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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	97
2	Pharmaceutics	89
-	Journal of Controlled Release	89
4	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	85
5	Frontiers in Pharmacology	80
6	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	79
7	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	78
8	Antibiotics-Basel	75
9	Pharmacological Research	74
10	Biomedicines	71
11	Pharmaceuticals	68
12	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	63
13	Phytomedicine	62
14	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	59
-	Marine Drugs	59
16	Drugs	57
17	Drug Discovery Today	56
-	Life Sciences	56
19	International Immunopharmacology	54
20	International Journal of Nanomedicine	52
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	52
22	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	50
23	Biochemical Pharmacology	49
24	Drug Resistance Updates	47
-	European Journal of Pharmacology	47
26	Phytotherapy Research	45
27	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	43
-	Drug Delivery	43
29	British Journal of Pharmacology	42
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	42
-	Neuropharmacology	42
-	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	42
33	Neuropsychopharmacology	41
-	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	41
-	Pharmacological Reviews	41
-	Drug Design Development and Therapy	41
37	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	40
-	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	40
39	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	39
-	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	39
41	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	38
42	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
43	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	36
-	Molecular Pharmaceutics	36
-	Toxicology	36
-	Current Neuropharmacology	36
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
49	Medicinal Research Reviews	35
50	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34

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

-	Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	15
-	Anti-Cancer Drugs	15
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	15
-	Alcohol	15
180	Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery	14
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation	14
-	Drug and Chemical Toxicology	14
-	Pharmacogenomics Journal	14
-	Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology	14
-	Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development	14
-	Current Drug Metabolism	14
-	Journal of Natural Medicines	14
-	European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	14
189	Pharmacology	13
-	Pharmacopsychiatry	13
-	Planta Medica	13
-	Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety	13
-	Therapie	13
-	Journal of Liposome Research	13
-	Journal of Microencapsulation	13
-	Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy	13
-	Pharmaceutical Statistics	13
-	Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	13
-	Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	13
-	Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology	13
-	Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy	13
-	Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics	13
-	DARU-Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	13
-	Drug Metabolism Reviews	13
205	Pharmacogenomics	12
-	Bioimpacts	12
-	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	12
-	Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods	12
-	Korean Journal of Physiology & Pharmacology	12
-	Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics	12
-	European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy	12
-	Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs	12
-	Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal	12
-	Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research	12
-	International Clinical Psychopharmacology	12
-	International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms	12
-	International Journal of Pharmaceutics-X	12
-	Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines	12
-	Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice	12
-	Current Pharmaceutical Analysis	12
221	Journal of Chemotherapy	11
-	Drugs in R&D	11
-	American Journal of Therapeutics	11
-	Assay and Drug Development Technologies	11
-	Indian Journal of Pharmacology	11
-	Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics	11
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics	11
-	Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics	11
-	Antiviral Therapy	11
230	Pharmacogenomics & Personalized Medicine	10
-	Skin Pharmacology and Physiology	10
-	Farmacia	10
-	Human Psychopharmacology-Clinical and Experimental	10
-	Biologicals	10
-	Chemotherapy	10
-	Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C-A Journal of Biosciences	10
-	Behavioural Pharmacology	10
-	International Journal of Toxicology	10
-	Journal of Applied Biomedicine	10
-	Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems	10
241	Current Radiopharmaceuticals	9
-	Current Vascular Pharmacology	9
-	Personalized Medicine	9
-	Pharmacogenetics and Genomics	9
-	Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	9
-	Xenobiotica	9
-	Biopharmaceutics & Drug disPosition	9
-	Clinical Neuropharmacology	9
249	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	8
250	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics	7
251	Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs	6
252	Yakugaku Zasshi-Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan	5
-	Dissolution Technologies	5
254	International Journal of Pharmacology	4
-	Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica	4
256	Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	2
-	Current Topics in Nutraceutical Research	2
-	Drugs of the Future	2