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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	68
2	Pharmaceuticals	65
3	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	62
4	Phytomedicine	59
-	Marine Drugs	59
6	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	55
-	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	55
8	Phytotherapy Research	45
9	Drug Design Development and Therapy	43
10	Natural Product Reports	41
11	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
13	Current Medicinal Chemistry	35
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	35
15	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	34
16	ChemMedChem	32
17	ChemBioChem	30
18	Molecular Diversity	29
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	29
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	29
21	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	28
23	Journal of Natural Products	27
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Chemical Research in Toxicology	27
26	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	26
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	26
28	Archiv der Pharmazie	25
-	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	25
-	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	25
31	Medicinal Chemistry Research	23
32	Chirality	22
-	Drug Development Research	22
-	Future Medicinal Chemistry	22
-	Fitoterapia	22
36	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
37	Natural Product Research	18
-	Molecular Informatics	18
39	Medicinal Chemistry	16
-	Journal of Medicinal Food	16
-	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	16
42	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
43	Phytochemistry Letters	14
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	14
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
46	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	13
47	Planta Medica	12
48	Natural Product Communications	11
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	11
50	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	10

51	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	9
52	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	7
-	Pharmacognosy Magazine	7
54	Records of Natural Products	5