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Best Pharmacology (medical) journals

276 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Pharmacology (medical). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 70 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Drug Resistance Updates 29.1 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Pharmacology and Therapeutics 28.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Drugs 25.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Journal of Biomedical Science 21.4 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 17.7 98th Q1 SCIE – No
6 OpenNano 17.3 98th Q1 – – Yes
7 Nano TransMed 15 97th Q1 – – Yes
8 American Journal of Transplantation 14.4 97th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 14 96th Q1 SCIE – No
10 BioDrugs 13.8 96th Q1 SCIE – No
11 CNS Drugs 13.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Chinese Herbal Medicines 13.5 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 European Neuropsychopharmacology 13.2 95th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Neurotherapeutics 12.6 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 npj Breast Cancer 12.4 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
16 Medicine in Drug Discovery 11.5 94th Q1 – – Yes
17 Current Neuropharmacology 11.4 94th Q1 SCIE – No
18 European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy 11 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
19 Journal of Psychopharmacology 10.3 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
20 Cancer Drug Resistance 10.3 92nd Q1 ESCI – No
21 Antibiotics 10.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
22 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 10.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
23 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 9.9 91st Q1 SCIE – No
24 npj Vaccines 9.8 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
25 Molecular Therapy Oncology 9.6 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Frontiers in Pharmacology 9.5 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 Current Treatment Options in Oncology 9.3 90th Q1 SCIE – No
28 Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy 9 90th Q1 SCIE – No
29 European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 8.7 89th Q1 SCIE – No
30 Inflammopharmacology 8.7 89th Q1 SCIE – No
31 Pharmaceutical Research 8.7 89th Q1 SCIE – No
32 CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics 8.5 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs 8.5 88th Q1 SCIE – No
34 Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 8.4 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Drug Safety 8.4 87th Q1 SCIE – No
36 Pharmaceutical Medicine 8.4 87th Q1 ESCI – No
37 International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 8.3 86th Q1 SCIE – No
38 International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 8.3 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 Rheumatology 8.3 86th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 8 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
41 PPAR Research 7.8 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
42 World Journal of Men's Health 7.8 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
43 Frontiers in Medical Technology 7.8 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
44 Vaccines 7.7 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
45 Advances in Therapy 7.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
46 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research 7.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
47 Pharmacopsychiatry 7.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
48 Clinical Pharmacokinetics 7.6 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
49 ADMET and DMPK 7.5 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
50 British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 7.3 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
51 Drugs and Aging 7.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
52 Pharmacotherapy 7.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
53 Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice 7.2 81st Q1 SCIE – No
54 Drug Metabolism Reviews 7.1 80th Q1 SCIE – No
55 Pediatric Drugs 7 80th Q1 SCIE – No
56 Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology 7 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
57 Targeted Oncology 6.9 79th Q1 SCIE – No
58 Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience 6.7 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
59 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 6.6 78th Q1 SCIE – No
60 Drug and Alcohol Dependence 6.5 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
61 Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 6.3 78th Q1 SCIE – No
62 Cardiovascular Therapeutics 6.1 77th Q1 SCIE – Yes
63 Expert Opinion on Drug Safety 6.1 77th Q1 SCIE – No
64 Therapeutic Advances in Vaccines and Immunotherapy 6 77th Q1 – – Yes
65 American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs 6 76th Q1 SCIE – No
66 Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 5.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
67 Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology 5.9 76th Q1 SCIE – No
68 Expert Opinion on Emerging Drugs 5.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
69 Journal of Dietary Supplements 5.9 75th Q1 ESCI – No
