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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	95
2	Pharmaceuticals	68
3	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	67
4	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	65
5	Phytomedicine	62
6	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	59
-	Marine Drugs	59
8	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	53
9	Phytotherapy Research	45
10	Natural Product Reports	44
11	Drug Design Development and Therapy	41
12	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
13	Medicinal Research Reviews	35
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	35
15	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	34
17	ChemBioChem	30
-	ChemMedChem	30
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	30
20	Chemical Research in Toxicology	29
21	Molecular Diversity	28
-	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	28
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	28
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	28
26	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Journal of Natural Products	27
28	Medicinal Chemistry Research	26
29	Archiv der Pharmazie	25
-	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	25
31	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	24
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	24
33	Fitoterapia	23
34	Drug Development Research	22
35	Chirality	21
36	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	20
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	20
38	Future Medicinal Chemistry	19
39	Journal of Medicinal Food	17
-	Natural Product Research	17
-	Molecular Informatics	17
42	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	16
-	Medicinal Chemistry	16
44	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
-	Phytochemistry Letters	14
46	Planta Medica	13
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	13
49	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	12
50	Natural Product Communications	11

51	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	10
-	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	10
53	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	8
-	Pharmacognosy Magazine	8
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	8
56	Records of Natural Products	6