine, pharmacoeconomics, project mining, management and strategic planning, ecosystem mapping, public-private partnerships, academic drug discovery and translational medicine, training and education, empowering citizen and patients to contribute to the drug discovery process, and increasing the awareness of politicians and mass media about drug discovery. Furthermore, the journal welcomes submissions which support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably SDG 3: good health and well-being. Manuscripts related to healthcare policy, drug delivery, molecules discovered in silico that have not been validated experimentally, pharmacoeconomics, drug manufacturing, drug marketing or ethics of drug development are not suitable for publication in this journal. The journal will consider traditional medicines, provided there is well-established, peer-reviewed scientific evidence of efficacy and the principal active molecules are clearly identified. Frontiers in Drug Discovery is committed to advancing the discovery and development of new drugs and therapies by allowing unrestricted access to articles, and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike.
Frontiers in Drug Discovery is an ESCI and Scopus-indexed multidisciplinary journal focused on the discovery and development of new drugs and therapies.
Led by Field Chief Editor Prof. Stefania Galdiero (University of Naples Federico II), this journal fosters studies across disciplines, with a primary focus on investigations dedicated to a wide range of therapeutic agents and their mode of action, including small molecules and biologics, along with cutting-edge technologies critical to drug discovery and development. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
a broad range of in silico methods from molecular modeling to artificial intelligence
big data and smart data, knowledge discovery, and actionable knowledge
biologics including therapeutic proteins, antibodies, cell therapies and gene therapies
computational-chemistry-biology-medicine continuum
drug combination
drug repurposing
experimental low-, medium-, and high-throughput approaches
in silico and in vitro ADME-tox studies to assist drug discovery
in vitro models for early-stage drug discovery such as 3D cell cultures and patient-derived organoids
in vivo models and animal use alternatives
mechanisms of action of drugs and drug candidates
national and international drug discovery and development platforms and networks
novel targets, pathways, and molecular mechanisms in health and disease states
novel therapeutic strategies
small molecules including short peptides, nucleic acids, and macrocycles.
Frontiers in Drug Discovery is also interested in studies on personalized and stratified medicine, pharmacoeconomics, project mining, management and strategic planning, ecosystem mapping, public-private partnerships, academic drug discovery and translational medicine, training and education, empowering citizen and patients to contribute to the drug discovery process, and increasing the awareness of politicians and mass media about drug discovery. Furthermore, the journal welcomes submissions which support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), notably SDG 3: good health and well-being.
Manuscripts related to healthcare policy, drug delivery, molecules discovered in silico that have not been validated experimentally, pharmacoeconomics, drug manufacturing, drug marketing or ethics of drug development are not suitable for publication in this journal. The journal will consider traditional medicines, provided there is well-established, peer-reviewed scientific evidence of efficacy and the principal active molecules are clearly identified.
Frontiers in Drug Discovery is committed to advancing the discovery and development of new drugs and therapies by allowing unrestricted access to articles, and communicating scientific knowledge to researchers and the public alike.
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Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/drug-discovery/sections/neurological-drugs
Official section page: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/drug-discovery/sections/technologies-and-strategies-to-enable-drug-discovery
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