Chemistry, Medicinal: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	102
2	Pharmaceuticals	75
3	Phytomedicine	71
4	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	69
5	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	60
-	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	60
-	Marine Drugs	60
8	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	58
9	Drug Design Development and Therapy	44
-	Phytotherapy Research	44
11	Natural Product Reports	40
12	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
13	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	35
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	35
15	ACS Infectious Diseases	33
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	33
17	Current Medicinal Chemistry	32
18	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	31
-	Chemical Research in Toxicology	31
20	ChemBioChem	30
21	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	29
22	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	28
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	ChemMedChem	28
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	28
26	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	27
-	Medicinal Chemistry Research	27
28	Molecular Diversity	26
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	26
30	Drug Development Research	25
-	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	25
32	Journal of Natural Products	24
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	24
-	Fitoterapia	24
35	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	23
36	Archiv der Pharmazie	22
37	Future Medicinal Chemistry	21
38	Chirality	20
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	20
40	Natural Product Research	18
41	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	17
-	Medicinal Chemistry	17
-	Molecular Informatics	17
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	17
45	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	15
47	Journal of Medicinal Food	14
48	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
-	Planta Medica	13
-	Phytochemistry Letters	13

51	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	11
-	Natural Product Communications	11
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	11
54	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	10
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	10
56	Pharmacognosy Magazine	9
57	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	7
-	Records of Natural Products	7