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.

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.

Reviews
Highlights
Viewpoints
Hot off the press articles

Chair
Tobias Gulder, Technical University of Dresden, Germany
Editorial board members
Giovanni Appendino, Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
Mark Broenstrup, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
Nadja Cech, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA
Olga Genilloud, Fundación MEDINA, Spain
Hendrik Luesch, University of Florida, USA
Marnix Medema, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Dong-Chan Oh, Seoul National University, South Korea
Janet Smith, University of Michigan, USA
Christopher Vanderwal, University of California, Irvine, USA
Zhen Yang, Peking University, China
Changsheng Zhang, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China Academy of Sciences, China