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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	36.159
2	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	27.947
3	Drug Resistance Updates	26.141
4	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	26.094
5	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	24.068
6	Pharmacological Reviews	22.625
7	Drugs	22.184
8	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	20.821
9	Drug Delivery	18.826
10	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	18.342
11	Journal of Controlled Release	18.165
12	Pharmacological Research	17.280
13	Medicinal Research Reviews	16.804
14	Drug Discovery Today	15.071
15	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	14.705
16	Archives of Pharmacal Research	13.471
17	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	13.427
18	Phytomedicine	12.649
19	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	12.402
20	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	12.226
21	Biodrugs	12.127
22	Pharmaceutics	12.002
23	CNS Drugs	11.439
24	Marine Drugs	11.195
25	Phytotherapy Research	10.945
26	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	10.871
27	Pharmaceutical Biology	10.699
28	International Journal of Nanomedicine	10.126
29	Chinese Medicine	10.022
30	Biochemical Pharmacology	9.895
31	Neuropsychopharmacology	9.559
32	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	9.557
33	Antibiotics-Basel	9.491
34	Current Neuropharmacology	9.447
35	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	9.341
36	Journal of Psychopharmacology	9.163
37	Chemico-Biological Interactions	9.134
38	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	9.092
39	Neuropharmacology	9.081
40	Toxicology	9.042
41	British Journal of Pharmacology	8.836
42	Life Sciences	8.800
43	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	8.756
44	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	8.654
45	Pharmaceuticals	8.554
46	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	8.458
47	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	8.407
48	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	8.366
49	Frontiers in Pharmacology	8.055
50	Pharmaceutical Research	7.900

51	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	7.875
52	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	7.813
53	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	7.766
54	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	7.764
55	Neurotoxicology	7.753
56	Antiviral Research	7.694
57	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	7.688
58	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	7.565
59	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	7.511
60	Biomedicines	7.475
61	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	7.449
62	International Immunopharmacology	7.445
63	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	7.420
64	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	7.415
65	Drug Design Development and Therapy	7.280
66	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	7.247
67	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	7.144
68	Drug Safety	7.132
69	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	7.130
70	AAPS Pharmscitech	7.049
71	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	7.022
72	Pharmacoeconomics	7.009
73	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	6.960
74	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	6.891
75	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	6.808
76	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	6.642
77	Molecular Pharmaceutics	6.569
78	Psychopharmacology	6.568
79	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	6.481
80	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	6.466
81	Advances in Therapy	6.417
82	Current Molecular Pharmacology	6.402
83	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	6.399
84	Drugs & Aging	6.366
85	European Journal of Pharmacology	6.301
86	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	6.236
87	Clinical and Experimental Hypertension	6.227
88	Drug Metabolism Reviews	6.200
89	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	6.174
90	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	6.168
91	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	6.149
92	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	6.041
-	Pharmacological Reports	6.041
94	Journal of Natural Products	6.032
95	Journal of Liposome Research	6.020
96	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	5.946
97	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	5.883
98	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	5.870
99	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	5.847
100	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	5.818
101	Peptides	5.811
102	Pediatric Drugs	5.800
103	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	5.789
104	Infection and Drug Resistance	5.600
105	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	5.598
106	Journal of Drug Targeting	5.590
107	Current Medicinal Chemistry	5.517
108	AAPS Journal	5.504
109	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	5.481
110	Current Drug Delivery	5.453
111	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	5.430
112	Journal of Microencapsulation	5.385
113	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	5.370
114	Pharmacotherapy	5.251
115	Drug Development Research	5.247
116	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	5.189
117	Pharmacogenomics Journal	5.164
118	Dose-Response	5.150
119	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	5.102
120	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	5.057
121	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	5.017
122	Current Pharmaceutical Design	4.959
123	Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs	4.935
124	Current Drug Targets	4.916
125	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	4.900
126	Archiv der Pharmazie	4.898
127	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	4.824
128	Microbial Drug Resistance	4.771
129	Investigational New Drugs	4.646
130	Molecular Pharmacology	4.595
131	Antiviral Therapy	4.589
132	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	4.568
133	Clinical Therapeutics	4.546
134	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	4.519
135	Clinical Drug Investigation	4.512
136	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	4.493
137	Chirality	4.467
138	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	4.465
139	ChemMedChem	4.451
140	Pharmacology	4.438
141	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	4.413
142	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	4.345
143	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	4.335
144	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	4.313
145	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	4.295
146	Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety	4.288
147	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	4.246
148	Drug Testing and Analysis	4.221
149	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	4.188
150	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	4.185
151	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	4.181
152	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	4.138
153	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	4.109
154	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	4.086
155	Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs	4.083
156	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	4.069
157	Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics	3.981
158	DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	3.943
159	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	3.939
160	Vascular Pharmacology	3.938
161	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	3.925
162	Journal of Antibiotics	3.885
163	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	3.858
164	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	3.835
165	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	3.747
166	Contemporary Clinical Trials	3.706
167	Journal of Applied Biomedicine	3.681
168	Skin Pharmacology and Physiology	3.673
169	Drugs in R&D	3.656
170	International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X	3.651
171	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	3.650
172	Pharmacopsychiatry	3.645
173	Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems	3.637
174	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	3.579
175	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	3.558

176	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	3.542
177	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	3.524
178	Journal of Natural Medicines	3.489
179	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	3.482
180	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	3.475
181	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	3.459
182	Fitoterapia	3.422
183	Anti-Cancer Drugs	3.354
184	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	3.283
185	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	3.246
186	Current Drug Metabolism	3.194
187	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	3.159
188	Advanced Therapeutics	3.158
189	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	3.134
190	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	3.123
191	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	3.118
192	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	3.111
193	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	3.096
194	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	3.052
195	Pharmacogenomics	3.042
196	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	3.017
197	Journal of International Medical Research	2.965
198	Personalized Medicine	2.883
199	Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines	2.826
200	Assay and Drug Development Technologies	2.819
201	Chemotherapy	2.787
202	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	2.737
203	Bioimpacts	2.700
204	Current Radiopharmaceuticals	2.698
205	Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition	2.695
-	Toxicon	2.695
207	Biologicals	2.665
208	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	2.661
209	Behavioural Pharmacology	2.659
210	Biomedical Chromatography	2.631
211	Journal of Chemotherapy	2.626
212	Current Vascular Pharmacology	2.610
213	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	2.608
214	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	2.549
215	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	2.523
216	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	2.514
217	Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation	2.484
218	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	2.465
219	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	2.425
220	Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine	2.413
221	Alcohol	2.407
222	Current Pharmaceutical Analysis	2.403
223	Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development	2.356
224	Xenobiotica	2.328
225	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	2.298
226	International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms	2.289
227	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	2.269
228	Pharmaceutical Statistics	2.217
229	American Journal of Therapeutics	2.169
230	Clinical Neuropharmacology	2.121
231	Indian Journal of Pharmacology	2.117
232	Therapie	2.052
233	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	1.966
234	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	1.943
235	Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics	1.936
236	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	1.873
237	European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy	1.815
238	International Journal of Toxicology	1.801
239	European Neuropsychopharmacology	1.638
240	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	1.627
241	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	1.566
242	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	1.528
243	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	1.487
244	Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods	1.484
245	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics	1.433
246	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	1.291
247	Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	1.276
248	Planta Medica	1.193
249	Farmacia	1.147
250	Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	1.119
251	Dissolution Technologies	0.912
252	Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	0.786
253	Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan	0.588
254	International Journal of Pharmacology	0.490
255	Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica	0.342
256	Drugs of the Future	0.246
257	Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research	0.240
258	Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	0.060