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Best Pharmacology journals

328 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Pharmacology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 82 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 Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 159.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
2 Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 32.4 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology 29.5 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 Drug Resistance Updates 29.1 98th Q1 SCIE No
5 Medicinal Research Reviews 29.1 98th Q1 SCIE No
6 Pharmacology and Therapeutics 28.3 98th Q1 SCIE No
7 Pharmacological Reviews 25.9 98th Q1 SCIE No
8 Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 20.5 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
9 Pharmacological Research 19.1 97th Q1 SCIE Yes
10 Molecular Therapy 17.9 97th Q1 SCIE No
11 Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 17.7 96th Q1 SCIE No
12 Drug Discovery Today 16.8 96th Q1 SCIE No
13 Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 16.6 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
14 Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy 15.9 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
15 Neuropsychopharmacology 15.7 95th Q1 SCIE No
16 Phytotherapy Research 14.5 95th Q1 SCIE No
17 BioDrugs 13.8 94th Q1 SCIE No
18 Cell Chemical Biology 13.6 94th Q1 SCIE No
19 British Journal of Pharmacology 13.5 94th Q1 SCIE No
20 Chinese Herbal Medicines 13.5 94th Q1 ESCI Yes
21 European Neuropsychopharmacology 13.2 93th Q1 SCIE No
22 Phytomedicine 13.2 93th Q1 SCIE No
23 Neurotherapeutics 12.6 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Apoptosis 12.4 92th Q1 SCIE No
25 Pharmaceutical Biology 12.4 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
26 Current Opinion in Pharmacology 12.2 92th Q1 SCIE No
27 Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 12 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
28 Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 11.9 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
29 NEJM Evidence 11.7 91th Q1 ESCI No
30 Medicine in Drug Discovery 11.5 91th Q1 Yes
31 Current Neuropharmacology 11.4 90th Q1 SCIE No
32 Journal of Ethnopharmacology 11.2 90th Q1 SCIE No
33 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 10.8 90th Q1 SCIE No
34 Chinese Medicine (United Kingdom) 10.4 89th Q1 SCIE Yes
35 Journal of Psychopharmacology 10.3 89th Q1 SCIE No
36 Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy 10 89th Q1 SCIE No
37 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 9.9 88th Q1 SCIE No
38 Expert Review of Vaccines 9.9 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Journal of Food Biochemistry 9.9 88th Q1 SCIE No
40 npj Vaccines 9.8 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
41 Frontiers in Pharmacology 9.5 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
42 Inflammation Research 9.5 87th Q1 SCIE No
43 Biochemical Pharmacology 9.3 87th Q1 SCIE No
44 Intelligent Pharmacy 9.1 86th Q1 Yes
45 Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy 9 86th Q1 SCIE No
46 Natural Products and Bioprospecting 9 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
47 Altex 8.9 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
48 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 8.8 85th Q1 SCIE Yes
49 Pharmaceutical Research 8.7 85th Q1 SCIE No
50 Inflammopharmacology 8.7 84th Q1 SCIE No
51 EXCLI Journal 8.6 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
52 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets 8.6 84th Q1 SCIE No
53 PharmacoEconomics 8.5 83th Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
54 CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics 8.5 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
55 Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs 8.5 83th Q1 SCIE No
56 Cancer Biology and Therapy 8.4 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
57 Drug Safety 8.4 82th Q1 SCIE No
58 Pharmaceutical Medicine 8.4 82th Q1 ESCI No
59 Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents 8.3 82th Q1 SCIE No
60 International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology 8.3 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
61 Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal 8.2 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
62 Neuropharmacology 8.1 81th Q1 SCIE No
63 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 8.1 80th Q1 SCIE No
64 International Immunopharmacology 8.1 80th Q1 SCIE No
65 Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 8 80th Q1 SCIE No
66 Current Molecular Pharmacology 7.8 80th Q1 SCIE No
67 Antiviral Research 7.8 79th Q1 SCIE No
68 Psychopharmacology 7.8 79th Q1 SCIE No
69 Vaccines 7.7 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
70 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research 7.6 78th Q1 SCIE No
71 Clinical Pharmacokinetics 7.6 78th Q1 SCIE No
72 European Journal of Pharmacology 7.6 78th Q1 SCIE No
73 Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry 7.5 77th Q1 SCIE No
74 Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics 7.4 77th Q1 SCIE Yes
75 Open Medicinal Chemistry Journal 7.3 77th Q1 No
76 British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 7.3 76th Q1 SCIE No
77 CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets 7.3 76th Q1 SCIE No
78 Pharmacological Reports 7.2 76th Q1 SCIE No
79 Skin Pharmacology and Physiology 7 76th Q1 SCIE No
80 Bioconjugate Chemistry 7 75th Q1 SCIE No
81 Drug Design, Development and Therapy 6.9 75th Q1 SCIE Yes
82 Drug Metabolism and Disposition 6.8 75th Q1 SCIE No
83 Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry 6.7 74th Q2 SCIE No
84 Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology 6.7 74th Q2 SCIE No
85 Profiles of Drug Substances, Excipients and Related Methodology 6.7 74th Q2 No
86 Drug and Chemical Toxicology 6.6 73th Q2 SCIE No
87 Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 6.6 73th Q2 SCIE No
88 Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy 6.5 73th Q2 SCIE No
89 Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 6.5 73th Q2 SCIE No
90 Current Medicinal Chemistry 6.5 72th Q2 SCIE No
91 Drug and Alcohol Dependence 6.5 72th Q2 SCIE, SSCI No
92 Vascular Pharmacology 6.5 72th Q2 SCIE No
93 Biomolecules and Therapeutics 6.4 71th Q2 SCIE No
94 Frontiers in Drug Delivery 6.4 71th Q2 ESCI Yes
95 Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology 6.4 71th Q2 SCIE No
96 Journal of Natural Products 6.3 70th Q2 SCIE No
97 Progress in Medicinal Chemistry 6.3 70th Q2 No
98 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 6.2 70th Q2 SCIE No
99 Cardiovascular Therapeutics 6.1 69th Q2 SCIE Yes
100 Chemical Biology and Drug Design 6.1 69th Q2 SCIE No

Rank and percentile are within the Pharmacology 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.

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