70 Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics 5.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
71 Annals of Pharmacotherapy 5.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
72 Investigational New Drugs 5.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
73 International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance 5.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
74 Journal of Addiction Medicine 5.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
75 Clinical Therapeutics 5.7 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
76 Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine 5.7 72nd Q2 – – Yes
77 Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences 5.6 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
78 HIV Medicine 5.6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
79 European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 5.6 71st Q2 SCIE – No
80 Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology 5.6 71st Q2 SCIE – No
81 Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery 5.6 71st Q2 SCIE – No
82 International Clinical Psychopharmacology 5.6 70th Q2 SCIE – No
83 Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 5.6 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
84 Infection and Drug Resistance 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
85 Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy 5.6 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
86 Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases 5.5 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
87 Journal of Cannabis Research 5.5 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
88 Breast Cancer 5.4 68th Q2 SCIE – No
89 Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease 5.3 68th Q2 ESCI – Yes
90 ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science 5.2 67th Q2 ESCI – No
91 Vascular Health and Risk Management 5.2 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
92 Clinical Drug Investigation 5.2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
93 Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience 5.2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
94 Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics 5.2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
95 Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease 5.1 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
96 CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology 5.1 65th Q2 SCIE – Yes
97 PharmaNutrition 5.1 65th Q2 ESCI – No
98 Infection and Chemotherapy 5.1 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
99 Journal of Experimental Pharmacology 5.1 64th Q2 – – Yes
100 Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids 5 64th Q2 – – Yes
101 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy 5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
102 Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics 5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
103 Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy 4.9 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
104 Advanced Therapeutics 4.9 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
105 Antiviral Therapy 4.9 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
106 European Journal of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics 4.9 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
107 Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 4.8 61st Q2 SCIE – No
108 OncoTargets and Therapy 4.7 61st Q2 SCIE – Yes
109 Drug Target Insights 4.7 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
110 Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 4.7 60th Q2 SCIE – No
111 Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 4.7 60th Q2 SCIE – No
112 Anti-Cancer Drugs 4.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
113 Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology 4.6 59th Q2 SCIE – No
114 Therapeutic Advances in Cardiovascular Disease 4.6 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
115 Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety 4.6 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
116 Biologics: Targets and Therapy 4.5 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
117 Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease 4.5 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
118 Human Psychopharmacology 4.5 57th Q2 SCIE – No
119 Cancer Innovation 4.4 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
120 EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry 4.3 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
121 Australian Prescriber 4.3 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
122 PharmacoEconomics - Open 4.3 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
123 Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science 4.3 55th Q2 SCIE – No
124 European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care 4.2 55th Q2 SCIE – No
125 International Journal of Breast Cancer 4.2 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
126 Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine 4.2 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
127 Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition 4.2 54th Q2 SCIE – No
128 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring 4.2 54th Q2 SCIE – No
