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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	108
2	Pharmaceutics	102
3	Journal of Controlled Release	92
4	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	87
5	Frontiers in Pharmacology	83
6	Biomedicines	81
7	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	78
-	Antibiotics-Basel	78
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	78
10	Pharmaceuticals	77
11	Pharmacological Research	73
-	Phytomedicine	73
13	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	62
14	Marine Drugs	61
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	61
16	Life Sciences	59
-	International Immunopharmacology	59
18	Drug Discovery Today	58
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	58
20	Drugs	56
21	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	54
-	Drug Resistance Updates	54
23	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	52
24	Biochemical Pharmacology	51
25	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	50
26	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	47
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	47
28	Pharmacological Reviews	46
-	Phytotherapy Research	46
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	46
31	European Journal of Pharmacology	45
32	Drug Design Development and Therapy	44
33	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	43
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	43
35	Molecular Pharmaceutics	42
36	Neuropharmacology	40
-	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	40
-	British Journal of Pharmacology	40
-	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	40
40	Drug Delivery	38
41	Current Neuropharmacology	37
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	37
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
44	Toxicology	36
-	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	36
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	36
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
48	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	35
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	35
-	Advances in Therapy	35

-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	35
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	35
53	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	34
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	34
-	AAPS Pharmscitech	34
-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
57	Pharmaceutical Research	33
-	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	33
-	Chinese Medicine	33
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	33
61	CNS Drugs	32
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	32
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	32
-	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	32
65	European Neuropsychopharmacology	31
-	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	31
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	31
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	31
69	Pharmacoeconomics	30
-	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	30
71	Biodrugs	29
-	Antiviral Research	29
-	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	29
74	Pharmacological Reports	28
-	Current Pharmaceutical Design	28
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	28
-	Psychopharmacology	28
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	28
-	ChemMedChem	28
81	Neurotoxicology	26
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	26
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
-	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	26
85	Toxicon	25
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	25
-	Drug Development Research	25
-	Fitoterapia	25
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	25
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	25
91	Pharmacotherapy	24
-	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	24
-	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	24
-	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	24
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	24
-	AAPS Journal	24
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	24
-	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	24
99	Journal of International Medical Research	23
-	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	23
-	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	23
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	23
-	Journal of Drug Targeting	23
-	Clinical Therapeutics	23
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	23
-	Current Drug Delivery	23
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	23
-	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	23
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	23
-	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	23
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	23
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	23
-	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	23
114	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	22
-	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	22
-	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	22
-	Peptides	22
-	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	22
-	Current Drug Targets	22
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	22
-	Drugs & Aging	22
122	Drug Testing and Analysis	21
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	21
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	21
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	21
-	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	21
127	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	20
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	20
-	Contemporary Clinical Trials	20
-	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	20
-	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	20
-	Advanced Therapeutics	20
133	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	19
-	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	19
-	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	19
-	Clinical Drug Investigation	19
-	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	19
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	19
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	19
140	Pediatric Drugs	18
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	18
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	18
-	Vascular Pharmacology	18
-	Chirality	18
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	18
-	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	18
-	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	18
-	Investigational New Drugs	18
149	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	17
-	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	17
-	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	17
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X	17
-	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	17
-	Molecular Pharmacology	17
-	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	17
-	Biomedical Chromatography	17
-	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	17
158	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	16
-	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	16
-	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	16
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	16
-	Alcohol	16
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Anti-Cancer Drugs	16
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	16
166	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	15
-	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	15
-	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	15
-	Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development	15
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	15
-	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	15
-	Dose-Response	15
-	Journal of Antibiotics	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15
-	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	15

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