New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy97
2 Journal of Controlled Release89
- Pharmaceutics89
4 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews85
5 Frontiers in Pharmacology80
6 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery79
7 Antibiotics-Basel75
8 Pharmacological Research74
9 Pharmaceuticals68
10 Pharmacology & Therapeutics63
11 Phytomedicine62
12 Journal of Ethnopharmacology59
- Marine Drugs59
14 Drugs57
15 Drug Discovery Today56
- Life Sciences56
17 International Immunopharmacology54
18 International Journal of Nanomedicine52
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics52
20 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences50
21 Biochemical Pharmacology49
22 Drug Resistance Updates47
- European Journal of Pharmacology47
24 Phytotherapy Research45
25 Drug Delivery43
- Acta Pharmacologica Sinica43
27 British Journal of Pharmacology42
- Neuropharmacology42
- Chemico-Biological Interactions42
- Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology42
31 Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics41
- Drug Design Development and Therapy41
- Neuropsychopharmacology41
- Pharmacological Reviews41
35 Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis40
- Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy40
37 Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics39
- CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics39
39 Infection and Drug Resistance37
40 Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences36
- Current Neuropharmacology36
- Molecular Pharmaceutics36
- Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology36
- Toxicology36
- European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences36
46 Medicinal Research Reviews35
47 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy34
- Current Medicinal Chemistry34
- Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis34
- Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry34
51 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology33
- European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics33
- European Neuropsychopharmacology33
- Chinese Medicine33
55 AAPS Pharmscitech32
- Advances in Therapy32
- Pharmaceutical Research32
58 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents31
- Journal of Psychopharmacology31
60 ChemMedChem30
- Psychopharmacology30
- British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology30
- CNS Drugs30
- Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology30
65 Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery29
- Antiviral Research29
- Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences29
- Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology29
69 Current Pharmaceutical Design28
- Current Opinion in Pharmacology28
- Drug Metabolism and disPosition28
- Archives of Pharmacal Research28
- Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal28
74 Journal of Natural Products27
- Biodrugs27
- Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology27
- Pharmaceutical Biology27
78 Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery26
- Pharmacoeconomics26
80 Journal of Clinical Lipidology25
- Clinical Therapeutics25
- Neurotoxicology25
- Drug Safety25
- Archiv der Pharmazie25
- Pharmacological Reports25
86 Toxicon24
- Clinical Pharmacokinetics24
- Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs24
- Pharmacotherapy24
90 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology23
- Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets23
- Fitoterapia23
- Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology23
- Drugs & Aging23
- European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy23
- Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy23
97 Journal of International Medical Research22
- CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets22
- Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics22
- Journal of the American Pharmacists Association22
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine22
- Contemporary Clinical Trials22
- Drug Development Research22
- Expert Opinion on Drug Safety22
- American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education22
106 International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology21
- Chirality21
- Journal of Drug Targeting21
- Drug Testing and Analysis21
- Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology21
- Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy21
- Current Drug Delivery21
- Journal of Pharmacological Sciences21
- Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy21
- Peptides21
- AAPS Journal21
- Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics21
- Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior21
119 Biomolecules & Therapeutics20
- European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology20
- Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy20
- Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety20
- Pharmacology Research & Perspectives20
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation20
- Current Molecular Pharmacology20
- Molecular Pharmacology20
- Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology20
- Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents20
- Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease20
130 Investigational New Drugs19
- Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology19
- Current Drug Targets19
- Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets19
- Vascular Pharmacology19
135 Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin18
- BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology18
- Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy18
- American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy18
- Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology18
- Clinical Drug Investigation18
- Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience18
- Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology18
143 Biomedical Chromatography17
- Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics17
- Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology17
- Dose-Response17
- Pediatric Drugs17
- Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology17
- Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology17
- Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology17
- Journal of Clinical Pharmacology17
- Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology17
153 Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening16
- Microbial Drug Resistance16
- Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology16
- Therapeutic Drug Monitoring16
- Journal of Antibiotics16
- Cardiovascular Therapeutics16
- American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs16
- Annals of Pharmacotherapy16
- Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics16
162 Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals15
- Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics15
- Anti-Cancer Drugs15
- Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia15
- Clinical and Experimental Hypertension15
- Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences15
- Pharmaceutical Development and Technology15
- Alcohol15
170 Current Drug Metabolism14
- Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation14
- Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery14
- Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology14
- Journal of Natural Medicines14
- Drug and Chemical Toxicology14
- European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics14
- Pharmacogenomics Journal14
178 Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin13
- Journal of Microencapsulation13
- DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences13
- Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy13
- Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety13
- Pharmacology13
- Pharmacopsychiatry13
- Planta Medica13
- Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology13
- Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology13
- Journal of Liposome Research13
- Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics13
- Drug Metabolism Reviews13
- Therapie13
- Pharmaceutical Statistics13
193 International Clinical Psychopharmacology12
- International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms12
- Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines12
- Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods12
- Current Pharmaceutical Analysis12
- Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology12
- Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics12
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal12
- European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy12
- Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs12
- Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research12
- Pharmacogenomics12
- Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice12
- Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research12
207 Journal of Chemotherapy11
- Drugs in R&D11
- American Journal of Therapeutics11
- Indian Journal of Pharmacology11
- Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics11
- Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics11
- Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics11
- Antiviral Therapy11
- Assay and Drug Development Technologies11
216 Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems10
- Skin Pharmacology and Physiology10
- Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences10
- Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine10
- Behavioural Pharmacology10
- Biologicals10
- International Journal of Toxicology10
- Journal of Applied Biomedicine10
- Chemotherapy10
- Farmacia10
- Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental10
227 Clinical Neuropharmacology9
- Personalized Medicine9
- Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research9
- Xenobiotica9
- Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition9
- Current Radiopharmaceuticals9
- Current Vascular Pharmacology9
- Pharmacogenetics and Genomics9
235 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research8
236 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics7
237 Dissolution Technologies5
- Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan5
239 International Journal of Pharmacology4
- Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica4
241 Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research2
- Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences2
- Drugs of the Future2
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