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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	68
2	Pharmaceuticals	65
3	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	61
4	Marine Drugs	59
-	Phytomedicine	59
6	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	57
7	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	55
8	Phytotherapy Research	46
9	Drug Design Development and Therapy	42
10	Natural Product Reports	40
11	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
13	Current Medicinal Chemistry	35
-	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	35
15	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	33
16	ChemBioChem	31
-	ChemMedChem	31
18	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	30
-	Molecular Diversity	30
20	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	28
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	28
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	28
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	28
25	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	27
-	Journal of Natural Products	27
27	Archiv der Pharmazie	26
-	Chemical Research in Toxicology	26
29	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	25
30	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	24
31	Medicinal Chemistry Research	23
32	Future Medicinal Chemistry	22
-	Fitoterapia	22
34	Chirality	21
-	Drug Development Research	21
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
37	Molecular Informatics	18
38	Natural Product Research	17
39	Journal of Medicinal Food	16
-	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	16
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	16
42	Medicinal Chemistry	15
43	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
44	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
-	Phytochemistry Letters	13
-	Planta Medica	13
47	Current Computer-Aided Drug Design	12
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	12
49	Natural Product Communications	11
50	Chemistry of Natural Compounds	10

51	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	9
52	Journal of Labelled Compounds & Radiopharmaceuticals	7
-	Records of Natural Products	7
-	Pharmacognosy Magazine	7