129 Current Reviews in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology 4.1 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
130 Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology 4.1 53rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
131 Topics in Antiviral Medicine 4.1 53rd Q2 – – No
132 BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology 4.1 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
133 Journal of Chemotherapy 4.1 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
134 Clinical Pharmacology: Advances and Applications 4 51st Q2 ESCI – Yes
135 Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation 4 51st Q2 – – Yes
136 Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery 3.9 50th Q2 SCIE – No
137 Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology 3.9 50th Q2 SCIE – No
138 Trials 3.9 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
139 Drugs - Real World Outcomes 3.9 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
140 AIDS Research and Therapy 3.8 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
141 Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology 3.8 49th Q3 SCIE – No
142 Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 3.8 48th Q3 SCIE – No
143 Current Therapeutic Research - Clinical and Experimental 3.7 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
144 Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management 3.7 48th Q3 SCIE – Yes
145 Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports 3.7 47th Q3 ESCI – No
146 Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy 3.6 47th Q3 ESCI – Yes
147 Chemotherapy 3.6 46th Q3 SCIE – No
148 Contemporary Clinical Trials 3.6 46th Q3 SCIE – No
149 Journal of Psychedelic Studies 3.5 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
150 AIDS Reviews 3.5 45th Q3 SCIE – No
151 Journal of Pharmacy Practice 3.5 45th Q3 ESCI – No
152 American Journal of Therapeutics 3.4 45th Q3 SCIE – No
153 Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 3.4 44th Q3 SCIE, SSCI C No
154 Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development 3.4 44th Q3 SCIE – No
155 Therapies 3.3 44th Q3 SCIE – No
156 Cardiology (Switzerland) 3.2 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
157 Drug Metabolism and Personalized Therapy 3.2 43rd Q3 – – No
158 Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 3.1 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
159 Nanomedicine Research Journal 3 42nd Q3 – – Yes
160 Translational and Clinical Pharmacology 3 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
161 Clinica e Investigacion en Arteriosclerosis 2.9 41st Q3 ESCI – No
162 International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2.9 41st Q3 ESCI – No
163 Neuropsychopharmacology Reports 2.9 41st Q3 ESCI – Yes
164 Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 2.9 40th Q3 SCIE – No
165 Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice 2.7 40th Q3 SCIE – No
166 Reading Teacher 2.7 40th Q3 SSCI – No
167 Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics 2.7 39th Q3 SCIE C No
168 Clinical Neuropharmacology 2.7 39th Q3 SCIE – No
169 International Journal of STD and AIDS 2.6 39th Q3 SCIE – No
170 Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2.6 38th Q3 – – Yes
171 Pharmaceutical Statistics 2.6 38th Q3 SCIE – No
172 JACCP Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2.5 37th Q3 ESCI – No
173 Pharmacia 2.5 37th Q3 ESCI – Yes
174 Recent Advances in Anti-Infective Drug Discovery 2.5 37th Q3 – – No
175 Precision Cancer Medicine 2.5 36th Q3 – – No
176 Pharmaceutical Fronts 2.3 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
177 HIV Research and Clinical Practice 2.2 35th Q3 SCIE – Yes
178 Psychopharmacology Bulletin 2.2 35th Q3 – – No
179 Indian Journal of Pharmacology 2.1 35th Q3 SCIE – No
180 Mental Health Clinician 2.1 34th Q3 – – Yes
181 Research Results in Biomedicine 2.1 34th Q3 – – No
182 Current Drug Safety 2 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
183 Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology 2 33rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
184 Zhongguo Zhongyao Zazhi 2 33rd Q3 – – No
185 Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2 32nd Q3 – – No
186 Recent Advances in Inflammation and Allergy Drug Discovery 2 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
187 Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy 1.9 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
188 Pharmacoepidemiology 1.9 31st Q3 ESCI – Yes
189 Science of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1.9 31st Q3 – – Yes
190 Traditional and Kampo Medicine 1.9 31st Q3 ESCI – No
191 Hospital Pharmacy 1.8 30th Q3 ESCI – No
192 Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics 1.8 30th Q3 ESCI – No
193 Indonesian Journal of Pharmacy 1.6 30th Q3 ESCI – Yes
194 Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - CNS and Neurological Disorders 1.6 29th Q3 – – No
195 Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences 1.5 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
196 Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs 1.5 28th Q3 – – No
197 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1.5 28th Q3 SCIE – No
198 Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology 1.5 28th Q3 – – No
199 Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research 1.5 27th Q3 ESCI – No
200 Toxicology Communications 1.4 27th Q3 ESCI – Yes
