Pharmacology & Pharmacy: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01)

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	36.736
2	Pharmacological Reviews	33.488
3	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	29.691
4	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	24.235
5	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	23.482
6	Drug Resistance Updates	21.988
7	Drugs	20.149
8	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	19.881
9	Journal of Controlled Release	18.744
10	Medicinal Research Reviews	18.528
11	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	18.376
12	Pharmacological Research	17.642
13	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	17.410
14	Archives of Pharmacal Research	14.573
15	Drug Delivery	14.281
16	Drug Discovery Today	13.786
17	International Journal of Nanomedicine	12.489
18	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	12.222
19	CNS Drugs	11.640
20	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	11.625
21	Life Sciences	11.485
22	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	11.444
23	Phytotherapy Research	10.986
24	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	10.742
25	Phytomedicine	10.705
26	Neuropsychopharmacology	10.463
27	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	10.351
28	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	10.136
29	Marine Drugs	10.079
30	Biodrugs	9.883
31	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	9.878
32	British Journal of Pharmacology	9.665
33	Neuropharmacology	9.636
34	Biochemical Pharmacology	9.429
35	Pharmaceutics	9.364
36	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	9.283
37	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	9.192
38	Journal of Psychopharmacology	9.086
39	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	9.027
40	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	8.995
41	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	8.871
42	European Journal of Pharmacology	8.800
43	Drug Design Development and Therapy	8.760
44	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	8.597
45	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	8.572
46	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	8.567
47	Current Neuropharmacology	8.504
48	Antiviral Research	8.414
49	Toxicology	8.403
50	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	8.340

51	Chinese Medicine	8.261
52	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	8.255
53	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	8.204
54	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	8.162
55	Antibiotics-Basel	8.083
56	AAPS Journal	7.994
57	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	7.794
58	Drug Metabolism Reviews	7.642
59	Frontiers in Pharmacology	7.640
60	Chemico-Biological Interactions	7.631
61	Pharmacological Reports	7.596
62	Pharmaceutical Biology	7.541
63	Pharmaceuticals	7.520
64	International Immunopharmacology	7.473
65	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	7.406
66	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	7.312
67	Journal of Drug Targeting	7.211
68	Pharmacoeconomics	7.137
69	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	7.020
70	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	6.892
71	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	6.856
72	Molecular Pharmaceutics	6.811
73	Neurotoxicology	6.727
74	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	6.701
75	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	6.640
76	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	6.598
77	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	6.595
78	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	6.420
79	Biomedicines	6.403
80	Psychopharmacology	6.373
81	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	6.325
82	Drug Safety	6.275
83	AAPS Pharmscitech	6.252
84	Journal of Natural Products	6.250
85	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	6.212
86	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	6.202
87	Pharmaceutical Research	6.196
-	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	6.196
89	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	6.180
90	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	6.093
-	Advances in Therapy	6.093
92	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	6.061
93	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	6.033
94	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	6.010
95	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	5.999
96	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	5.899
97	Current Medicinal Chemistry	5.862
98	Investigational New Drugs	5.827
99	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	5.817
100	Molecular Pharmacology	5.816
101	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	5.810
102	Infection and Drug Resistance	5.742
103	Pharmacopsychiatry	5.716
104	Drugs & Aging	5.682
105	Microbial Drug Resistance	5.669
106	Pediatric Drugs	5.661
107	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	5.650
108	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	5.646
109	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	5.634
110	Peptides	5.562
111	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	5.540
112	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	5.528
113	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	5.514
114	Current Pharmaceutical Design	5.499
115	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	5.443
116	ChemMedChem	5.385
117	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	5.306
118	Journal of Microencapsulation	5.301
119	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	5.261
120	Archiv der Pharmazie	5.248
121	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	5.224
122	Pharmacogenomics Journal	5.171
123	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	5.106
124	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	5.104
125	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	5.076
126	Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety	5.065
127	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	5.063
128	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	4.959
129	Drug Development Research	4.947
130	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	4.902
131	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	4.873
132	Current Drug Targets	4.804
133	Clinical Therapeutics	4.798
134	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	4.789
135	Pharmacotherapy	4.725
136	Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs	4.700
137	Clinical Drug Investigation	4.694
138	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	4.665
139	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	4.589
140	Journal of Liposome Research	4.575
141	Drug Testing and Analysis	4.460
142	Current Drug Delivery	4.439
143	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	4.426
-	Skin Pharmacology and Physiology	4.426
145	Fitoterapia	4.414
146	Dose-Response	4.385
147	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	4.379
148	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	4.345
149	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	4.338
150	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	4.318
151	Current Molecular Pharmacology	4.307
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	4.307
153	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	4.264
154	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	4.181
155	Journal of Antibiotics	4.160
156	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	4.138
157	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	4.116
158	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	4.093
159	Contemporary Clinical Trials	3.968
160	Drugs in R&D	3.963
161	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	3.947
162	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	3.946
163	Advanced Therapeutics	3.928
164	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	3.918
165	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	3.914
166	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	3.889
-	DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	3.889
168	Pharmacology	3.877
169	Clinical and Experimental Hypertension	3.828
170	Current Vascular Pharmacology	3.814
171	Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics	3.792
172	Chirality	3.689
173	Current Drug Metabolism	3.658
174	Anti-Cancer Drugs	3.651
175	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	3.628

176	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	3.597
177	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	3.558
178	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	3.535
179	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	3.525
180	Journal of Applied Biomedicine	3.505
181	Pharmacogenomics	3.475
182	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	3.371
183	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	3.344
184	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	3.324
185	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	3.316
186	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	3.297
187	Vascular Pharmacology	3.295
188	Personalized Medicine	3.287
189	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	3.278
190	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	3.271
191	Behavioural Pharmacology	3.235
192	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	3.231
193	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	3.216
194	Assay and Drug Development Technologies	3.155
195	Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems	3.119
196	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	3.101
197	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	3.091
198	Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines	3.088
199	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	3.070
-	Planta Medica	3.070
201	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	3.065
202	Chemotherapy	3.058
203	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	3.039
204	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	2.975
205	Journal of International Medical Research	2.961
206	Toxicon	2.913
207	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	2.819
208	Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition	2.812
209	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	2.788
210	Biomedical Chromatography	2.783
211	Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation	2.743
212	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	2.720
213	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	2.712
214	International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X	2.685
215	Biologicals	2.677
216	Antiviral Therapy	2.670
217	Alcohol	2.646
218	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	2.617
219	Xenobiotica	2.557
220	Journal of Chemotherapy	2.539
221	Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development	2.538
222	Current Radiopharmaceuticals	2.480
223	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	2.422
224	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	2.368
225	Pharmaceutical Statistics	2.308
226	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	2.303
227	American Journal of Therapeutics	2.269
228	Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs	2.224
229	Clinical Neuropharmacology	2.165
230	Therapie	2.159
231	Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	2.144
232	International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms	2.083
233	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	2.059
234	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	2.056
235	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	2.040
236	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	1.976
237	Bioimpacts	1.970
238	Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine	1.933
239	European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy	1.881
240	International Journal of Toxicology	1.756
241	Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics	1.752
242	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics	1.532
243	European Neuropsychopharmacology	1.519
244	Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods	1.513
245	Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	1.403
246	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	1.399
247	Farmacia	1.317
248	Current Pharmaceutical Analysis	1.315
249	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	1.266
-	Indian Journal of Pharmacology	1.266
251	Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	1.189
252	Dissolution Technologies	0.730
253	Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan	0.607
254	International Journal of Pharmacology	0.432
255	Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica	0.338
256	Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research	0.169
257	Drugs of the Future	0.165