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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	106
2	Pharmaceuticals	78
3	Phytomedicine	72
4	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	69
5	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	63
6	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	62
7	Marine Drugs	59
-	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	59
9	Phytotherapy Research	46
10	Drug Design Development and Therapy	44
11	Natural Product Reports	42
12	Medicinal Research Reviews	38
13	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	35
14	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	34
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
-	ACS Infectious Diseases	34
17	Current Medicinal Chemistry	32
18	Chemical Research in Toxicology	31
-	ChemBioChem	31
-	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	31
21	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	30
22	Journal of Ginseng Research	29
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	29
24	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	ChemMedChem	28
26	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Molecular Diversity	27
29	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	26
-	Fitoterapia	26
-	Medicinal Chemistry Research	26
-	Drug Development Research	26
33	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	25
-	Journal of Natural Products	25
35	Archiv der Pharmazie	23
36	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	22
-	Future Medicinal Chemistry	22
38	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	19
39	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	18
-	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	18
-	Medicinal Chemistry	18
-	Natural Product Research	18
43	Chirality	17
44	Molecular Informatics	16
45	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	15
-	Journal of Medicinal Food	15
48	Phytochemistry Letters	13
-	Planta Medica	13
50	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	12

51	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	11
-	Natural Product Communications	11
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	11
54	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	10
-	Pharmacognosy Magazine	10
56	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	9
57	Records of Natural Products	8
-	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	8