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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	99
2	Pharmaceuticals	73
3	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	66
4	Phytomedicine	64
5	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	61
6	Marine Drugs	60
-	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	60
8	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	56
9	Natural Product Reports	46
10	Phytotherapy Research	45
11	Drug Design Development and Therapy	42
12	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	37
13	Medicinal Research Reviews	35
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	35
15	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
16	Current Medicinal Chemistry	33
17	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	30
-	ACS Infectious Diseases	30
-	ChemBioChem	30
-	Chemical Research in Toxicology	30
-	Journal of Ginseng Research	30
22	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	29
23	Molecular Diversity	28
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	28
-	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	28
26	Journal of Natural Products	27
-	Medicinal Chemistry Research	27
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	27
-	ChemMedChem	27
-	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	27
31	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	26
32	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	25
33	Archiv der Pharmazie	24
-	Drug Development Research	24
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	24
-	Fitoterapia	24
37	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
38	Chirality	20
-	Future Medicinal Chemistry	20
40	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	19
41	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	17
-	Medicinal Chemistry	17
-	Natural Product Research	17
-	Journal of Medicinal Food	17
-	Molecular Informatics	17
46	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	14
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	14
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
49	Planta Medica	13
-	Phytochemistry Letters	13

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