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	Marine Drugs	60
-	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	60
16	International Journal of Nanomedicine	59
-	Drug Discovery Today	59
18	International Immunopharmacology	58
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	58
-	Life Sciences	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	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	46
-	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	46
28	Chemico-Biological Interactions	45
29	Drug Design Development and Therapy	44
-	European Journal of Pharmacology	44
-	Pharmacological Reviews	44
-	Phytotherapy Research	44
33	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	43
34	Neuropsychopharmacology	42
35	Molecular Pharmaceutics	41
-	Neuropharmacology	41
37	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	40
-	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	40
39	British Journal of Pharmacology	39
40	Drug Delivery	38
41	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	37
42	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
-	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	36
-	Current Neuropharmacology	36
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
46	Infection and Drug Resistance	35
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	35
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	35
49	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	34

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

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