Chemistry, Medicinal: 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	94
2	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	68
3	Pharmaceuticals	67
4	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	64
5	Phytomedicine	60
-	Marine Drugs	60
7	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	56
8	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	54
9	Phytotherapy Research	45
10	Drug Design Development and Therapy	42
-	Natural Product Reports	42
12	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	37
13	Medicinal Research Reviews	35
14	Current Medicinal Chemistry	34
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	34
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
17	ChemBioChem	31
18	ACS Infectious Diseases	30
-	ChemMedChem	30
20	Journal of Ginseng Research	29
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	29
-	Chemical Research in Toxicology	29
23	Molecular Diversity	28
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	28
-	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	28
26	Journal of Natural Products	27
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	27
29	Archiv der Pharmazie	26
-	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	26
31	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	25
32	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	24
-	Medicinal Chemistry Research	24
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	24
35	Drug Development Research	22
-	Future Medicinal Chemistry	22
-	Fitoterapia	22
38	Chirality	21
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	21
41	Molecular Informatics	18
42	Natural Product Research	17
43	Journal of Medicinal Food	16
-	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	16
-	Medicinal Chemistry	16
46	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
47	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	14
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
-	Phytochemistry Letters	14
50	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	12

-	Planta Medica	12
52	Natural Product Communications	11
53	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	10
-	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	10
55	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	8
56	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	7
-	Pharmacognosy Magazine	7
58	Records of Natural Products	6