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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Antioxidants	104
2	Pharmaceuticals	77
3	Phytomedicine	73
4	Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	69
5	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	62
6	Marine Drugs	61
7	Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling	59
8	European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry	58
9	Phytotherapy Research	46
10	Drug Design Development and Therapy	44
11	Natural Product Reports	40
12	Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry	36
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	36
14	ACS Chemical Neuroscience	34
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	34
-	ACS Infectious Diseases	34
17	Chemical Research in Toxicology	32
-	Current Medicinal Chemistry	32
19	ChemBioChem	31
20	RSC Medicinal Chemistry	30
-	ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters	30
22	Journal of Ginseng Research	29
23	Archives of Pharmacal Research	28
-	ChemMedChem	28
-	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry	28
26	Chemical Biology & Drug Design	27
-	Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry	27
28	Molecular Diversity	26
-	Medicinal Chemistry Research	26
-	Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry	26
31	Fitoterapia	25
-	Drug Development Research	25
33	Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters	24
34	Archiv der Pharmazie	23
-	Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry	23
36	Future Medicinal Chemistry	22
37	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	19
38	Letters in Drug Design & Discovery	18
-	Medicinal Chemistry	18
-	Natural Product Research	18
-	Chirality	18
-	Nucleic Acid Therapeutics	18
43	Molecular Informatics	17
44	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	15
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	15
46	Planta Medica	13
-	Journal of Medicinal Food	13
-	Phytochemistry Letters	13
49	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	12
50	Natural Product Communications	11

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