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Best Pharmacology (medical) journals

277 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Pharmacology (medical). The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 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 93th Q1 SCIE No
19 Journal of Psychopharmacology 10.3 93th Q1 SCIE No
20 Cancer Drug Resistance 10.3 92th Q1 ESCI No
21 Antibiotics 10.2 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
22 Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 10.2 92th Q1 SCIE No
23 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 9.9 91th Q1 SCIE No
24 npj Vaccines 9.8 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
25 Molecular Therapy Oncology 9.6 91th 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 No
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 83th Q1 SCIE No
46 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research 7.6 83th Q1 SCIE No
47 Pharmacopsychiatry 7.6 83th Q1 SCIE No
48 Clinical Pharmacokinetics 7.6 82th Q1 SCIE No
49 ADMET and DMPK 7.5 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
50 British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 7.3 82th Q1 SCIE No
51 Drugs and Aging 7.2 81th Q1 SCIE No
52 Pharmacotherapy 7.2 81th Q1 SCIE No
53 Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice 7.2 81th 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 73th Q2 SCIE Yes
74 Journal of Addiction Medicine 5.8 73th Q2 SCIE No
75 Clinical Therapeutics 5.7 73th Q2 SCIE No
76 Pharmacological Research - Modern Chinese Medicine 5.7 72th Q2 Yes
77 Advances in Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences 5.6 72th Q2 ESCI Yes
78 HIV Medicine 5.6 72th Q2 SCIE No
79 European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 5.6 71th Q2 SCIE No
80 Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology 5.6 71th Q2 SCIE No
81 Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery 5.6 71th 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

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