Pharmacology & Pharmacy: 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	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	100
2	Pharmaceutics	94
3	Journal of Controlled Release	91
4	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	84
5	Frontiers in Pharmacology	82
6	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	81
7	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	80
8	Pharmacological Research	75
-	Antibiotics-Basel	75
10	Biomedicines	74
11	Pharmaceuticals	73
12	Phytomedicine	64
13	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	62
14	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	61
15	Marine Drugs	60
16	Drugs	58
17	Drug Discovery Today	57
18	Life Sciences	56
19	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	55
20	International Immunopharmacology	54
21	International Journal of Nanomedicine	53
22	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	52
23	Drug Resistance Updates	49
24	Biochemical Pharmacology	48
25	Drug Delivery	45
-	European Journal of Pharmacology	45
-	Phytotherapy Research	45
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	45
29	Neuropsychopharmacology	44
-	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	44
31	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	43
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	43
33	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	42
-	Drug Design Development and Therapy	42
-	Pharmacological Reviews	42
36	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	41
-	British Journal of Pharmacology	41
38	Neuropharmacology	40
39	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	39
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	39
-	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	39
42	Molecular Pharmaceutics	38
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	38
44	Current Neuropharmacology	37
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	37
46	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	36
-	Toxicology	36
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	36
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	36
50	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	35

-	Pharmaceutical Research	35
-	Medicinal Research Reviews	35
53	Journal of Psychopharmacology	34
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	34
55	Current Medicinal Chemistry	33
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	33
-	Chinese Medicine	33
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	33
-	Advances in Therapy	33
-	European Neuropsychopharmacology	33
61	AAPS Pharmscitech	32
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	32
63	CNS Drugs	31
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	31
-	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	31
66	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	30
67	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	29
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	29
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	29
70	Psychopharmacology	28
-	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	28
-	Current Pharmaceutical Design	28
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	28
-	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	28
-	Antiviral Research	28
76	Journal of Natural Products	27
-	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	27
-	Archives of Pharmacal Research	27
-	Biodrugs	27
-	ChemMedChem	27
-	Neurotoxicology	27
-	Pharmacoeconomics	27
83	Pharmacological Reports	26
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	26
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	26
-	Drug Safety	26
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	26
-	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	26
89	Toxicon	25
-	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	25
-	Clinical Therapeutics	25
92	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	24
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	24
-	Drug Development Research	24
-	Drugs & Aging	24
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	24
-	Fitoterapia	24
98	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	23
-	AAPS Journal	23
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	23
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	23
-	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	23
-	Pharmacotherapy	23
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	23
-	Journal of International Medical Research	23
-	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	23
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	23
108	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	22
-	Contemporary Clinical Trials	22
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	22
-	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	22
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	22
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	22
-	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	22
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	22
-	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	22
117	Peptides	21
-	Journal of Drug Targeting	21
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	21
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
-	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
-	Current Drug Delivery	21
-	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	21
-	Drug Testing and Analysis	21
-	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	21
127	Chirality	20
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	20
-	Investigational New Drugs	20
-	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	20
-	Current Drug Targets	20
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	20
-	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	20
-	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	20
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	20
136	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	19
-	Vascular Pharmacology	19
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	19
-	Pediatric Drugs	19
-	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	19
141	Molecular Pharmacology	18
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	18
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	18
-	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	18
-	Advanced Therapeutics	18
-	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	18
-	Biomedical Chromatography	18
-	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	18
-	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	18
-	Clinical and Experimental Hypertension	18
-	Clinical Drug Investigation	18
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	18
-	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	18
-	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	18
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	18
-	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	18
157	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	17
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	17
-	Dose-Response	17
-	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	17
-	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	17
-	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	17
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	17
-	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	17
-	Journal of Antibiotics	17
166	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	16
-	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	16
-	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	16
-	Alcohol	16
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	16
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	16
173	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	15
-	Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety	15
-	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	15

-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation	15
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	15
-	Anti-Cancer Drugs	15
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X	15
180	Therapie	14
-	Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development	14
-	Current Drug Metabolism	14
-	Current Pharmaceutical Analysis	14
-	DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	14
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	14
-	Drug Metabolism Reviews	14
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	14
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	14
-	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	14
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	14
-	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	14
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	14
-	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	14
195	Pharmacology	13
-	Planta Medica	13
-	Journal of Liposome Research	13
-	Journal of Microencapsulation	13
-	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	13
-	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	13
-	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	13
-	Pharmaceutical Statistics	13
-	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	13
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	13
-	Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics	13
-	International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms	13
207	Pharmacogenomics	12
-	Pharmacopsychiatry	12
-	Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines	12
-	Journal of Chemotherapy	12
-	Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods	12
-	Antiviral Therapy	12
-	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	12
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	12
-	Pharmacogenomics Journal	12
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	12
-	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	12
-	Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	12
-	American Journal of Therapeutics	12
-	Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs	12
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
-	Bioimpacts	12
-	Indian Journal of Pharmacology	12
-	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	12
225	Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems	11
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	11
-	Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics	11
-	Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	11
-	Drugs in R&D	11
-	Biologicals	11
231	Skin Pharmacology and Physiology	10
-	Clinical Neuropharmacology	10
-	Farmacia	10
-	Assay and Drug Development Technologies	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition	10
-	Current Vascular Pharmacology	10
-	European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy	10
-	International Journal of Toxicology	10
-	Journal of Applied Biomedicine	10
241	Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine	9
-	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	9
-	Personalized Medicine	9
-	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	9
-	Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	9
-	Chemotherapy	9
247	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	8
-	Xenobiotica	8
-	Current Radiopharmaceuticals	8
250	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics	7
251	Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan	6
252	International Journal of Pharmacology	5
-	Dissolution Technologies	5
254	Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica	4
255	Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research	3
-	Drugs of the Future	3
257	Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	1