Journal rankings · indicator year 2022
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Subfield ranking · 2022
Pharmacology journal rankings 2022
51 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Pharmacology has 51 ranked journals in 2022. The median OJR rose 0.09 on 2021 to 0.75, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.26. The top three are Natural Product Reports, Journal of physiotherapy, and Medical Cannabis and Cannabinoids.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2022. 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 2019–2021, the window the 2022 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)
- Surgery1,001
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine367
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health310
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine296
- Oncology245
- Infectious Diseases243
- Epidemiology196
- Neurology176
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging165
- Physiology162
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism159
- Psychiatry and Mental health147
- Pharmacology51
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- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine123
- Ophthalmology103
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health101
- Dermatology97
- Obstetrics and Gynecology88
- Hematology83
- Rheumatology65
- Nephrology62
- Reproductive Medicine54
- Complementary and alternative medicine51
- Emergency Medicine43
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Rehabilitation36
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Hepatology28
- Immunology and Allergy24
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Genetics20
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine15
- Urology12
- Gastroenterology8
- Internal Medicine6
- Health Informatics5
- Transplantation3
- Family Practice2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
51 ranked journals
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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 2021. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2019–2021, the window the 2022 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2019–2021 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 2013 to 2022. | Compare |
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1Natural Product ReportsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 3.87Q1 | 12.98 0.14 down from 2021 | 246 | 34% | — | ||
2Journal of physiotherapyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.89Q1 | 4.49 0.88 down from 2021 | 189 | 100% | $3,450 | ||
3Medical Cannabis and CannabinoidsOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 1.80Q1 | 5.58 1.58 up from 2021 | 33 | 100% | $990 | ||
4Fungal Biology and BiotechnologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 6.76 1.16 down from 2021 | 62 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
5Journal of PainElsevier BV · United States | 1.55Q1 | 4.14 1.03 down from 2021 | 364 | 100% | $4,180 | ||
6Clinical PharmacokineticsAdis, Springer Healthcare · Switzerland | 1.54Q1 | 4.85 0.81 down from 2021 | 340 | 57% | $4,990 | ||
7Brazilian Journal of Physical TherapyElsevier BV · Brazil | 1.51Q1 | 4.17 0.26 up from 2021 | 179 | 98% | $3,000 | ||
8Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.50Q1 | 4.17 0.52 down from 2021 | 197 | 54% | — | ||
9Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical TherapyAmerican Physical Therapy Association · United States | 1.47Q1 | 4.83 0.70 up from 2021 | 269 | 25% | — | ||
10Journal of Natural ProductsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.44Q1 | 5.53 0.52 up from 2021 | 1,170 | 32% | $4,500 | ||
11Physical TherapyOxford University Press · United States | 1.38Q1 | 4.41 0.20 up from 2021 | 665 | 84% | $4,035 | ||
12European Journal of PainWiley · United Kingdom | 1.35Q1 | 4.03 0.23 up from 2021 | 501 | 64% | $4,310 | ||
13Journal of Cannabis ResearchOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.26Q1 | 4.32 0.73 up from 2021 | 104 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
14Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug TherapyWiley · United States | 1.15Q2 | 4.18 1.53 down from 2021 | 344 | 41% | $4,030 | ||
15Pain MedicineOxford University Press · United States | 1.12Q2 | 2.75 0.11 down from 2021 | 1,118 | 49% | $5,036 | ||
16Canadian Journal of PainOATaylor & Francis · United States | 1.12Q2 | 2.92 1.14 up from 2021 | 89 | 100% | $1,459 | ||
17BMC Pharmacology and ToxicologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.01Q2 | 3.40 0.18 up from 2021 | 245 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
18Experimental and Clinical PsychopharmacologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 1.00Q2 | 2.56 0.53 down from 2021 | 225 | 54% | — | ||
19Musculoskeletal Science and PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.98Q2 | 2.93 0.02 up from 2021 | 378 | 32% | $3,500 | ||
20WorkIOS Press · Netherlands | 0.97Q2 | 2.89 0.69 up from 2021 | 922 | 39% | $4,150 | ||
21The Journal of AntibioticsSpringer Nature · Japan | 0.94Q2 | 3.94 0.19 up from 2021 | 342 | 25% | $4,590 | ||
22Chiropractic & Manual TherapiesOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 0.89Q2 | 2.48 0.10 up from 2021 | 179 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
23British Journal of PainSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.88Q2 | 2.48 0.58 up from 2021 | 116 | 100% | $4,150 | ||
