New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews37.271
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery28.276
3 Pharmacology & Therapeutics25.922
4 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology24.876
5 Drug Resistance Updates24.463
6 Drugs22.364
7 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B22.291
8 Pharmacological Reviews21.513
9 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences18.096
10 Drug Delivery17.965
11 Journal of Controlled Release17.682
12 Pharmacological Research17.308
13 Medicinal Research Reviews15.793
14 Drug Discovery Today14.581
15 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy14.092
16 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences13.726
17 Archives of Pharmacal Research13.124
18 Phytomedicine12.179
19 Acta Pharmacologica Sinica11.930
20 Neuropsychopharmacology11.887
21 Pharmaceutics11.634
22 CNS Drugs11.521
23 Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology11.237
24 Biodrugs11.225
25 Phytotherapy Research11.151
26 Marine Drugs11.014
27 Current Opinion in Pharmacology10.692
28 Life Sciences9.937
29 Chinese Medicine9.885
30 International Journal of Nanomedicine9.873
31 Pharmaceutical Biology9.871
32 British Journal of Pharmacology9.773
33 Biochemical Pharmacology9.730
34 Chemico-Biological Interactions9.330
35 Neuropharmacology9.290
36 Antibiotics-Basel9.267
37 Current Neuropharmacology9.242
38 International Journal of Pharmaceutics9.163
39 Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis9.021
40 Journal of Ethnopharmacology8.796
41 Journal of Psychopharmacology8.698
42 Toxicology8.443
43 Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery8.407
44 Pharmaceuticals8.379
45 Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery8.377
46 Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation8.341
47 European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics8.241
48 European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences8.186
49 European Journal of Pharmacology8.123
50 Drug Delivery and Translational Research8.110
51 International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance8.078
52 Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy8.008
53 Frontiers in Pharmacology7.937
54 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy7.902
55 Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry7.779
56 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.757
57 Antiviral Research7.724
58 Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs7.656
59 Neurotoxicology7.592
60 Pharmaceutical Research7.573
61 Drug Design Development and Therapy7.526
62 Biomedicines7.381
63 Drug Safety7.377
64 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets7.339
65 International Immunopharmacology7.271
66 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences7.093
67 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine7.065
68 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents7.049
69 Pharmacoeconomics7.024
70 Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology6.984
71 Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology6.967
72 Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal6.872
73 Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics6.775
74 Molecular Pharmaceutics6.700
75 Psychopharmacology6.606
76 CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics6.558
77 Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease6.536
78 AAPS Pharmscitech6.525
79 Advances in Therapy6.392
80 Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy6.341
81 Drugs & Aging6.331
82 Drug Metabolism and disPosition6.312
83 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research6.281
84 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology6.237
85 Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics6.234
86 Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences6.226
87 European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy6.194
88 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis6.155
89 Journal of Pharmacological Sciences6.113
90 Peptides6.068
91 Drug Metabolism Reviews6.063
92 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy6.058
93 Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology5.993
94 Clinical Pharmacokinetics5.965
95 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology5.934
96 Pediatric Drugs5.899
97 Journal of Natural Products5.891
98 Pharmacological Reports5.888
99 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology5.879
100 Current Molecular Pharmacology5.863
101 Biomolecules & Therapeutics5.815
102 Journal of Liposome Research5.735
103 Infection and Drug Resistance5.724
104 Clinical and Experimental Hypertension5.691
105 Cardiovascular Therapeutics5.678
106 Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics5.629
107 Journal of Drug Targeting5.603
108 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.424
109 Current Drug Delivery5.385
110 AAPS Journal5.324
111 CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets5.309
112 Drug Development Research5.301
113 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics5.232
114 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents5.215
115 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology5.195
116 Archiv der Pharmazie5.184
117 Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics5.098
118 Pharmacotherapy5.069
119 Current Drug Targets5.052
120 Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology5.005
121 Journal of Microencapsulation4.990
122 Dose-Response4.960
123 Current Pharmaceutical Design4.959
124 Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology4.835
125 Microbial Drug Resistance4.796
126 Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience4.761
127 British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology4.710
128 Pharmacogenomics Journal4.689
129 Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior4.675
130 Investigational New Drugs4.623
131 Clinical Drug Investigation4.586
132 Pharmacology Research & Perspectives4.560
133 Chirality4.531
134 Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance4.520
135 Molecular Pharmacology4.485
136 ChemMedChem4.453
137 Clinical Therapeutics4.439
138 Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs4.410
139 American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs4.364
