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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	95
2	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	67
3	Pharmaceuticals	66
4	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	63
5	Phytomedicine	62
6	Marine Drugs	60
7	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	58
8	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	54
9	Phytotherapy Research	44
10	Natural Product Reports	43
11	Drug Design Development and Therapy	41
12	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	37
13	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	35
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	35
15	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	34
17	ChemBioChem	31
18	ChemMedChem	30
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	30
-	ACS Infectious Diseases	30
21	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	29
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	29
23	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	28
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	Chemical Research in Toxicology	28
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	28
-	Molecular Diversity	28
28	Journal of Natural Products	27
29	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	26
-	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	26
31	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	25
-	Medicinal Chemistry Research	25
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	25
34	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	24
35	Fitoterapia	23
-	Future Medicinal Chemistry	23
37	Drug Development Research	22
38	Chirality	21
39	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	20
40	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	19
41	Molecular Informatics	18
-	Natural Product Research	18
43	Journal of Medicinal Food	16
-	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	16
-	Medicinal Chemistry	16
46	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
47	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
-	Phytochemistry Letters	14
49	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
50	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	12

-	Planta Medica	12
52	Natural Product Communications	11
53	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	10
-	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	10
55	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	8
56	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	7
-	Pharmacognosy Magazine	7
58	Records of Natural Products	6