24Journal of Manual & Manipulative TherapyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.83Q2 | 2.81 1.35 up from 2021 | 98 | 100% | — | ||
25Hong Kong Physiotherapy JournalOAWorld Scientific · Netherlands | 0.75Q2 | 1.69 0.19 up from 2021 | 40 | 100% | — | ||
26Therapeutic Drug MonitoringLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.75Q2 | 2.39 0.36 down from 2021 | 349 | 32% | — | ||
27Ozone Science and EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.72Q3 | 3.19 0.63 up from 2021 | 174 | 27% | — | ||
28Scandinavian Journal of PainOAElsevier BV · Germany | 0.67Q3 | 1.55 0.54 down from 2021 | 281 | 70% | $2,260 | ||
29Journal of Manipulative and Physiological TherapeuticsElsevier BV · United States | 0.66Q3 | 1.74 0.14 up from 2021 | 268 | 30% | $2,900 | ||
30Translational and Clinical PharmacologyOASouth Korea | 0.65Q3 | 1.24 0.80 down from 2021 | 72 | 100% | — | ||
31Journal of Chiropractic MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 0.63Q3 | 1.69 0.47 up from 2021 | 110 | 84% | $3,300 | ||
32CannabisOAUnited States | 0.57Q3 | 1.39 0.16 up from 2021 | 33 | 100% | — | ||
33Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal ChemistryBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.56Q3 | 1.07 0.55 down from 2021 | 55 | 9% | — | ||
34Journal of Caffeine and Adenosine ResearchMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.49Q3 | 1.38 0.14 down from 2021 | 47 | — | — | ||
35Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and TherapeuticsWiley · United Kingdom | 0.47Q3 | 1.47 0.05 down from 2021 | 262 | 36% | $4,520 | ||
36Current Drug SafetyBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.46Q3 | 1.05 0.64 down from 2021 | 124 | 5% | — | ||
37International journal of medicinal mushroomsBegell House · United States | 0.46Q3 | 1.38 0.03 down from 2021 | 315 | 6% | — | ||
38European Journal of PhysiotherapyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.44Q3 | 0.89 0.22 down from 2021 | 166 | 41% | — | ||
39International journal of osteopathic medicineElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.43Q3 | 1.79 0.24 down from 2021 | 97 | 26% | $2,740 | ||
40Der SchmerzSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.42Q4 | 1.10 0.49 down from 2021 | 208 | 64% | $3,390 | ||
| 0.35Q4 | 0.77 0.34 down from 2021 | 37 | 100% | — | |||
42Bulletin of Faculty of Physical TherapyOASpringer Nature · Egypt | 0.33Q4 | 0.97 0.11 up from 2021 | 74 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
43Planta Medica International OpenGeorg Thieme Verlag · Germany | 0.33Q4 | 1.22 0.05 up from 2021 | 47 | 93% | — | ||
44Physiotherapy QuarterlyOATermedia Publishing House · Poland | 0.29Q4 | 0.77 0.11 down from 2021 | 112 | 100% | — | ||
45Pharmacy & Pharmacology International JournalMedCrave Group · United States | 0.25Q4 | 1.05 0.10 up from 2021 | 127 | 93% | — | ||
46Current PsychopharmacologyeBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.25Q4 | 0.82 0.17 up from 2021 | 59 | 17% | — | ||
47Current Enzyme InhibitionBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.22Q4 | 0.93 0.28 up from 2021 | 62 | 0% | — | ||
48Physiotherapy Practice and ResearchIOS Press · Netherlands | 0.17Q4 | 0.32 0.61 down from 2021 | 66 | 27% | $4,150 | ||
49Humboldt Journal of Social RelationsPublisher not listed | 0.12Q4 | 0.41 0.28 up from 2021 | 37 | 88% | — | ||
50Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International JournalInstitute of Medico-legal Publications Private Limited · India | 0.12Q4 | 0.26 0.05 up from 2021 | 424 | 96% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Pharmacology highlighted.
- Surgery1,001
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine367
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health310
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine296
- Oncology245
- Infectious Diseases243
- Epidemiology196
- Neurology176
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging165
- Physiology162
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism159
- Psychiatry and Mental health147
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine123
- Ophthalmology103
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health101
- Dermatology97
- Obstetrics and Gynecology88
- Hematology83
- Rheumatology65
- Nephrology62
- Reproductive Medicine54
- Complementary and alternative medicine51
- Pharmacology51
- Emergency Medicine43
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Rehabilitation36
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Hepatology28
- Immunology and Allergy24
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine23
- Genetics20
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine15
- Urology12
- Gastroenterology8
- Internal Medicine6
- Health Informatics5
- Transplantation3
- Family Practice2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2022. Corpus-wide, 89.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
13 additional Pharmacology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2019–2021, 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: 2022. Publication window: 2019–2021. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 51
- Window papers (baseline)
- 69,176 +18.1% from indicator year 2019
- Median OJR
- 0.75 +16.0% from indicator year 2019
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2019–2021 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.