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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy	94
2	Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews	87
3	Journal of Controlled Release	86
4	Pharmaceutics	84
5	Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B	82
6	Nature Reviews Drug Discovery	80
7	Frontiers in Pharmacology	77
8	Pharmacological Research	73
9	Antibiotics-Basel	72
10	Biomedicines	71
11	Pharmaceuticals	67
12	Pharmacology & Therapeutics	64
13	Phytomedicine	60
-	Drugs	60
-	Marine Drugs	60
16	Life Sciences	56
-	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	56
18	International Immunopharmacology	54
-	Drug Discovery Today	54
20	International Journal of Pharmaceutics	52
21	International Journal of Nanomedicine	51
22	Trends in Pharmacological Sciences	49
-	Biochemical Pharmacology	49
24	Neuropsychopharmacology	46
-	European Journal of Pharmacology	46
-	Drug Resistance Updates	46
-	British Journal of Pharmacology	46
28	Phytotherapy Research	45
-	Acta Pharmacologica Sinica	45
30	Neuropharmacology	43
31	Drug Design Development and Therapy	42
-	Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	42
-	Chemico-Biological Interactions	42
34	Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy	41
-	Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology	41
-	Drug Delivery	41
37	Pharmacological Reviews	39
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis	39
39	Molecular Pharmaceutics	38
-	Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics	38
41	CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics	37
-	Infection and Drug Resistance	37
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	37
44	European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	36
-	Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry	36
46	Medicinal Research Reviews	35
-	Current Neuropharmacology	35
-	Toxicology	35
-	European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics	35
-	Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology	35

-	Drug Delivery and Translational Research	35
52	Current Medicinal Chemistry	34
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis	34
-	Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy	34
-	Chinese Medicine	34
56	European Neuropsychopharmacology	33
57	CNS Drugs	32
-	Advances in Therapy	32
59	Pharmaceutical Research	31
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	31
-	International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents	31
62	Psychopharmacology	30
-	Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology	30
-	British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	30
-	ChemMedChem	30
-	AAPS Pharmscitech	30
-	Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences	30
68	Drug Metabolism and disPosition	29
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery	29
-	Antiviral Research	29
71	Current Pharmaceutical Design	28
-	Journal of Psychopharmacology	28
-	Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology	28
-	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal	28
75	Archives of Pharmacal Research	27
-	Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance	27
-	Journal of Natural Products	27
-	Current Opinion in Pharmacology	27
79	Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archives of Pharmacology	26
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	26
-	Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs	26
-	Neurotoxicology	26
-	Drug Safety	26
-	Archiv der Pharmazie	26
85	Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery	25
-	Biodrugs	25
-	Pharmacoeconomics	25
-	Pharmacological Reports	25
-	Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research	25
-	Journal of Clinical Lipidology	25
91	Clinical Therapeutics	24
92	Peptides	23
-	Drugs & Aging	23
-	European Heart Journal-Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy	23
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets	23
-	Pharmacotherapy	23
-	Toxicon	23
-	Clinical Pharmacokinetics	23
99	Expert Opinion on Drug Safety	22
-	Fitoterapia	22
-	International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology	22
-	Contemporary Clinical Trials	22
-	Journal of International Medical Research	22
-	Journal of Pharmacological Sciences	22
-	Drug Development Research	22
-	Drug Testing and Analysis	22
-	Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy	22
-	Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	22
-	Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology	22
-	Journal of the American Pharmacists Association	22
111	Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy	21
-	American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education	21
-	Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology	21
-	Chirality	21
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	21
-	Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior	21
-	Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents	21
-	Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics	21
-	International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy	21
-	CNS & Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets	21
-	Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy	21
-	CPT-Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology	21
-	Current Drug Delivery	21
-	Current Molecular Pharmacology	21
-	Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics	21
126	AAPS Journal	20
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance	20
-	Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation	20
-	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	20
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology	20
-	Journal of Drug Targeting	20
132	Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety	19
-	Pharmacology Research & Perspectives	19
-	Vascular Pharmacology	19
-	Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders-Drug Targets	19
-	Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology	19
-	Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy	19
-	Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology	19
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	19
-	Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease	19
-	Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science	19
-	American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy	19
-	Investigational New Drugs	19
-	Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics	19
-	Current Drug Targets	19
146	Molecular Pharmacology	18
-	Biomedical Chromatography	18
-	Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy	18
-	Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience	18
-	European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology	18
-	BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology	18
-	Clinical Drug Investigation	18
-	Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening	18
154	Therapeutic Drug Monitoring	17
-	Advanced Therapeutics	17
-	Annals of Pharmacotherapy	17
-	Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology	17
-	Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology	17
-	Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin	17
-	Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology	17
-	Journal of Antibiotics	17
-	Dose-Response	17
-	Pediatric Drugs	17
-	Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology	17
-	Microbial Drug Resistance	17
-	Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology	17
-	Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology	17
168	Pharmaceutical Development and Technology	16
-	Revista Espanola de Quimioterapia	16
-	American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs	16
-	Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology	16
-	Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics	16
-	Anti-Cancer Drugs	16
174	Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals	15
-	Cardiovascular Therapeutics	15

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