Pharmacology & Pharmacy: 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	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	108
2	Pharmaceutics	98
3	Journal of Controlled Release	89
4	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	86
5	Frontiers in Pharmacology	82
6	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	79
-	Biomedicines	79
8	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	78
9	Antibiotics-Basel	76
10	Pharmaceuticals	75
11	Pharmacological Research	74
12	Phytomedicine	71
13	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	61
14	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	60
-	Marine Drugs	60
16	Drug Discovery Today	59
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	59
18	Life Sciences	58
-	International Immunopharmacology	58
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	58
21	Drugs	57
22	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	53
23	Drug Resistance Updates	52
24	Biochemical Pharmacology	50
25	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	48
26	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	46
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	46
28	Chemico-Biological Interactions	45
29	Pharmacological Reviews	44
-	Phytotherapy Research	44
-	European Journal of Pharmacology	44
-	Drug Design Development and Therapy	44
33	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	43
34	Neuropsychopharmacology	42
35	Neuropharmacology	41
-	Molecular Pharmaceutics	41
37	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	40
-	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	40
39	British Journal of Pharmacology	39
40	Drug Delivery	38
41	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	37
42	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
-	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	36
-	Current Neuropharmacology	36
46	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	35
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	35
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	35
49	AAPS Pharmscitech	34
-	Advances in Therapy	34

-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	34
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	34
-	Toxicology	34
-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
55	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	33
-	Chinese Medicine	33
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	33
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	33
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	33
60	Pharmaceutical Research	32
-	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	32
-	CNS Drugs	32
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	32
64	European Neuropsychopharmacology	31
-	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	31
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	31
-	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	31
68	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	30
-	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	30
70	Antiviral Research	29
-	Pharmacoeconomics	29
-	Biodrugs	29
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	29
74	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	28
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	28
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	28
-	ChemMedChem	28
-	Psychopharmacology	28
80	Drug Safety	27
-	Pharmacological Reports	27
-	Current Pharmaceutical Design	27
83	Neurotoxicology	26
84	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	25
-	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	25
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	25
-	Toxicon	25
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	25
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	25
-	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	25
-	Drug Development Research	25
-	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	25
93	Fitoterapia	24
-	Pharmacotherapy	24
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	24
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	24
-	Drugs & Aging	24
-	AAPS Journal	24
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	24
-	Journal of Natural Products	24
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	24
102	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	23
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	23
-	Clinical Therapeutics	23
-	Journal of International Medical Research	23
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	23
-	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	23
-	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	23
-	Journal of Drug Targeting	23
-	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	23
111	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	22
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	22
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	22
-	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	22
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	22
-	Current Drug Delivery	22
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	22
-	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	22
-	Peptides	22
120	Drug Testing and Analysis	21
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	21
-	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	21
-	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	21
-	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	21
-	Clinical and Experimental Hypertension	21
-	Current Drug Targets	21
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	21
-	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	21
-	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	21
130	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	20
-	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	20
-	Advanced Therapeutics	20
-	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	20
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	20
-	Chirality	20
-	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	20
137	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	19
-	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	19
-	Pediatric Drugs	19
-	Clinical Drug Investigation	19
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	19
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	19
-	Investigational New Drugs	19
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	19
-	Contemporary Clinical Trials	19
-	Vascular Pharmacology	19
147	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	18
-	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	18
-	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	18
-	Biomedical Chromatography	18
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	18
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	18
153	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	17
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	17
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X	17
-	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	17
-	Molecular Pharmacology	17
-	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	17
-	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	17
160	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	16
-	Journal of Antibiotics	16
-	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	16
-	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	16
-	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	16
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	16
-	Alcohol	16
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	16
-	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	16
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	16
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	16
172	Anti-Cancer Drugs	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	15
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	15

-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
-	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	15
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation	15
-	Dose-Response	15
180	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	14
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	14
-	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	14
-	Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics	14
-	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	14
-	Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development	14
-	Journal of Liposome Research	14
-	Current Drug Metabolism	14
-	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	14
-	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	14
-	DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	14
-	Therapie	14
-	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	14
193	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	13
-	Bioimpacts	13
-	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	13
-	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	13
-	Pharmaceutical Statistics	13
-	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	13
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
-	Planta Medica	13
-	Journal of Microencapsulation	13
-	Current Pharmaceutical Analysis	13
-	Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety	13
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	13
-	Drug Metabolism Reviews	13
206	Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs	12
-	Biologicals	12
-	Pharmacogenomics Journal	12
-	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	12
-	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	12
-	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	12
-	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	12
-	Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines	12
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	12
-	Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods	12
216	Drugs in R&D	11
-	European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy	11
-	American Journal of Therapeutics	11
-	Indian Journal of Pharmacology	11
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	11
-	Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	11
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	11
-	Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	11
-	Assay and Drug Development Technologies	11
-	Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition	11
-	Pharmacogenomics	11
-	Pharmacology	11
-	Pharmacopsychiatry	11
229	International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms	10
-	International Journal of Toxicology	10
-	Journal of Applied Biomedicine	10
-	Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics	10
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	10
-	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	10
-	Current Radiopharmaceuticals	10
-	Current Vascular Pharmacology	10
-	Xenobiotica	10
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	10
-	Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine	10
-	Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems	10
241	Personalized Medicine	9
-	Antiviral Therapy	9
-	Farmacia	9
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	9
-	Clinical Neuropharmacology	9
-	Skin Pharmacology and Physiology	9
247	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics	8
-	Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	8
-	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	8
250	Chemotherapy	6
-	Dissolution Technologies	6
-	International Journal of Pharmacology	6
253	Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan	5
254	Drugs of the Future	3
-	Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica	3
-	Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research	3
257	Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	2