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	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	59
-	Marine Drugs	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	ACS Infectious Diseases	34
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	34
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
17	Current Medicinal Chemistry	32
18	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	31
-	ChemBioChem	31
-	Chemical Research in Toxicology	31
21	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	30
22	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	29
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	29
24	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	ChemMedChem	28
26	Molecular Diversity	27
-	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	27
29	Drug Development Research	26
-	Fitoterapia	26
-	Medicinal Chemistry Research	26
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	26
33	Journal of Natural Products	25
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	25
35	Archiv der Pharmazie	23
36	Future Medicinal Chemistry	22
-	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	22
38	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	19
39	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	18
-	Medicinal Chemistry	18
-	Natural Product Research	18
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	18
43	Chirality	17
44	Molecular Informatics	16
45	Journal of Medicinal Food	15
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	15
48	Planta Medica	13
-	Phytochemistry Letters	13
50	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	12

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