140 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy4.306
141 Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics4.300
142 European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology4.264
143 Antiviral Therapy4.247
144 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology4.233
145 DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences4.199
146 Drug Testing and Analysis4.185
147 CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology4.160
148 BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology4.087
149 Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy4.079
150 Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology4.053
151 Pharmaceutical Development and Technology4.050
152 Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology4.043
153 Journal of Antibiotics4.036
154 Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety4.006
155 Pharmacology3.996
156 Pharmacopsychiatry3.974
157 European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics3.964
158 Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery3.927
159 Skin Pharmacology and Physiology3.925
- Vascular Pharmacology3.925
161 Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology3.910
162 Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics3.840
163 Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology3.818
164 Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy3.798
165 Expert Opinion on Drug Safety3.778
166 Drugs in R&D3.774
167 Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology3.765
168 Journal of Applied Biomedicine3.720
169 Contemporary Clinical Trials3.715
170 International Clinical Psychopharmacology3.698
171 Anti-Cancer Drugs3.645
172 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring3.634
173 Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy3.621
174 Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs3.600
175 Fitoterapia3.591
176 Annals of Pharmacotherapy3.557
177 Journal of Natural Medicines3.544
178 Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology3.508
179 Current Drug Metabolism3.500
180 Journal of the American Pharmacists Association3.482
181 Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy3.471
182 Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems3.424
183 Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science3.380
184 Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals3.363
185 Journal of Clinical Pharmacology3.354
186 Pharmacogenomics3.334
187 International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X3.267
188 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology3.249
189 Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics3.208
190 Drug and Chemical Toxicology3.207
191 Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets3.117
- Advanced Therapeutics3.117
193 Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology3.036
194 Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin2.971
195 Journal of International Medical Research2.958
196 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety2.933
197 Personalized Medicine2.902
198 Journal of Clinical Lipidology2.899
199 Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology2.868
200 Toxicon2.857
201 Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental2.843
202 Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia2.791
203 Behavioural Pharmacology2.773
204 Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition2.759
205 Chemotherapy2.686
206 Assay and Drug Development Technologies2.613
207 Current Vascular Pharmacology2.593
208 Journal of Chemotherapy2.588
209 Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines2.581
210 Biomedical Chromatography2.573
211 Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin2.571
212 Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology2.568
213 Bioimpacts2.554
214 Current Radiopharmaceuticals2.553
215 Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening2.495
216 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences2.493
217 Biologicals2.489
218 Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation2.416
219 Xenobiotica2.336
220 Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research2.316
221 Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development2.301
222 Alcohol2.261
223 Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine2.237
224 Current Pharmaceutical Analysis2.175
225 Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy2.164
- Pharmaceutical Statistics2.164
227 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics2.152
228 International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms2.146
229 International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology2.133
230 American Journal of Therapeutics2.131
231 Clinical Neuropharmacology2.096
232 Indian Journal of Pharmacology1.963
233 American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy1.948
234 International Journal of Toxicology1.907
235 Therapie1.904
236 American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education1.890
237 Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics1.864
238 Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice1.818
239 European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy1.801
240 European Neuropsychopharmacology1.611
241 Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods1.553
242 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics1.501
243 Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal1.434
244 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research1.409
245 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics1.350
246 Planta Medica1.289
247 Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics1.279
248 Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research1.194
249 Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics1.074
250 Farmacia0.990
251 Dissolution Technologies0.804
252 Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research0.723
253 Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan0.560
254 International Journal of Pharmacology0.539
255 Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica0.338
256 Drugs of the Future0.246
257 Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research0.209
258 Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences0.084
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