201 Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 1.3 27th Q3 ESCI – No
202 Current Drug Therapy 1.3 26th Q3 ESCI – No
203 Journal of Research in Pharmacy 1.3 26th Q3 ESCI – No
204 Side Effects of Drugs Annual 1.3 26th Q3 – – No
205 Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology 1.3 25th Q3 ESCI – Yes
206 Borneo Journal of Pharmacy 1.2 25th Q3 – – Yes
207 Journal of Nephropharmacology 1.2 25th Q3 – – Yes
208 Current Signal Transduction Therapy 1.2 24th Q4 – – No
209 Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology 1.2 24th Q4 SCIE – Yes
210 Health Biotechnology and Biopharma 1.2 23rd Q4 – – No
211 Open Access Journal of Clinical Trials 1.2 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
212 Research Results in Pharmacology 1.2 23rd Q4 – – Yes
213 Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin 1.1 22nd Q4 – – No
214 Journal of Holistic Integrative Pharmacy 1.1 22nd Q4 – – Yes
215 Pharmaceutical Sciences Asia 1.1 22nd Q4 – – Yes
216 Farmatsiya i Farmakologiya 1.1 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
217 Frontiers in Anesthesiology 1.1 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
218 Drugs and Therapy Perspectives 1 21st Q4 ESCI – No
219 Kliniceskaa Mikrobiologia i Antimikrobnaa Himioterapia 1 20th Q4 – – Yes
220 Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics 1 20th Q4 SCIE – No
221 Journal of Opioid Management 1 19th Q4 – – No
222 Majalah Obat Tradisional 1 19th Q4 – – Yes
223 International Journal of Cancer Management 0.9 19th Q4 ESCI – No
224 International Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurological Diseases 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
225 Reviews on Clinical Pharmacology and Drug Therapy 0.9 18th Q4 – – No
226 Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 0.9 18th Q4 – – Yes
227 Current Topics in Pharmacology 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
228 Journal of Cellular and Molecular Anesthesia 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
229 Methods in Pharmacology and Toxicology 0.9 17th Q4 – – No
230 Annals of Cancer Research and Therapy 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
231 Chinese Journal of Hospital Pharmacy 0.8 16th Q4 – – No
232 Sovremennaya Revmatologiya 0.8 16th Q4 – – Yes
233 Chinese Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 0.7 15th Q4 – – No
234 Journal of Arrhythmology 0.7 15th Q4 – – Yes
235 International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Nanotechnology 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
236 Trends in Immunotherapy 0.7 14th Q4 – – No
237 Modern Medical Technology 0.6 14th Q4 – – Yes
238 Adverse Drug Reaction Bulletin 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
239 Biomedical and Biopharmaceutical Research 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
240 Opuholi Zenskoj Reproduktivnoj Sistemy 0.6 13th Q4 – – No
241 Infectio 0.6 12th Q4 ESCI – Yes
242 Chinese Journal of New Drugs 0.5 12th Q4 – – No
243 Vojnosanitetski Pregled 0.5 12th Q4 SCIE – Yes
244 Opuholi Golovy i Sei 0.5 11th Q4 – – No
245 Pediatricheskaya Farmakologiya 0.5 11th Q4 – – Yes
246 Journal of Health Policy and Outcomes Research 0.5 10th Q4 – – Yes
247 Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Quimico-Farmaceuticas (Colombia) 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
248 Russian Military Medical Academy Reports 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
249 Prescrire International 0.5 9th Q4 – – No
250 Indonesian Journal of Tropical and Infectious Disease 0.4 9th Q4 – – Yes
251 Phytotherapy Journal 0.4 9th Q4 – – No
252 Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
253 International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
254 Odesa Medical Journal 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
255 Adverse Drug Reactions Journal 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
256 Journal de Pharmacie Clinique 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
257 Pharmacien Clinicien 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
258 Cancer and Chemotherapy Reviews 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
259 Drugs and Clinic 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
260 Actualites Pharmaceutiques 0.2 5th Q4 ESCI – No
261 Modern Gastroenterology 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
262 Psychopharmakotherapie 0.2 5th Q4 – – No
263 Giornale Italiano di Farmacia Clinica 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
264 Japanese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
265 WHO Drug Information 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
266 Epitheorese Klinikes Farmakologias kai Farmakokinetikes 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
267 Japanese Journal of Chemotherapy 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
268 Japanese Pharmacology and Therapeutics 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
269 Journal fur Pharmakologie und Therapie 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
270 Krankenhauspharmazie 0.1 2nd Q4 – – No
271 Medizinische Monatsschrift fur Pharmazeuten 0.1 1st Q4 – – No
272 Arzneimitteltherapie 0 1st Q4 – – No
273 Pharmaceutisch Weekblad 0 1st Q4 – – No
274 Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung 0 0th Q4 – – No
275 Oral Therapeutics and Pharmacology 0 0th Q4 – – No
276 Pharmazeutische Zeitung 0 0th Q4 – – No

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