New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Pharmacology & Pharmacy

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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy108
2 Pharmaceutics102
3 Journal of Controlled Release92
4 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews87
5 Frontiers in Pharmacology83
6 Biomedicines81
7 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B78
- Nature Reviews Drug Discovery78
- Antibiotics-Basel78
10 Pharmaceuticals77
11 Pharmacological Research73
- Phytomedicine73
13 Journal of Ethnopharmacology62
14 International Journal of Nanomedicine61
- Marine Drugs61
16 International Immunopharmacology59
- Life Sciences59
18 International Journal of Pharmaceutics58
- Drug Discovery Today58
20 Drugs56
21 Drug Resistance Updates54
- Trends in Pharmacological Sciences54
23 Pharmacology & Therapeutics52
24 Biochemical Pharmacology51
25 Acta Pharmacologica Sinica50
26 Chemico-Biological Interactions47
- Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology47
28 Pharmacological Reviews46
- Phytotherapy Research46
- CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics46
31 European Journal of Pharmacology45
32 Drug Design Development and Therapy44
33 Neuropsychopharmacology43
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis43
35 Molecular Pharmaceutics42
36 Drug Delivery and Translational Research40
- British Journal of Pharmacology40
- Neuropharmacology40
- Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics40
40 Drug Delivery38
41 Infection and Drug Resistance37
- European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences37
- Current Neuropharmacology37
44 Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics36
- Medicinal Research Reviews36
- Toxicology36
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy36
48 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents35
- Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology35
- Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology35
- European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics35
- Advances in Therapy35
53 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy34
- Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry34
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences34
- AAPS Pharmscitech34
57 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis33
- Pharmaceutical Research33
- Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal33
- Chinese Medicine33
61 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology32
- CNS Drugs32
- Current Medicinal Chemistry32
- Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery32
65 Journal of Clinical Lipidology31
- Journal of Psychopharmacology31
- Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery31
- European Neuropsychopharmacology31
69 Pharmacoeconomics30
- Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology30
71 British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology29
- Antiviral Research29
- Biodrugs29
74 ChemMedChem28
- Pharmacological Reports28
- Current Pharmaceutical Design28
- Archives of Pharmacal Research28
- Pharmaceutical Biology28
- Psychopharmacology28
- Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology28
81 Neurotoxicology26
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine26
- Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance26
- Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics26
85 European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy25
- Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy25
- Toxicon25
- Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology25
- Drug Development Research25
- Fitoterapia25
91 Clinical Pharmacokinetics24
- Current Molecular Pharmacology24
- AAPS Journal24
- American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education24
- Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics24
- Pharmacotherapy24
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research24
- Drug Metabolism and disPosition24
99 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy23
- Journal of Drug Targeting23
- Clinical Therapeutics23
- CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets23
- Current Drug Delivery23
- Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology23
- Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy23
- Expert Opinion on Drug Safety23
- Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs23
- Archiv der Pharmazie23
- Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences23
- Journal of International Medical Research23
- Journal of the American Pharmacists Association23
- European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology23
- Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets23
114 Current Drug Targets22
- Current Opinion in Pharmacology22
- Drugs & Aging22
- Biomolecules & Therapeutics22
- Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy22
- Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology22
- Peptides22
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety22
122 Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation21
- Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology21
- International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology21
- Drug Testing and Analysis21
- Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology21
127 CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology20
- Advanced Therapeutics20
- Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science20
- Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience20
- Contemporary Clinical Trials20
- Pharmacology Research & Perspectives20
133 Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy19
- Clinical Drug Investigation19
- Journal of Pharmacological Sciences19
- Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents19
- BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology19
- Journal of Clinical Pharmacology19
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy19
140 Investigational New Drugs18
- Chirality18
- Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy18
- Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening18
- Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets18
- Pediatric Drugs18
- International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance18
- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology18
- Vascular Pharmacology18
149 Biomedical Chromatography17
- Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology17
- Molecular Pharmacology17
- Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology17
- Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior17
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X17
- Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology17
- Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology17
- Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia17
158 Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology16
- Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics16
- Alcohol16
- American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs16
- Anti-Cancer Drugs16
- Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology16
- Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin16
- Pharmaceutical Development and Technology16
166 Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology15
- Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics15
- Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences15
- Drug and Chemical Toxicology15
- Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy15
- Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics15
- Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease15
- Journal of Antibiotics15
- Cardiovascular Therapeutics15
- Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology15
- Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development15
- Journal of Natural Medicines15
- Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics15
- Dose-Response15
- Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery15
181 Journal of Liposome Research14
- International Clinical Psychopharmacology14
- Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals14
- Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy14
- Current Drug Metabolism14
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation14
- DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences14
- Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology14
- Therapeutic Drug Monitoring14
- Therapie14
191 Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology13
- Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines13
- Journal of Microencapsulation13
- Pharmaceutical Statistics13
- Current Pharmaceutical Analysis13
- Drug Metabolism Reviews13
- Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs13
- Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research13
- Planta Medica13
- Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety13
201 Bioimpacts12
- Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin12
- Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice12
- European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics12
- Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research12
- Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences12
- Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods12
- Microbial Drug Resistance12
- American Journal of Therapeutics12
- Assay and Drug Development Technologies12
211 Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition11
- Journal of Chemotherapy11
- Current Vascular Pharmacology11
- Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics11
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal11
- Pharmacogenomics Journal11
- Xenobiotica11
- Indian Journal of Pharmacology11
- International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms11
- Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology11
- Drugs in R&D11
- Pharmacogenomics11
- Pharmacology11
- Pharmacopsychiatry11
225 Current Radiopharmaceuticals10
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics10
- Farmacia10
- International Journal of Toxicology10
- Journal of Applied Biomedicine10
- Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics10
- Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems10
- European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy10
- Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine10
234 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research9
- Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental9
- Personalized Medicine9
- Pharmacogenetics and Genomics9
- Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics9
- Antiviral Therapy9
- Behavioural Pharmacology9
- Skin Pharmacology and Physiology9
242 Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research8
- International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics8
- Clinical Neuropharmacology8
245 International Journal of Pharmacology6
- Dissolution Technologies6
- Chemotherapy6
- Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan6
249 Drugs of the Future3
- Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica3
- Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research3
252 Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences2
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