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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	88
2	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	87
3	Journal of Controlled Release	83
4	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	81
5	Frontiers in Pharmacology	79
6	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	78
-	Pharmaceutics	78
8	Pharmacological Research	70
9	Antibiotics-Basel	68
10	Biomedicines	67
11	Pharmaceuticals	62
12	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	61
-	Phytomedicine	61
14	Drugs	60
15	Marine Drugs	58
16	Life Sciences	56
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	56
18	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	55
19	International Immunopharmacology	53
-	Drug Discovery Today	53
21	International Journal of Nanomedicine	52
22	British Journal of Pharmacology	48
23	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	47
-	Biochemical Pharmacology	47
25	European Journal of Pharmacology	46
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	46
27	Phytotherapy Research	44
28	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	43
29	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	42
-	Drug Resistance Updates	42
31	Pharmacological Reviews	41
32	Neuropharmacology	40
-	Drug Design Development and Therapy	40
-	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	40
35	Chemico-Biological Interactions	39
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	39
37	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	38
-	Molecular Pharmaceutics	38
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	38
40	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	37
41	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	36
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	36
44	Drug Delivery	35
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	35
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	35
47	Toxicology	34
-	CNS Drugs	34
-	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	34
50	Current Medicinal Chemistry	33

-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	33
-	Chinese Medicine	33
-	Advances in Therapy	33
54	ChemMedChem	32
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	32
-	Current Neuropharmacology	32
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	32
58	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	31
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	31
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	31
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	31
62	Pharmaceutical Research	30
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	30
-	Psychopharmacology	30
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	30
-	AAPS Pharmscitech	30
67	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	29
-	Antiviral Research	29
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	29
70	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	28
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	28
72	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	27
-	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	27
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	27
-	Current Pharmaceutical Design	27
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	27
77	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
-	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	26
-	Journal of Natural Products	26
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	26
-	Drug Safety	26
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	26
83	Neurotoxicology	25
-	Pharmacological Reports	25
-	Biodrugs	25
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	25
87	Pharmacoeconomics	24
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	24
-	Clinical Therapeutics	24
90	Toxicon	23
-	Journal of International Medical Research	23
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	23
-	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	23
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	23
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	23
-	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	23
-	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	23
-	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	23
99	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	22
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	22
-	Drugs & Aging	22
-	AAPS Journal	22
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	22
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	22
-	Drug Testing and Analysis	22
106	Contemporary Clinical Trials	21
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	21
-	Drug Development Research	21
-	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	21
-	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	21
-	Peptides	21
-	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	21
-	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	21
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	21
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	21
116	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	20
-	Pharmacotherapy	20
-	Pediatric Drugs	20
-	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	20
-	Fitoterapia	20
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	20
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	20
-	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	20
-	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	20
-	Investigational New Drugs	20
-	Journal of Drug Targeting	20
-	Current Drug Delivery	20
-	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	20
-	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	20
130	Chirality	19
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	19
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	19
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	19
-	Vascular Pharmacology	19
-	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	19
-	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	19
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	19
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	19
-	Current Drug Targets	19
-	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	19
141	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	18
-	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	18
-	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	18
-	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	18
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	18
-	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	18
-	Advanced Therapeutics	18
-	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	18
-	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	18
-	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	18
-	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	18
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	18
-	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	18
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	18
155	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	17
-	Biomedical Chromatography	17
-	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	17
-	Molecular Pharmacology	17
-	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	17
-	Clinical Drug Investigation	17
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	17
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	17
163	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	16
-	Journal of Antibiotics	16
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	16
-	Dose-Response	16
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	16
168	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	15
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	15
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	15
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	15
-	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15
-	Anti-Cancer Drugs	15
175	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	14

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