Pharmacology & Pharmacy: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(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	Average citations
1	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	35.720
2	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	28.655
3	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	27.658
4	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	26.808
5	Drug Resistance Updates	24.833
6	Drugs	22.223
7	Pharmacological Reviews	21.880
8	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	20.825
9	Drug Delivery	19.969
10	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	19.577
11	Journal of Controlled Release	18.610
12	Pharmacological Research	17.466
13	Medicinal Research Reviews	17.455
14	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	15.329
15	Drug Discovery Today	15.062
16	Archives of Pharmacal Research	13.607
17	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	13.165
18	Biodrugs	12.865
19	Pharmaceutics	12.777
20	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	12.490
21	Phytomedicine	12.474
22	CNS Drugs	12.265
23	Marine Drugs	11.770
24	Phytotherapy Research	11.370
25	Pharmaceutical Biology	11.263
26	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	10.877
27	International Journal of Nanomedicine	10.867
28	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	10.449
29	Chinese Medicine	10.124
30	Antibiotics-Basel	10.069
31	Neuropsychopharmacology	10.039
32	Life Sciences	9.929
33	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	9.838
34	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	9.832
35	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	9.678
36	Current Neuropharmacology	9.618
37	Journal of Psychopharmacology	9.447
38	Chemico-Biological Interactions	9.428
39	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	9.398
40	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	9.396
41	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	9.277
42	Pharmaceuticals	9.025
43	Toxicology	8.983
44	Biochemical Pharmacology	8.975
45	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	8.869
46	British Journal of Pharmacology	8.843
47	Frontiers in Pharmacology	8.324
48	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	8.320
49	Pharmaceutical Research	8.286
50	Neuropharmacology	8.239

51	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	8.039
52	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	7.999
53	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	7.927
54	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	7.901
55	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	7.897
56	Antiviral Research	7.840
57	Biomedicines	7.808
58	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	7.759
59	Drug Safety	7.745
60	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	7.730
61	Pharmacoeconomics	7.673
62	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	7.663
63	AAPS Pharmscitech	7.616
64	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	7.573
65	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	7.523
-	International Immunopharmacology	7.523
67	Neurotoxicology	7.459
68	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	7.434
69	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	7.395
70	European Journal of Pharmacology	7.298
71	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	7.240
72	Current Molecular Pharmacology	7.114
73	Molecular Pharmaceutics	7.070
74	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	6.979
75	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	6.978
76	Drug Design Development and Therapy	6.946
77	Clinical and Experimental Hypertension	6.880
78	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	6.841
79	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	6.808
80	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	6.807
81	Drug Metabolism Reviews	6.806
82	Drugs & Aging	6.798
83	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	6.670
84	Advances in Therapy	6.639
85	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	6.552
86	Pharmacological Reports	6.512
87	Pediatric Drugs	6.436
88	Psychopharmacology	6.425
89	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	6.418
90	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	6.415
91	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	6.393
92	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	6.368
93	Journal of Liposome Research	6.245
94	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	6.160
95	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	6.153
96	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	6.124
97	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	6.122
98	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	6.074
99	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	5.973
100	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	5.925
101	Journal of Microencapsulation	5.923
102	Journal of Natural Products	5.873
103	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	5.787
104	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	5.786
105	Peptides	5.765
106	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	5.764
107	Current Drug Delivery	5.751
108	Journal of Drug Targeting	5.733
109	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	5.722
110	Infection and Drug Resistance	5.704
111	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	5.674
112	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	5.646
113	Drug Development Research	5.635
114	Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs	5.538
115	AAPS Journal	5.357
116	Pharmacotherapy	5.294
117	Current Drug Targets	5.290
118	Current Medicinal Chemistry	5.282
119	Pharmacogenomics Journal	5.246
120	Antiviral Therapy	5.228
121	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	5.222
122	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	5.204
123	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	5.129
124	Investigational New Drugs	5.113
125	Current Pharmaceutical Design	5.012
126	Dose-Response	4.975
127	Pharmacology	4.912
128	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	4.899
129	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	4.867
130	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	4.853
131	Clinical Therapeutics	4.823
132	Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety	4.802
133	Archiv der Pharmazie	4.794
134	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	4.746
135	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	4.610
