Pharmacology & Pharmacy: 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	109
2	Pharmaceutics	105
3	Journal of Controlled Release	93
4	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	85
5	Frontiers in Pharmacology	84
-	Biomedicines	84
7	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	79
-	Antibiotics-Basel	79
9	Pharmaceuticals	78
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	78
11	Pharmacological Research	77
12	Phytomedicine	72
13	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	63
14	International Journal of Nanomedicine	62
15	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	61
16	International Immunopharmacology	60
17	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	59
-	Marine Drugs	59
19	Life Sciences	58
-	Drug Discovery Today	58
21	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	54
-	Drug Resistance Updates	54
-	Drugs	54
24	Biochemical Pharmacology	52
25	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	50
26	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	47
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	47
28	Chemico-Biological Interactions	46
-	Phytotherapy Research	46
-	European Journal of Pharmacology	46
31	Drug Design Development and Therapy	44
32	Neuropsychopharmacology	43
-	Pharmacological Reviews	43
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	43
35	British Journal of Pharmacology	42
-	Molecular Pharmaceutics	42
37	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	40
-	Neuropharmacology	40
39	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	38
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	38
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	38
42	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	37
-	Drug Delivery	37
44	Advances in Therapy	36
-	Toxicology	36
-	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	36
-	Current Neuropharmacology	36
48	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	35
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	35
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	35

-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	35
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	35
53	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	34
-	AAPS Pharmscitech	34
-	Chinese Medicine	34
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	34
-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
58	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	33
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	33
60	European Neuropsychopharmacology	32
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	32
-	Pharmaceutical Research	32
-	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	32
-	CNS Drugs	32
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	32
66	Journal of Psychopharmacology	31
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	31
68	Antiviral Research	30
-	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	30
-	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	30
71	Pharmaceutical Biology	29
-	Pharmacoeconomics	29
-	Biodrugs	29
-	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	29
75	Psychopharmacology	28
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	28
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	ChemMedChem	28
-	Current Pharmaceutical Design	28
80	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	27
-	Drug Safety	27
-	Pharmacological Reports	27
83	Fitoterapia	26
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
-	Neurotoxicology	26
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	26
-	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	26
-	Drug Development Research	26
89	Toxicon	25
-	AAPS Journal	25
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	25
-	Journal of Natural Products	25
93	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	24
-	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	24
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	24
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	24
-	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	24
-	Pharmacotherapy	24
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	24
-	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	24
-	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	24
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	24
-	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	24
104	Peptides	23
-	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	23
-	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	23
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	23
-	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	23
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	23
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	23
-	Clinical Therapeutics	23
-	Journal of International Medical Research	23
-	Current Drug Delivery	23
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	23
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	23
-	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	23
-	Journal of Drug Targeting	23
118	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	22
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	22
-	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	22
-	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	22
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	22
-	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	22
-	Drugs & Aging	22
125	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	21
-	Clinical and Experimental Hypertension	21
-	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	21
-	Current Drug Targets	21
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	21
130	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	20
-	Drug Testing and Analysis	20
-	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	20
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	20
-	Advanced Therapeutics	20
-	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	20
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	20
-	Contemporary Clinical Trials	20
138	Vascular Pharmacology	19
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	19
-	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	19
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X	19
-	Clinical Drug Investigation	19
-	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	19
-	Pediatric Drugs	19
-	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	19
-	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	19
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	19
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	19
149	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	18
-	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	18
-	Biomedical Chromatography	18
-	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	18
-	Investigational New Drugs	18
154	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	17
-	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	17
-	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	17
-	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	17
-	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	17
-	Chirality	17
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	17
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	17
162	Molecular Pharmacology	16
-	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	16
-	Anti-Cancer Drugs	16
-	Journal of Antibiotics	16
-	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	16
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	16
-	Alcohol	16
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	16
171	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	15
-	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	15
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	15

-	Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics	15
-	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	15
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	15
-	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	15
-	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	15
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	15
-	Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development	15
-	Journal of Liposome Research	15
-	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	15
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation	15
-	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	15
188	Therapie	14
-	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	14
-	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	14
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	14
-	Current Drug Metabolism	14
-	Dose-Response	14
-	Drug Metabolism Reviews	14
195	Planta Medica	13
-	Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety	13
-	Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs	13
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	13
-	Bioimpacts	13
-	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	13
-	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	13
-	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	13
-	Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines	13
-	Current Pharmaceutical Analysis	13
-	DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	13
206	Pharmacology	12
-	American Journal of Therapeutics	12
-	Biologicals	12
-	Pharmaceutical Statistics	12
-	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	12
-	Assay and Drug Development Technologies	12
-	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	12
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	12
-	Journal of Microencapsulation	12
-	Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods	12
216	Pharmacogenomics	11
-	Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine	11
-	Pharmacopsychiatry	11
-	Indian Journal of Pharmacology	11
-	International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms	11
-	International Journal of Toxicology	11
-	Current Radiopharmaceuticals	11
-	Current Vascular Pharmacology	11
-	Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	11
-	Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	11
-	Drugs in R&D	11
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	11
-	Pharmacogenomics Journal	11
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	11
-	Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition	11
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	11
233	Skin Pharmacology and Physiology	10
-	European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy	10
-	Journal of Applied Biomedicine	10
-	Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics	10
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	10
-	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	10
-	Xenobiotica	10
-	Farmacia	10
-	Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems	10
242	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics	9
-	Antiviral Therapy	9
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	9
-	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	9
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	9
247	Personalized Medicine	8
-	Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	8
-	Clinical Neuropharmacology	8
250	Chemotherapy	7
251	Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan	6
-	Dissolution Technologies	6
-	International Journal of Pharmacology	6
254	Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica	3
-	Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research	3
-	Drugs of the Future	3
257	Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	2