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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	106
2	Pharmaceutics	99
3	Journal of Controlled Release	93
4	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	85
5	Frontiers in Pharmacology	82
6	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	80
-	Biomedicines	80
8	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	78
9	Antibiotics-Basel	75
10	Pharmaceuticals	74
11	Pharmacological Research	73
12	Phytomedicine	70
13	Marine Drugs	61
14	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	60
-	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	60
16	Drug Discovery Today	58
-	International Immunopharmacology	58
-	International Journal of Nanomedicine	58
19	Life Sciences	57
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	57
21	Drugs	56
22	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	53
23	Drug Resistance Updates	51
-	Biochemical Pharmacology	51
25	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	47
26	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	45
-	European Journal of Pharmacology	45
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	45
29	Phytotherapy Research	44
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	44
31	Pharmacological Reviews	43
-	Drug Design Development and Therapy	43
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	43
34	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	42
-	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	42
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	42
37	Neuropharmacology	41
-	Drug Delivery	41
39	Molecular Pharmaceutics	40
40	British Journal of Pharmacology	39
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	39
42	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	37
43	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	36
46	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	35
-	Advances in Therapy	35
-	Current Neuropharmacology	35
49	Pharmaceutical Research	34
-	Toxicology	34

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

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