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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	101
2	Pharmaceuticals	74
3	Phytomedicine	70
4	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	68
5	Marine Drugs	61
6	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	60
-	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	60
8	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	59
9	Phytotherapy Research	44
10	Drug Design Development and Therapy	43
11	Natural Product Reports	39
12	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	37
13	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
14	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
15	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	33
16	ACS Infectious Diseases	32
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	32
18	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	31
-	Chemical Research in Toxicology	31
20	ChemBioChem	30
21	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	28
-	Medicinal Chemistry Research	28
-	ChemMedChem	28
24	Molecular Diversity	27
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	27
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	27
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	27
-	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	27
30	Drug Development Research	25
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	25
32	Journal of Natural Products	24
-	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	24
-	Fitoterapia	24
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	24
36	Archiv der Pharmazie	23
37	Future Medicinal Chemistry	21
38	Chirality	20
39	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	19
40	Medicinal Chemistry	18
41	Natural Product Research	17
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	17
43	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	16
-	Molecular Informatics	16
45	Journal of Medicinal Food	15
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	15
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
48	Planta Medica	13
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
-	Phytochemistry Letters	13

51	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	11
-	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	11
53	Natural Product Communications	10
-	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	10
55	Pharmacognosy Magazine	9
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	9
57	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	7
-	Records of Natural Products	7