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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	98
2	Pharmaceutics	90
3	Journal of Controlled Release	89
4	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	84
5	Frontiers in Pharmacology	81
6	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	80
7	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	77
8	Antibiotics-Basel	76
9	Pharmacological Research	75
10	Biomedicines	73
11	Pharmaceuticals	70
12	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	63
-	Phytomedicine	63
14	Marine Drugs	60
15	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	59
16	Drug Discovery Today	57
-	Drugs	57
18	Life Sciences	56
19	International Immunopharmacology	53
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	53
21	International Journal of Nanomedicine	52
22	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	51
23	Drug Resistance Updates	48
-	Biochemical Pharmacology	48
25	European Journal of Pharmacology	47
26	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	45
-	Drug Delivery	45
28	Phytotherapy Research	44
29	British Journal of Pharmacology	43
30	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	42
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	42
-	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	42
33	Neuropsychopharmacology	41
-	Drug Design Development and Therapy	41
35	Pharmacological Reviews	40
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	40
37	Neuropharmacology	39
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	39
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	39
40	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	38
-	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	38
42	Molecular Pharmaceutics	37
-	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	37
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
-	Current Neuropharmacology	37
46	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
49	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	35
-	Toxicology	35

-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	35
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	35
53	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	34
54	Pharmaceutical Research	33
-	Advances in Therapy	33
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	33
-	Chinese Medicine	33
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	33
59	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	32
-	AAPS Pharmscitech	32
-	CNS Drugs	32
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	32
63	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	31
-	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	31
65	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	30
66	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	29
-	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	29
-	Psychopharmacology	29
69	Journal of Natural Products	28
-	Antiviral Research	28
-	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	28
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	28
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	28
74	Pharmacoeconomics	27
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	27
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	27
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	27
-	Current Pharmaceutical Design	27
-	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	27
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	27
-	Biodrugs	27
-	ChemMedChem	27
83	Neurotoxicology	26
-	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	26
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	26
86	Pharmacological Reports	25
-	Drug Safety	25
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	25
-	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	25
90	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	24
-	Clinical Therapeutics	24
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	24
93	Toxicon	23
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	23
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	23
-	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	23
-	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	23
-	Drug Development Research	23
-	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	23
-	Drugs & Aging	23
-	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	23
-	Fitoterapia	23
103	Pharmacotherapy	22
-	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	22
-	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	22
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	22
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	22
-	Journal of International Medical Research	22
-	AAPS Journal	22
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	22
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	22
-	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	22
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	22
114	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
-	Journal of Drug Targeting	21
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	21
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	21
-	Current Drug Delivery	21
-	Drug Testing and Analysis	21
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
-	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	21
-	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	21
-	Peptides	21
-	Contemporary Clinical Trials	21
-	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	21
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	21
-	Chirality	21
128	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	20
-	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	20
-	Current Drug Targets	20
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	20
-	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	20
-	Investigational New Drugs	20
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	20
-	Molecular Pharmacology	20
-	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	20
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	20
-	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	20
-	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	20
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	20
141	Clinical Drug Investigation	19
-	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	19
-	Vascular Pharmacology	19
144	Pediatric Drugs	18
-	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	18
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	18
-	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	18
-	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	18
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	18
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	18
-	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	18
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	18
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	18
154	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	17
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	17
-	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	17
-	Clinical and Experimental Hypertension	17
-	Dose-Response	17
-	Advanced Therapeutics	17
-	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	17
-	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	17
-	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	17
-	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	17
-	Biomedical Chromatography	17
-	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	17
-	Journal of Antibiotics	17
167	Microbial Drug Resistance	16
-	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	16
-	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	16
-	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	16
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
172	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	15
-	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	15
-	Anti-Cancer Drugs	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15

-	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	15
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	15
-	Alcohol	15
179	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	14
-	Journal of Microencapsulation	14
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation	14
-	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	14
-	Pharmacology	14
-	Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety	14
-	Therapie	14
-	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	14
-	Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development	14
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	14
-	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	14
191	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	13
-	Pharmaceutical Statistics	13
-	Journal of Liposome Research	13
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	13
-	Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	13
-	Pharmacopsychiatry	13
-	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	13
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	13
-	Current Drug Metabolism	13
-	Current Pharmaceutical Analysis	13
-	DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	13
-	Drug Metabolism Reviews	13
-	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	13
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X	13
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
206	Pharmacogenomics Journal	12
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	12
-	Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods	12
-	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	12
-	European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy	12
-	Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs	12
-	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	12
-	Pharmacogenomics	12
-	Planta Medica	12
-	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	12
-	Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics	12
-	Antiviral Therapy	12
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
-	Indian Journal of Pharmacology	12
-	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	12
-	International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms	12
-	Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines	12
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	12
224	Drugs in R&D	11
-	American Journal of Therapeutics	11
-	Bioimpacts	11
-	Chemotherapy	11
-	Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems	11
-	Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	11
-	Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics	11
231	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	10
-	Farmacia	10
-	Biologicals	10
-	Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine	10
-	Skin Pharmacology and Physiology	10
-	Assay and Drug Development Technologies	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	International Journal of Toxicology	10
-	Journal of Applied Biomedicine	10
240	Personalized Medicine	9
-	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	9
-	Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	9
-	Xenobiotica	9
-	Current Radiopharmaceuticals	9
-	Current Vascular Pharmacology	9
-	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	9
-	Clinical Neuropharmacology	9
-	Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition	9
249	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	8
250	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics	7
251	Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs	6
-	Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan	6
253	Dissolution Technologies	5
254	International Journal of Pharmacology	4
-	Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica	4
256	Drugs of the Future	3
257	Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	2
-	Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research	2