Natural Product Reports

1.0 General policy

Natural Product Reports (NPR) is a bimonthly journal of critical reviews. It aims to stimulate progress in the study of natural products, bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry and chemical biology by providing regular and comprehensive reviews of the relevant literature published during well-defined periods. Topics include the isolation, structure, biosynthesis, biological activity and chemistry of the major groups of natural products - alkaloids, terpenoids and steroids, aliphatic, aromatic and O-heterocyclic compounds, and other metabolites of marine, plant and microbial origin. This coverage is augmented by frequent reviews of the wider context of natural products chemistry and chemical biology, including developments in enzymology, nucleic acids, genetics, chemical ecology, primary and secondary metabolism, and isolation and analytical techniques, which will be of general interest to all workers in the area. Occasional articles by eminent scientists provide an important historical perspective describing major developments from the personal viewpoint of those involved.

Contributions are generally commissioned by an appointed member of the Editorial Board, to whom the commissioned review should be initially submitted. Upon acceptance, further communication will be with the Editorial Office. The RSC is prepared to consider offers of articles for publication. In such cases a short synopsis, rather than the completed article, should be submitted to the Managing Editor.

Further notes on RSC policy on the initial assessment of submissions, and details of criteria for publication, can be found on ReSourCe.