136	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	4.582
137	Clinical Drug Investigation	4.575
138	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	4.566
139	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	4.557
140	DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	4.547
141	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	4.541
142	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	4.528
143	ChemMedChem	4.497
144	Molecular Pharmacology	4.438
145	Chirality	4.423
146	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	4.419
147	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	4.403
148	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	4.381
149	Microbial Drug Resistance	4.374
150	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	4.367
151	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	4.269
152	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	4.240
153	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	4.236
154	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	4.231
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	4.231
156	Drug Testing and Analysis	4.212
157	Journal of Antibiotics	4.160
158	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	4.117
159	Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems	4.104
160	Skin Pharmacology and Physiology	4.073
161	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	4.002
-	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	4.002
-	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	4.002
164	Vascular Pharmacology	3.966
165	Journal of Applied Biomedicine	3.889
166	Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics	3.878
167	Journal of Natural Medicines	3.873
168	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	3.859
169	Contemporary Clinical Trials	3.717
170	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	3.710
171	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	3.684
172	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	3.665
173	Drugs in R&D	3.656
174	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	3.622
175	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	3.609

176	Current Drug Metabolism	3.585
177	Fitoterapia	3.542
178	Anti-Cancer Drugs	3.526
179	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	3.496
180	Advanced Therapeutics	3.430
181	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	3.399
182	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	3.382
183	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	3.303
184	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	3.282
185	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	3.263
186	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	3.243
-	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	3.243
188	Current Pharmaceutical Analysis	3.224
189	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	3.187
190	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	3.162
191	Assay and Drug Development Technologies	3.142
192	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	3.106
193	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	3.060
194	Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition	3.051
195	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	3.048
196	Pharmacogenomics	3.023
197	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	3.003
198	Journal of International Medical Research	2.978
-	Toxicon	2.978
200	International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X	2.956
201	Current Vascular Pharmacology	2.946
202	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	2.928
203	Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines	2.921
204	Biologicals	2.913
205	Journal of Chemotherapy	2.907
206	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	2.861
207	Bioimpacts	2.722
-	Personalized Medicine	2.722
209	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	2.700
210	Biomedical Chromatography	2.697
211	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	2.685
212	Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine	2.614
213	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	2.573
214	International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms	2.564
215	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	2.555
216	American Journal of Therapeutics	2.531
217	Alcohol	2.528
218	Pharmacopsychiatry	2.520
219	Current Radiopharmaceuticals	2.513
220	Xenobiotica	2.508
221	Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development	2.489
222	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	2.464
223	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	2.455
224	Clinical Neuropharmacology	2.437
225	Behavioural Pharmacology	2.431
226	Chemotherapy	2.425
227	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	2.354
228	Pharmaceutical Statistics	2.215
229	Indian Journal of Pharmacology	2.155
230	European Neuropsychopharmacology	2.136
231	Therapie	2.067
232	Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation	2.051
233	International Journal of Toxicology	2.027
234	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	2.005
235	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	1.911
236	Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics	1.849
237	European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy	1.747
238	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	1.665
239	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	1.655
240	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	1.645
241	Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods	1.636
242	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	1.626
243	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	1.513
244	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	1.380
245	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics	1.377
246	Farmacia	1.280
247	Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	1.123
248	Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	1.034
249	Dissolution Technologies	0.992
250	Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	0.814
251	Planta Medica	0.792
252	International Journal of Pharmacology	0.674
253	Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan	0.637
254	Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica	0.371
255	Drugs of the Future	0.302
256	Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research	0.253
257	Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	0.037