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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	91
-	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	91
3	Journal of Controlled Release	86
4	Pharmaceutics	83
5	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	81
6	Frontiers in Pharmacology	78
7	Pharmacological Research	71
8	Pharmaceuticals	65
9	Drugs	62
-	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	62
11	Marine Drugs	59
-	Phytomedicine	59
13	Life Sciences	55
-	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	55
15	International Immunopharmacology	54
-	Drug Discovery Today	54
17	International Journal of Nanomedicine	52
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	52
19	Biochemical Pharmacology	49
-	Neuropsychopharmacology	49
-	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	49
22	Phytotherapy Research	46
-	British Journal of Pharmacology	46
24	European Journal of Pharmacology	45
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	45
26	Drug Resistance Updates	44
27	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	43
28	Drug Design Development and Therapy	42
-	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	42
-	Neuropharmacology	42
31	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	41
-	Pharmacological Reviews	41
33	Chemico-Biological Interactions	40
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	40
35	Drug Delivery	39
36	Molecular Pharmaceutics	38
37	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	37
39	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	36
43	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	35
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	35
-	Toxicology	35
46	Chinese Medicine	34
-	Advances in Therapy	34
-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
49	European Neuropsychopharmacology	33
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	33

51	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	32
-	CNS Drugs	32
-	AAPS Pharmscitech	32
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	32
-	Current Neuropharmacology	32
56	ChemMedChem	31
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	31
-	Psychopharmacology	31
59	Antiviral Research	30
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	30
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	30
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	30
-	Pharmaceutical Research	30
64	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	29
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	29
66	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	28
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	28
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
69	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	27
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	27
-	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	27
-	Journal of Natural Products	27
-	Neurotoxicology	27
74	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	26
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	26
-	Current Pharmaceutical Design	26
-	Drug Safety	26
78	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	25
-	Biodrugs	25
-	Clinical Therapeutics	25
-	Pharmacological Reports	25
82	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	24
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	24
-	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	24
-	Pharmacoeconomics	24
-	Toxicon	24
87	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	23
-	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	23
-	Drugs & Aging	23
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	23
-	Journal of International Medical Research	23
92	AAPS Journal	22
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	22
-	Contemporary Clinical Trials	22
-	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	22
-	Peptides	22
-	Pharmacotherapy	22
-	Fitoterapia	22
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	22
100	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
-	Current Drug Delivery	21
-	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	21
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	21
-	Drug Development Research	21
-	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	21
-	Chirality	21
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	21
-	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	21
-	Drug Testing and Analysis	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
111	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	20
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	20
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	20
-	Current Drug Targets	20
-	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	20
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	20
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	20
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	20
-	Journal of Drug Targeting	20
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	20
-	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	20
122	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	19
-	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	19
-	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	19
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	19
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	19
-	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	19
-	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	19
-	Vascular Pharmacology	19
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	19
-	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	19
-	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	19
-	Investigational New Drugs	19
-	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	19
135	Biomedical Chromatography	18
-	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	18
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	18
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	18
-	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	18
140	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	17
-	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	17
-	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	17
-	Clinical Drug Investigation	17
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	17
-	Molecular Pharmacology	17
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	17
-	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	17
-	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	17
-	Pediatric Drugs	17
150	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Journal of Antibiotics	16
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	16
-	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	16
-	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	16
-	Dose-Response	16
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	16
157	Anti-Cancer Drugs	15
-	Clinical and Experimental Hypertension	15
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	15
-	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	15
-	Current Drug Metabolism	15
-	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	15
163	Alcohol	14
-	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	14
-	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	14
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	14
-	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	14
-	Pharmacogenomics	14
-	Therapie	14
-	Journal of Microencapsulation	14
-	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	14
-	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	14
-	Pharmacogenomics Journal	14
175	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	13

-	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	13
-	Journal of Liposome Research	13
-	Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics	13
-	Drug Metabolism Reviews	13
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	13
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
-	Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	13
-	Pharmacopsychiatry	13
-	Planta Medica	13
-	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	13
186	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	12
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation	12
-	Pharmacology	12
-	Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs	12
-	American Journal of Therapeutics	12
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	12
-	DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	12
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	12
-	Drugs in R&D	12
-	Pharmaceutical Statistics	12
-	Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety	12
197	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	11
-	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	11
-	Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	11
-	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	11
-	Assay and Drug Development Technologies	11
-	International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms	11
-	Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines	11
-	Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods	11
-	Current Pharmaceutical Analysis	11
-	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	11
-	Skin Pharmacology and Physiology	11
208	Antiviral Therapy	10
-	Indian Journal of Pharmacology	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems	10
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	10
213	Journal of Applied Biomedicine	9
-	Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics	9
-	Chemotherapy	9
-	Current Vascular Pharmacology	9
-	Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine	9
-	Biologicals	9
-	Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition	9
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	9
-	Personalized Medicine	9
-	Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	9
-	Xenobiotica	9
224	Farmacia	8
-	International Journal of Toxicology	8
-	Current Radiopharmaceuticals	8
-	Clinical Neuropharmacology	8
-	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	8
229	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics	7
230	Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan	5
-	International Journal of Pharmacology	5
232	Dissolution Technologies	4
-	Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica	4
234	Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	2
-	Drugs of the Future	2
-	Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research	2