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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	96
2	Pharmaceuticals	70
3	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	66
4	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	64
5	Phytomedicine	63
6	Marine Drugs	60
7	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	59
8	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	54
9	Natural Product Reports	44
-	Phytotherapy Research	44
11	Drug Design Development and Therapy	41
12	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	36
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
15	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
16	Current Medicinal Chemistry	33
17	Journal of Ginseng Research	31
18	ACS Infectious Diseases	30
-	ChemBioChem	30
20	Chemical Research in Toxicology	29
21	Journal of Natural Products	28
-	Molecular Diversity	28
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	28
-	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	28
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	28
26	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	27
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	27
-	ChemMedChem	27
30	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	26
-	Medicinal Chemistry Research	26
32	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	25
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	25
34	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	24
35	Drug Development Research	23
-	Fitoterapia	23
37	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
-	Chirality	21
39	Future Medicinal Chemistry	20
40	Molecular Informatics	19
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	19
42	Medicinal Chemistry	17
-	Natural Product Research	17
44	Journal of Medicinal Food	16
-	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	16
46	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
-	Phytochemistry Letters	14
48	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	13
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	13

51	Planta Medica	12
52	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	11
53	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	10
54	Natural Product Communications	9
55	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	8
-	Pharmacognosy Magazine	8
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	8
58	Records of Natural Products	6