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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	89
2	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	69
3	Pharmaceuticals	64
4	Phytomedicine	63
5	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	59
-	Marine Drugs	59
7	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	57
8	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	55
9	Phytotherapy Research	45
10	Drug Design Development and Therapy	41
11	Natural Product Reports	39
12	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	36
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
14	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	35
15	Current Medicinal Chemistry	34
16	ChemMedChem	32
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	32
-	ChemBioChem	32
19	ACS Infectious Diseases	31
20	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	30
21	Chemical Research in Toxicology	29
-	Molecular Diversity	29
23	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	28
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	28
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	28
26	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	27
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	27
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	27
29	Archiv der Pharmazie	26
-	Journal of Natural Products	26
31	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	24
-	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	24
33	Medicinal Chemistry Research	23
34	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	22
35	Fitoterapia	21
-	Drug Development Research	21
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
-	Future Medicinal Chemistry	21
39	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	20
-	Chirality	20
41	Natural Product Research	18
42	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	17
-	Molecular Informatics	17
44	Journal of Medicinal Food	15
-	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	15
-	Medicinal Chemistry	15
47	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
48	Phytochemistry Letters	13
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
-	Planta Medica	13

51	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	12
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	12
53	Natural Product Communications	11
54	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	10
55	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	9
56	Records of Natural Products	7
-	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	7
58	Pharmacognosy Magazine	6