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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	95
2	Journal of Controlled Release	87
3	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	86
-	Pharmaceutics	86
5	Frontiers in Pharmacology	80
-	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	80
7	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	79
8	Antibiotics-Basel	74
9	Pharmacological Research	73
10	Biomedicines	70
11	Pharmaceuticals	66
12	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	65
13	Phytomedicine	62
14	Marine Drugs	60
15	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	58
-	Drugs	58
17	Drug Discovery Today	55
18	International Immunopharmacology	54
-	Life Sciences	54
20	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	52
21	International Journal of Nanomedicine	50
22	Biochemical Pharmacology	49
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	49
24	European Journal of Pharmacology	47
25	British Journal of Pharmacology	46
-	Drug Resistance Updates	46
27	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	45
28	Phytotherapy Research	44
-	Neuropharmacology	44
30	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	42
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	42
-	Drug Delivery	42
33	Chemico-Biological Interactions	41
-	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	41
-	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	41
-	Drug Design Development and Therapy	41
37	Pharmacological Reviews	40
38	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	39
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	39
40	Infection and Drug Resistance	38
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	38
42	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	37
-	Molecular Pharmaceutics	37
44	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	36
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
46	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	35
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	35
-	Toxicology	35
49	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
-	Advances in Therapy	34

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

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