Natural Product Reports
The journal for high impact, critical reviews in natural products research and related areas.
Editor-in-Chief: Tobias Gulder
Open Access: Hybrid

Natural Product Reports (NPR) is a critical review journal that stimulates progress in all areas of natural products research, including isolation, structural and stereochemical determination, biosynthesis, biological activity and synthesis.
ISSN: 1460-4752
Indexed in: Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE
Journal Impact factor
10.6 (2024)
First decision time (all)
43.5 days
First decision time (peer reviewed)
43.5 days
Scope
The scope of the journal is very broad, and many reviews discuss the role of natural products in the wider bioinorganic, bioorganic and chemical biology communities. Areas covered include the following:
- Enzymology
- Nucleic acids
- Genetics
- Chemical ecology
- Carbohydrates
- Primary and secondary metabolism
- Analytical techniques
NPR articles are designed to give an interesting insight into the topic, focusing on the key developments that have shaped a field. Authors are encouraged to include their own perspective on developments, trends and future directions. Articles providing a very comprehensive overview or exhaustive list of previous literature and lacking critical insight are generally not suitable for publication in NPR.
Meta-analyses of previously published data using existing tools can be included, however NPR articles should not include any new methods or data.
Readership
Academic and industrial scientists working in all areas of natural products research and wider topics including chemical biology, organic synthesis, pharmacology and analytical chemistry.
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Meet the team

Tobias Gulder
Chair
Technical University of Dresden and Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland
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Giovanni Appendino
Universita del Piemonte Orientale
Roberto Berlinck
University of Sao Paulo
Carole Bewley
National Institutes of Health
Christopher Boddy
University of Ottawa
Robert Britton
Simon Fraser University
Margaret A Brimble
University of Auckland
Mark Brönstrup
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Guy Carter
Carter-Bernan Consulting
Nadja Cech
University of North Carolina
Pieter Dorrestein
University of California
Katherine Duncan
Newcastle University
Susana P. Gaudêncio
Nova University Lisbon
Olga Genilloud
Fundación MEDINA
Seth Herzon
Yale University
Chambers Hughes
University of Tübingen
Marcel Jaspars
University of Aberdeen
Martin Kaltenpoth
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Andreas Kirschning
University of Hannover
Julia Kubanek
Georgia Institute of Technology
Roger Linington
Simon Fraser University
Wen Liu
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Sandra Loesgen
University of Florida
Hendrik Luesch
University of Florida
Dawei Ma
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Marnix Medema
Wageningen University
Professor Fidele Ntie-Kang
University of Buea
Sarah O'Connor
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Jörn Piel
ETH Zürich
Jürgen Rohr
University of Kentucky
Martin Schmeing
McGill University
Stefan Schulz
TU Braunschweig
Michael Sherburn
Australian National University
Janet Smith
University of Michigan
Renxiang Tan
Nanjing University
Reiko Ueoka
Kitasato Universit
Justin Van der Hooft
Wageningen University
Christopher Vanderwal
University of California
Kira Weissman
Lorraine University
Craig Williams
University of Queensland
Zhen Yang
Peking University
Yeo Joon Yoon
Seoul National University
Weidong Zhang
Second Military Medical University
Katie Lim
Executive Editor
Grace Thoburn
Deputy Editor
Daniel Robertshaw
Development Editor
Sarah Anthony
Editorial Production Manager
Nicola Burton
Publishing Editor
Tom Cozens
Publishing Editor
Katie Fernandez
Associate Editorial Manager
Ryan Kean
Publishing Editor
Roxane Owen
Publishing Editor

Sam Keltie
Publisher
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