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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	90
2	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	89
3	Journal of Controlled Release	84
4	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	83
5	Pharmaceutics	81
6	Frontiers in Pharmacology	80
7	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	79
8	Pharmacological Research	71
9	Antibiotics-Basel	70
10	Biomedicines	67
11	Pharmaceuticals	64
12	Phytomedicine	63
13	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	61
-	Drugs	61
15	Marine Drugs	59
16	Life Sciences	55
-	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	55
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	55
19	Drug Discovery Today	54
-	International Immunopharmacology	54
21	International Journal of Nanomedicine	51
22	British Journal of Pharmacology	49
23	Neuropsychopharmacology	48
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	48
-	Biochemical Pharmacology	48
26	European Journal of Pharmacology	46
27	Phytotherapy Research	45
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	45
29	Drug Resistance Updates	43
30	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	42
-	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	42
32	Neuropharmacology	41
-	Drug Design Development and Therapy	41
34	Pharmacological Reviews	40
35	Molecular Pharmaceutics	39
-	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	39
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	39
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	39
39	Drug Delivery	38
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	38
41	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	36
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	36
45	Toxicology	35
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	35
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	35
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	35
49	Current Medicinal Chemistry	34
-	Current Neuropharmacology	34

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

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