We are pleased to introduce Viewpoints, a new article type for Natural Product Reports. Viewpoints will be short (up to 4 page) articles which focus on some of the key challenges in natural products research.
In the first Viewpoint article, by Samuel Danishefsky from Columbia University in the US, he talks about Diverted Total Synthesis (DTS) as the “awesome power” of chemical synthesis.
On the potential of natural products in the discovery of pharma leads: A case for reassessment
Samuel Danishefsky, Nat. Prod. Rep., 2010, 27, 1114
DOI: 10.1039/c003211p
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Viewpoints join NPR’s existing article types: Highlights, Reviews and Hot off the Press articles. Highlights are concise (4-8 page), non-comprehensive reviews which give a ‘snapshot’ of a hot or specialist research area. Reviews are more comprehensive articles and are generally between 10 and 25 pages in length. They can be overviews of a topic or an in-depth critique of a more specialist area of work. Completing the NPR stable of articles is Hot off the Press, the bi-monthly digest of the latest natural products research.
For further information about Viewpoints or any other NPR article types please contact the Editorial Office.
