Scopus subject area

Best Pharmaceutical Science journals

191 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Pharmaceutical Science. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 48 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 Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 39 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 20.5 99th Q1 SCIE Yes
3 Drug Delivery 20.2 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
4 Journal of Nanobiotechnology 20.2 98th Q1 SCIE Yes
5 Journal of Controlled Release 19.6 97th Q1 SCIE No
6 Nano Today 18.6 97th Q1 SCIE No
7 OpenNano 17.3 96th Q1 Yes
8 Advanced Healthcare Materials 15.9 96th Q1 SCIE No
9 Drug Delivery and Translational Research 14.2 95th Q1 SCIE No
10 Bioengineering and Translational Medicine 13.9 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
11 Phytomedicine 13.2 94th Q1 SCIE No
12 Pharmaceutics 12.5 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
13 Apoptosis 12.4 93th Q1 SCIE No
14 Pharmaceutical Biology 12.4 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
15 Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis 12 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
16 Marine Drugs 11.6 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy 11.6 91th Q1 SCIE No
18 Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery 10.7 90th Q1 SCIE No
19 International Journal of Nanomedicine 10.6 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation 10.6 89th Q1 SCIE No
21 Food Hydrocolloids for Health 10.5 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
22 Molecules 10.3 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
23 Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 10.3 88th Q1 SCIE No
24 IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience 9.8 87th Q1 SCIE No
25 International Journal of Pharmaceutics 9.5 87th Q1 SCIE No
26 Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology 9.3 86th Q1 SCIE No
27 Cancer Nanotechnology 9.1 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Intelligent Pharmacy 9.1 85th Q1 Yes
29 Pharmaceuticals 9 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
30 International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X 8.9 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
31 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 8.8 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
32 Pharmaceutical Research 8.7 83th Q1 SCIE No
33 European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 8.6 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
34 AAPS PharmSciTech 8.5 82th Q1 SCIE No
35 Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology 8.5 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
36 Journal of Drug Targeting 8.5 81th Q1 SCIE No
37 Journal of Liposome Research 8.3 80th Q1 SCIE No
38 Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal 8.2 80th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics 8.1 79th Q1 SCIE No
40 Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin 7.7 79th Q1 ESCI Yes
41 Molecular Pharmaceutics 7.6 78th Q1 SCIE No
42 ACS Bio and Med Chem Au 7.5 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
43 Journal of Texture Studies 7.4 77th Q1 SCIE No
44 Open Medicinal Chemistry Journal 7.3 77th Q1 No
45 Bioconjugate Chemistry 7 76th Q1 SCIE No
46 Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 7 76th Q1 SSCI No
47 Current Drug Delivery 6.9 75th Q1 SCIE No
48 Drug Design, Development and Therapy 6.9 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
49 Drug Metabolism and Disposition 6.8 74th Q2 SCIE No
50 Profiles of Drug Substances, Excipients and Related Methodology 6.7 74th Q2 No
51 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 6.7 73th Q2 SCIE No
52 Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 6.6 73th Q2 SCIE No
53 Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 6.5 72th Q2 SCIE No
54 AAPS Journal 6.5 71th Q2 SCIE No
55 Archiv der Pharmazie 6.5 71th Q2 SCIE No
56 Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 6.3 70th Q2 ESCI Yes
57 Journal of Natural Products 6.3 70th Q2 SCIE No
58 Cosmetics 6 69th Q2 ESCI Yes
59 Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems 6 69th Q2 SCIE No
60 Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 5.9 68th Q2 SCIE No
61 Pharmaceutical Science Advances 5.9 68th Q2 Yes
62 Journal of Microencapsulation 5.9 67th Q2 SCIE No
63 RSC Medicinal Chemistry 5.7 67th Q2 SCIE No
64 Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 5.6 66th Q2 SCIE No
65 Drug Testing and Analysis 5.4 66th Q2 SCIE No
66 Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research 5.3 65th Q2 SCIE No
67 Scientia Pharmaceutica 5.3 65th Q2 ESCI Yes
68 Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics 5.2 64th Q2 SCIE No
69 Journal of Natural Medicines 5.2 64th Q2 SCIE No
70 International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy 5 63th Q2 SCIE No
71 Advanced Therapeutics 4.9 63th Q2 SCIE No
72 International Journal of Cosmetic Science 4.8 62th Q2 SCIE No
73 Current Nanoscience 4.7 62th Q2 SCIE No
74 Planta Medica 4.7 61th Q2 SCIE No
75 Pharmaceutical Development and Technology 4.7 60th Q2 SCIE No
76 Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy 4.6 60th Q2 SCIE No
77 Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 4.5 59th Q2 SCIE No
78 Journal of Medicinal and Chemical Sciences 4.3 59th Q2 No
79 Frontiers in Analytical Science 4.3 58th Q2 ESCI Yes
80 Biopharmaceutics and Drug Disposition 4.2 58th Q2 SCIE No
81 BioImpacts 4.2 57th Q2 SCIE Yes
82 Turkish Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 4 57th Q2 ESCI No
83 Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery 3.9 56th Q2 SCIE No
84 Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology 3.9 56th Q2 No
85 RSC Pharmaceutics 3.8 55th Q2 ESCI Yes
86 Therapeutic Delivery 3.8 55th Q2 ESCI No
87 Powders 3.7 54th Q2 ESCI Yes
88 Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE No
89 Journal of Pharmaceutical Innovation 3.5 53th Q2 SCIE No
90 Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development 3.4 53th Q2 SCIE No
91 Pharmaceutical Patent Analyst 3.2 52th Q2 No
92 Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research 3.2 52th Q2 SCIE No
93 Acta Pharmaceutica 3.2 51th Q2 SCIE Yes
94 Pharmaceutical Sciences 3.1 51th Q2 ESCI Yes
95 Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin 3.1 50th Q2 SCIE No
96 Journal of Advanced Pharmaceutical Technology and Research 3.1 50th Q2 Yes
97 Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Education and Research 3 49th Q3 No
98 International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2.9 48th Q3 ESCI No
99 Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2.9 48th Q3 No
100 Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology 2.8 47th Q3 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Pharmaceutical Science Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

Nearby subject areas