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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews36.471
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery28.562
3 Pharmacology & Therapeutics26.738
4 Drug Resistance Updates26.212
5 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology25.473
6 Drugs21.984
7 Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B20.744
8 Pharmacological Reviews20.462
9 Drug Delivery19.508
10 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences18.677
11 Journal of Controlled Release18.163
12 Pharmacological Research17.148
13 Medicinal Research Reviews17.016
14 Drug Discovery Today15.086
15 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy14.856
16 Archives of Pharmacal Research14.032
17 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences13.039
18 Acta Pharmacologica Sinica12.582
19 Pharmaceutics12.251
20 Biodrugs12.242
21 Phytomedicine12.106
22 CNS Drugs11.681
23 Pharmaceutical Biology11.051
24 Marine Drugs10.977
25 Current Opinion in Pharmacology10.957
26 Phytotherapy Research10.921
27 Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology10.565
28 International Journal of Nanomedicine10.439
29 Chinese Medicine9.946
30 Life Sciences9.815
31 Biochemical Pharmacology9.647
32 Neuropsychopharmacology9.604
33 Current Neuropharmacology9.565
34 Journal of Ethnopharmacology9.551
35 Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis9.374
36 Antibiotics-Basel9.348
37 Chemico-Biological Interactions9.190
38 International Journal of Pharmaceutics9.156
39 Journal of Psychopharmacology9.124
40 British Journal of Pharmacology9.089
41 Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery9.060
42 Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery8.996
43 Toxicology8.987
44 Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy8.949
45 Pharmaceuticals8.727
46 Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation8.719
47 Drug Delivery and Translational Research8.651
48 Neurotoxicology8.167
49 Frontiers in Pharmacology8.166
50 Pharmaceutical Research8.135
51 Neuropharmacology8.102
52 European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences7.894
53 Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs7.889
54 European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics7.842
55 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets7.813
56 Antiviral Research7.775
57 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy7.751
58 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.750
59 International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance7.745
60 Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry7.626
61 International Immunopharmacology7.624
62 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents7.570
63 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences7.519
64 Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology7.414
65 Drug Safety7.390
66 AAPS Pharmscitech7.365
67 Pharmacoeconomics7.339
68 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine7.317
69 Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal7.314
70 CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics7.308
71 Biomedicines7.274
72 Drug Design Development and Therapy7.202
73 Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics6.990
74 European Journal of Pharmacology6.907
75 Current Molecular Pharmacology6.901
76 Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease6.885
77 Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology6.878
78 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents6.833
79 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research6.746
80 Molecular Pharmaceutics6.717
81 Advances in Therapy6.577
82 Clinical and Experimental Hypertension6.572
83 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology6.539
84 Drug Metabolism Reviews6.528
85 Drugs & Aging6.497
86 European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy6.473
87 Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy6.427
88 Psychopharmacology6.382
89 Clinical Pharmacokinetics6.251
90 Biomolecules & Therapeutics6.230
91 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis6.197
92 Pharmacological Reports6.187
93 Drug Metabolism and disPosition6.093
94 Journal of Liposome Research6.077
95 Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences6.054
96 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy6.023
97 Pediatric Drugs5.988
98 Journal of Pharmacological Sciences5.962
99 CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets5.913
100 Peptides5.908
101 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology5.884
102 Journal of Natural Products5.834
103 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology5.801
104 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology5.681
105 Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics5.680
106 Journal of Drug Targeting5.679
107 Current Drug Delivery5.626
108 Infection and Drug Resistance5.625
109 Cardiovascular Therapeutics5.590
110 Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology5.516
111 Journal of Microencapsulation5.505
112 Drug Development Research5.489
113 Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics5.382
114 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.345
115 AAPS Journal5.313
116 Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics5.192
117 Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology5.178
118 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics5.135
119 Pharmacotherapy5.077
120 Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience5.069
121 Current Drug Targets5.049
122 Pharmacogenomics Journal5.046
123 Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs5.000
124 Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior4.883
125 Antiviral Therapy4.854
126 Investigational New Drugs4.825
127 Current Pharmaceutical Design4.761
128 Archiv der Pharmazie4.756
129 Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology4.686
130 British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology4.655
131 Pharmacology4.641
132 Dose-Response4.639
133 Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance4.584
134 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy4.546
135 Molecular Pharmacology4.540
136 Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety4.518
- European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology4.518
