Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Subfield ranking · 2008
Pharmacology journal rankings 2008
32 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Pharmacology has 32 ranked journals in 2008. The median OJR rose 0.06 on 2007 to 0.72, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.42. The top three are Natural Product Reports, Clinical Pharmacokinetics, and Journal of Pain.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2008. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery474
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine199
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine173
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health173
- Oncology127
- Epidemiology114
- Infectious Diseases106
- Psychiatry and Mental health98
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging94
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism89
- Physiology89
- Neurology85
- Pharmacology32
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine60
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health60
- Ophthalmology55
- Hematology52
- Dermatology50
- Obstetrics and Gynecology45
- Rheumatology38
- Nephrology33
- Reproductive Medicine32
- Emergency Medicine29
- Complementary and alternative medicine28
- Geriatrics and Gerontology24
- Otorhinolaryngology21
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine18
- Rehabilitation18
- Immunology and Allergy15
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Genetics11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Hepatology9
- Urology8
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
32 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2007. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2005–2007 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2008. | Compare |
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1Natural Product ReportsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 3.71Q1 | 8.18 1.27 up from 2007 | 167 | 8% | — | ||
2Clinical PharmacokineticsAdis, Springer Healthcare · Switzerland | 2.55Q1 | 5.03 0.26 down from 2007 | 236 | 7% | $4,990 | ||
3Journal of PainElsevier BV · United States | 2.15Q1 | 4.37 0.04 up from 2007 | 357 | 100% | $4,180 | ||
4Physical TherapyOxford University Press · United States | 1.92Q1 | 3.09 0.10 down from 2007 | 422 | 38% | $4,035 | ||
5European Journal of PainWiley · United Kingdom | 1.76Q1 | 2.77 0.65 down from 2007 | 341 | 14% | $4,310 | ||
6Pain MedicineOxford University Press · United States | 1.60Q1 | 2.56 0.74 down from 2007 | 307 | 32% | $5,036 | ||
7Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug TherapyWiley · United States | 1.44Q1 | 3.30 0.52 up from 2007 | 678 | 15% | $4,030 | ||
8Manual TherapyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.42Q1 | 2.48 0.18 up from 2007 | 191 | 8% | — | ||
9Journal of Natural ProductsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.35Q2 | 2.98 0.56 up from 2007 | 1,223 | 22% | $4,500 | ||
10Experimental and Clinical PsychopharmacologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.22Q2 | 2.98 0.36 up from 2007 | 149 | 47% | — | ||
11Therapeutic Drug MonitoringLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.10Q2 | 2.60 0.05 down from 2007 | 392 | 8% | — | ||
12Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical TherapyAmerican Physical Therapy Association · United States | 1.02Q2 | 3.01 1.55 up from 2007 | 297 | 6% | — | ||
13Ozone Science and EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.90Q2 | 1.07 0.12 down from 2007 | 163 | 6% | — | ||
14Australian Journal of PhysiotherapyElsevier BV · Australia | 0.88Q2 | 1.67 0.02 up from 2007 | 164 | 93% | — | ||
15Journal of Manipulative and Physiological TherapeuticsElsevier BV · United States | 0.75Q2 | 1.70 0.56 up from 2007 | 341 | 22% | $2,900 | ||
16Chiropractic & Manual TherapiesOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 0.74Q2 | 1.04 0.23 down from 2007 | 71 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
17The Journal of AntibioticsSpringer Nature · Japan | 0.70Q3 | 1.59 0.03 up from 2007 | 318 | 8% | $4,590 | ||
18Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and TherapeuticsWiley · United Kingdom | 0.66Q3 | 1.23 0.07 up from 2007 | 333 | 19% | $4,520 | ||
19WorkIOS Press · Netherlands | 0.59Q3 | 0.79 0.05 down from 2007 | 177 | 2% | $4,150 | ||
20Brazilian Journal of Physical TherapyElsevier BV · Brazil | 0.50Q3 | 0.86 0.50 up from 2007 | 153 | 95% | $3,000 | ||
21ActinomycetologicaOAJapan | 0.42Q3 | 1.09 0.39 up from 2007 | 31 | 100% | — | ||
22Der SchmerzSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.35Q3 | 0.81 0.07 down from 2007 | 172 | 1% | $3,390 | ||
23Current Drug SafetyBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.32Q3 | 0.59 0.17 down from 2007 | 63 | 3% | — | ||
24Advances in PhysiotherapyInforma · United Kingdom | 0.28Q3 | 0.64 0.34 up from 2007 | 67 | 0% | — | ||
25Current Enzyme InhibitionBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.28Q4 | 0.69 0.28 down from 2007 | 83 | 5% | — | ||
26Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal ChemistryBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.27Q4 | 0.71 0.04 down from 2007 | 76 | 7% | — | ||
27Journal of Manual & Manipulative TherapyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.23Q4 | 0.58 0.34 up from 2007 | 106 | 75% | — | ||
28International journal of osteopathic medicineElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.22Q4 | 0.55 0.21 up from 2007 | 69 | 9% | $2,740 | ||
29Journal of Chiropractic MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 0.13Q4 | 0.28 0.08 up from 2007 | 68 | 52% | $3,300 | ||
30International journal of medicinal mushroomsBegell House · United States | 0.10Q4 | 0.36 0.26 up from 2007 | 341 | 21% | — | ||
31Journal of Orthopaedic MedicineTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.07Q4 | 0.06 0.14 down from 2007 | 51 | — | — | ||
32AMA guides newsletterPublisher not listed | 0.00Q4 | 0.06 0.04 up from 2007 | 52 | 0% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Pharmacology highlighted.
- Surgery474
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine199
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine173
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health173
- Oncology127
- Epidemiology114
- Infectious Diseases106
- Psychiatry and Mental health98
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging94
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism89
- Physiology89
- Neurology85
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine60
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health60
- Ophthalmology55
- Hematology52
- Dermatology50
- Obstetrics and Gynecology45
- Rheumatology38
- Nephrology33
- Pharmacology32
- Reproductive Medicine32
- Emergency Medicine29
- Complementary and alternative medicine28
- Geriatrics and Gerontology24
- Otorhinolaryngology21
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine18
- Rehabilitation18
- Immunology and Allergy15
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Genetics11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Hepatology9
- Urology8
- Gastroenterology7
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2008. Corpus-wide, 71.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
11 additional Pharmacology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2005–2007, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2008. Publication window: 2005–2007. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 32
- Window papers (baseline)
- 42,145 +30.2% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 0.7235 +16.9% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2005–2007 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 22 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 40 | 43 | 42 | 44 | 46 | 51 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 51 | 52 | 49 | 49 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 19,603 | 22,467 | 24,630 | 27,412 | 29,324 | 32,358 | 35,691 | 39,107 | 42,145 | 45,380 | 48,527 | 52,153 | 54,359 | 55,921 | 57,834 | 58,910 | 59,488 | 58,462 | 57,882 | 58,590 | 61,076 | 65,359 | 69,176 | 70,919 | 70,967 | 72,738 | |
| Median OJR | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.672 | 0.51 | 0.62 | 0.715 | 0.667 | 0.7235 | 0.80 | 0.892 | 0.91 | 1.001 | 0.891 | 0.7936 | 0.7943 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.644 | 0.642 | 0.662 | 0.75 | 0.659 | 0.7243 | 0.73 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.