Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals

The Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, published since 1965 by John Wiley & Sons. In fourteen issues per year, it publishes original scientific manuscripts dealing with all aspects of research and development leading to and resulting in labelled compound preparation.

The current Editor-in-Chief is K M W Lawrie from GlaxoSmithKline.^[1]

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Impact factor and rank

The 2006 Impact Factor is 0.746. It is ranked number 32 out of 35 in the Medicinal Chemistry category, number 51 out of 56 in the Biochemical Research Methods category, number 52 out of 68 in the Analytical Chemistry category, and number 174 out of 199 in the Pharmacology and Pharmacy category.^[2]

Highest cited papers

1. Research Article: 'Remotely-controlled production of the 5-HT1A receptor radioligand, [carbonyl-C-11]WAY-100635, via C-11-carboxylation of an immobilized Grignard reagent', J. A. McCarron, D. R. Turton, V. W. Pike, K. G. Poole 38(10):941-953 (1996). Cited 65 times ^[3].
2. Research Article: 'Synthesis of a radiotracer for studying nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: (+/-)-Exo-2-(2-[F-18]fluoro-5-pyridyl)-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane', A. Horti, H. T. Ravert, E. D. London, R. F. Dannals 38(4):355-365 (1996). Cited 51 times ^[3].
3. Research Article: 'Synthesis of a radiotracer for studying nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: 2-[F-18]fluoro-3-(2(S)-azetidinylmethoxy)pyridine (2-[F-18]A-85380)', A. G. Horti, A. O. Koren, H. T. Ravert, J. L. Musachio, W. B. Mathews, E. D. London, R. F. Dannals 41(4)309-318 (1998). Cited 47 times ^[3].
4. Research Article: 'Solid-phase radiosynthesis of [C-11]WAY 100635', A. A. Wilson, J. N. DaSilva, S. Houle 38(2):149-154 (1996). Cited 47 times ^[3].

Abstracting and indexing information

The Journal of Labelled Compounds and Radiopharmaceuticals is indexed in the following services:^[1]

• Chemical Abstracts Service SciFinder (American Chemical Society)
• SCOPUS (Elsevier)
• Web of Science (Thomson ISI)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Wiley InterScience[1]
2. ^ Institute for Scientific Information, Journal Citation Reports, 2006
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Web of Science