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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews37.468
2 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery27.521
3 Pharmacology & Therapeutics25.348
4 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology24.685
5 Pharmacological Reviews24.285
6 Drug Resistance Updates23.317
7 Drugs22.342
8 Journal of Controlled Release17.708
9 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences17.700
10 Drug Delivery17.302
11 Pharmacological Research17.170
12 Medicinal Research Reviews16.196
13 Drug Discovery Today14.269
14 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences14.175
15 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy13.928
16 Archives of Pharmacal Research13.559
17 Neuropsychopharmacology12.036
18 Phytomedicine11.787
19 Acta Pharmacologica Sinica11.743
20 CNS Drugs11.507
21 Pharmaceutics11.458
22 Phytotherapy Research11.070
23 Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology10.745
24 Biodrugs10.724
25 Marine Drugs10.711
26 Current Opinion in Pharmacology10.634
27 Life Sciences10.020
28 Chinese Medicine9.789
29 British Journal of Pharmacology9.741
30 Biochemical Pharmacology9.673
31 International Journal of Nanomedicine9.637
32 Pharmaceutical Biology9.423
33 Neuropharmacology9.195
34 Current Neuropharmacology9.175
35 Chemico-Biological Interactions9.074
36 Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry8.995
37 International Journal of Pharmaceutics8.974
38 Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery8.757
39 Journal of Psychopharmacology8.740
40 Journal of Ethnopharmacology8.613
41 Toxicology8.513
42 Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery8.330
43 Pharmaceuticals8.274
44 Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy8.190
45 European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences8.154
46 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy8.005
47 European Journal of Pharmacology7.952
- European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics7.952
49 Frontiers in Pharmacology7.805
50 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.802
51 Drug Design Development and Therapy7.797
52 Neurotoxicology7.735
53 Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs7.658
54 Antiviral Research7.628
55 Pharmaceutical Research7.386
56 Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy7.259
57 Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics7.195
58 Drug Safety7.194
59 International Immunopharmacology7.164
60 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets7.160
61 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents7.153
62 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences7.113
63 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine6.846
64 Pharmacoeconomics6.815
65 Drug Metabolism Reviews6.741
66 Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology6.715
67 Molecular Pharmaceutics6.688
68 Psychopharmacology6.685
69 Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal6.658
70 Drugs & Aging6.480
71 Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology6.466
72 Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences6.465
73 AAPS Pharmscitech6.400
74 Drug Metabolism and disPosition6.321
75 Advances in Therapy6.310
76 Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease6.278
77 CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics6.247
78 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis6.115
79 Journal of Pharmacological Sciences6.055
80 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy6.040
81 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology6.023
82 Pediatric Drugs5.944
83 Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics5.934
84 Peptides5.916
85 Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology5.879
86 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology5.833
87 Journal of Natural Products5.830
88 Cardiovascular Therapeutics5.792
89 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology5.759
90 Journal of Drug Targeting5.749
91 Clinical Pharmacokinetics5.748
92 Pharmacological Reports5.739
93 Current Molecular Pharmacology5.698
94 Infection and Drug Resistance5.616
95 Biomolecules & Therapeutics5.555
96 Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics5.532
97 Journal of Liposome Research5.523
98 Journal of Microencapsulation5.513
99 Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics5.373
100 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology5.361
101 Clinical and Experimental Hypertension5.338
102 Current Medicinal Chemistry5.307
103 Current Drug Delivery5.306
104 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics5.260
105 AAPS Journal5.223
106 Current Drug Targets5.220
107 CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets5.173
108 Archiv der Pharmazie5.140
109 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents5.137
110 Drug Development Research5.120
111 Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology5.083
112 Pharmacotherapy5.002
113 Pharmacogenomics Journal4.915
114 Dose-Response4.809
115 Investigational New Drugs4.799
116 Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs4.779
117 Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology4.769
118 Microbial Drug Resistance4.761
119 British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology4.711
120 Current Pharmaceutical Design4.676
121 Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior4.604
122 Chirality4.559
123 Clinical Drug Investigation4.555
124 ChemMedChem4.554
125 Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience4.545
126 Molecular Pharmacology4.451
127 DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences4.421
128 Clinical Therapeutics4.317
129 American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs4.306
130 Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics4.270
131 Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy4.252
132 European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology4.241
133 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology4.228
134 Pharmaceutical Development and Technology4.195
135 Drug Testing and Analysis4.164
136 Journal of Antibiotics4.110
137 Skin Pharmacology and Physiology4.102
138 Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology4.002
139 Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology3.978
- Antiviral Therapy3.978
141 European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics3.977
142 Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology3.910
143 Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety3.859
144 Pharmacopsychiatry3.853
145 Expert Opinion on Drug Safety3.829
146 Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy3.812
147 Pharmacology3.810
148 Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics3.780
149 International Clinical Psychopharmacology3.769
150 Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology3.766
151 Anti-Cancer Drugs3.761
152 Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy3.757
153 Contemporary Clinical Trials3.756
154 Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery3.745
155 Drugs in R&D3.744
156 Vascular Pharmacology3.692
157 Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology3.650
158 Journal of Natural Medicines3.608
159 Fitoterapia3.589
160 Annals of Pharmacotherapy3.558
161 Journal of Applied Biomedicine3.538
162 Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy3.535
163 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring3.509
164 Current Drug Metabolism3.444
165 Journal of Clinical Pharmacology3.396
166 Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology3.325
167 Journal of the American Pharmacists Association3.311
168 Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals3.278
169 Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems3.245
170 Pharmacogenomics3.228
171 Drug and Chemical Toxicology3.156
172 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology3.136
173 Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics3.034
174 Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets3.029
175 Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology3.017
176 Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental2.968
177 Personalized Medicine2.965
178 Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin2.954
179 Toxicon2.952
- Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology2.952
181 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety2.947
182 Journal of International Medical Research2.875
183 Journal of Clinical Lipidology2.833
184 Behavioural Pharmacology2.777
185 Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines2.691
186 Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia2.672
187 Chemotherapy2.610
188 Journal of Chemotherapy2.558
189 Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences2.552
190 Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition2.546
191 Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin2.543
192 Biologicals2.525
193 Biomedical Chromatography2.520
194 Assay and Drug Development Technologies2.494
195 Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology2.486
196 Current Vascular Pharmacology2.481
197 Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening2.451
198 Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation2.406
199 Current Radiopharmaceuticals2.375
200 Xenobiotica2.314
- Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research2.314
202 Alcohol2.202
203 Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine2.169
204 International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology2.166
205 American Journal of Therapeutics2.098
206 Pharmacogenetics and Genomics2.092
207 Therapie2.076
208 International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms2.051
209 Pharmaceutical Statistics2.050
210 Clinical Neuropharmacology2.039
211 Indian Journal of Pharmacology2.026
212 Current Pharmaceutical Analysis2.021
213 International Journal of Toxicology1.903
214 Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice1.840
215 American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy1.819
216 Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics1.812
217 American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education1.803
218 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research1.596
219 European Neuropsychopharmacology1.594
220 Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods1.567
221 Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics1.479
222 Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal1.372
223 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics1.306
224 Planta Medica1.249
225 Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics1.219
226 Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research1.143
227 Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics1.067
228 Farmacia0.990
229 Dissolution Technologies0.757
230 Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research0.746
231 Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan0.535
232 International Journal of Pharmacology0.504
233 Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica0.321
234 Drugs of the Future0.230
235 Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research0.167
236 Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences0.081
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