138 Chirality4.496
139 Clinical Drug Investigation4.495
140 Clinical Therapeutics4.493
141 ChemMedChem4.463
142 Microbial Drug Resistance4.426
143 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology4.413
144 Pharmaceutical Development and Technology4.352
145 Drug Testing and Analysis4.349
146 American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs4.348
147 Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics4.345
148 International Clinical Psychopharmacology4.321
149 Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology4.283
150 Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy4.269
151 Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology4.235
152 DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences4.170
153 Pharmacology Research & Perspectives4.126
- CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology4.126
155 Journal of Antibiotics4.098
156 Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology4.075
157 Expert Opinion on Drug Safety4.051
158 BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology4.049
159 International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X4.025
160 Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs4.000
161 Vascular Pharmacology3.984
162 Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy3.981
163 Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery3.965
164 Journal of Applied Biomedicine3.905
165 Drugs in R&D3.902
166 European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics3.895
167 Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology3.830
168 Pharmacopsychiatry3.811
169 Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems3.808
170 Skin Pharmacology and Physiology3.787
171 Contemporary Clinical Trials3.692
172 Annals of Pharmacotherapy3.685
173 Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science3.644
174 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology3.638
175 Journal of Natural Medicines3.637
176 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring3.555
177 Fitoterapia3.542
178 Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology3.499
179 Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy3.469
180 Anti-Cancer Drugs3.465
181 Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics3.421
182 Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy3.395
183 Drug and Chemical Toxicology3.302
184 Advanced Therapeutics3.292
185 Current Drug Metabolism3.245
186 Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics3.230
187 Journal of Clinical Pharmacology3.224
188 Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology3.196
189 Journal of Clinical Lipidology3.187
190 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety3.185
191 Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology3.145
192 Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology3.126
193 Pharmacogenomics3.066
194 Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets3.051
195 Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin3.049
196 Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals3.048
197 Journal of International Medical Research3.011
198 Assay and Drug Development Technologies2.906
199 Chemotherapy2.885
200 Current Radiopharmaceuticals2.832
201 Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines2.825
202 Personalized Medicine2.821
203 Biologicals2.813
204 Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition2.799
205 Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia2.797
206 Journal of Chemotherapy2.787
207 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences2.739
208 Toxicon2.735
209 Current Vascular Pharmacology2.711
- Current Pharmaceutical Analysis2.711
211 Biomedical Chromatography2.704
212 Journal of the American Pharmacists Association2.671
213 Bioimpacts2.668
214 Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening2.641
215 Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research2.611
216 Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine2.564
217 Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology2.559
218 Alcohol2.510
219 Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin2.489
220 Xenobiotica2.471
221 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics2.445
222 Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental2.439
223 American Journal of Therapeutics2.421
224 Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development2.365
225 Behavioural Pharmacology2.363
226 Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy2.357
227 International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms2.333
228 Clinical Neuropharmacology2.297
229 Indian Journal of Pharmacology2.254
230 Pharmaceutical Statistics2.230
231 Therapie2.119
232 Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation2.090
233 Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics2.005
234 American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education1.939
235 Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice1.891
236 American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy1.883
237 European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy1.850
238 International Journal of Toxicology1.838
239 International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology1.653
240 European Neuropsychopharmacology1.642
241 Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal1.618
242 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics1.611
243 Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods1.606
244 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research1.561
245 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics1.411
246 Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research1.372
247 Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics1.329
248 Farmacia1.199
249 Planta Medica1.162
250 Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics1.094
251 Dissolution Technologies0.939
252 Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research0.778
253 Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan0.622
254 International Journal of Pharmacology0.566
255 Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica0.307
256 Drugs of the Future0.294
257 Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research0.252
258 Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences0.060
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