Current Medicinal Chemistry is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Bentham Science Publishers.

The editor-in-chief is Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS (Kings College University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK).

The journal covers developments in medicinal chemistry and rational drug design and publishes original research reports and review papers.

[2] A related journal titled Current Medicinal Chemistry – Anti-Cancer Agents ISSN 1568-0118 was launched in 2001, and retitled as Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry from the start of 2006 with ISSN 1871-5206 (print), ISSN 1875-5992 (online).

[3] Current Medicinal Chemistry is indexed in the following databases:[4][5] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2019 impact factor of 4.184, ranking it 16th out of 59 journals in the category "Chemistry, Medicinal".