Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Subfield ranking · 2025
Pharmacology journal rankings 2025
49 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Pharmacology has 49 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.73, below the world average of 1.00, unchanged on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.16. The highest-scoring journal with a stable rank is Natural Product Reports: its likely rank is within the top 3.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. 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 2022–2024, the window the 2025 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)
- Surgery945
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine352
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health311
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine287
- Infectious Diseases258
- Oncology242
- Epidemiology178
- Neurology168
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging160
- Physiology154
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism152
- Psychiatry and Mental health139
- Pharmacology49
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine121
- Ophthalmology96
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health95
- Dermatology89
- Obstetrics and Gynecology81
- Hematology78
- Rheumatology70
- Nephrology62
- Complementary and alternative medicine58
- Reproductive Medicine53
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation31
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Hepatology28
- Immunology and Allergy25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine24
- Genetics19
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology13
- Health Informatics10
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine6
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
49 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | 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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #1 of 49Natural Product ReportsRoyal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom | 3.46Q1 | 12.29 1.34 up from 2024 | 220 | 65% | — | ||
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #8 of 49Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical TherapyAmerican Physical Therapy Association · United States | 1.64Q1 | 5.64 0.56 up from 2024 | 212 | 14% | — | ||
Rank 3; likely between #2 and #10 of 49Clinical PharmacokineticsAdis, Springer Healthcare · Switzerland | 1.50Q1 | 4.27 0.14 down from 2024 | 335 | 70% | $4,990 | ||
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #12 of 49Journal of Cannabis ResearchOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.49Q1 | 3.93 0.68 down from 2024 | 139 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
Rank 5; likely between #3 and #9 of 49Journal of PainElsevier BV · United States | 1.44Q1 | 4.08 0.52 up from 2024 | 630 | 93% | $4,180 | ||
Rank 6; likely between #2 and #12 of 49Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug TherapyWiley · United States | 1.43Q1 | 4.29 0.52 up from 2024 | 285 | 63% | $4,030 | ||
Rank 7; likely between #2 and #16 of 49Canadian Journal of PainOATaylor & Francis · United States | 1.37Q1 | 3.42 0.91 up from 2024 | 95 | 100% | $1,459 | ||
Rank 8; likely between #3 and #12 of 49European Journal of PainWiley · United Kingdom | 1.36Q1 | 3.71 0.09 up from 2024 | 445 | 74% | $4,310 | ||
Rank 9; likely between #3 and #16 of 49Brazilian Journal of Physical TherapyElsevier BV · Brazil | 1.31Q1 | 3.47 0.24 down from 2024 | 190 | 25% | $3,000 | ||
Rank 10; likely between #3 and #14 of 49Physical TherapyOxford University Press · United States | 1.31Q1 | 3.43 0.29 up from 2024 | 469 | 45% | $4,035 | ||
Rank 11; likely between #4 and #17 of 49Journal of physiotherapyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.25Q1 | 3.83 0.33 up from 2024 | 187 | 100% | $3,450 | ||
Rank 12; likely between #6 and #17 of 49Fungal Biology and BiotechnologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.18Q1 | 4.32 0.18 down from 2024 | 60 | 100% | $2,590 | ||
Rank 13; likely between #8 and #17 of 49BMC Pharmacology and ToxicologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.16Q1 | 3.80 0.58 up from 2024 | 269 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
Rank 14; likely between #8 and #17 of 49Pain MedicineOxford University Press · United States | 1.14Q2 | 2.63no change | 462 | 36% | $5,036 | ||
Rank 15; likely between #5 and #21 of 49British Journal of PainSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 1.09Q2 | 3.00 1.16 up from 2024 | 134 | 100% | $4,150 | ||
Rank 16; likely between #13 and #18 of 49Journal of Natural ProductsAmerican Chemical Society · United States | 1.03Q2 | 3.79 0.01 up from 2024 | 872 | 34% | $4,500 | ||
Rank 17; likely between #14 and #20 of 49Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 0.98Q2 | 2.83 0.19 down from 2024 | 318 | 35% | — | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 18; likely between #9 and #25 of 49Medical Cannabis and CannabinoidsOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.97Q2 | 3.02 0.23 down from 2024 | 62 | 100% | $990 | ||
Rank 19; likely between #17 and #23 of 49Musculoskeletal Science and PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.87Q2 | 2.40no change | 427 | 60% | $3,500 | ||
Rank 20; likely between #17 and #27 of 49Experimental and Clinical PsychopharmacologyAmerican Psychological Association · United States | 0.81Q2 | 1.73 0.51 down from 2024 | 217 | 52% | — | ||
Rank 21; likely between #19 and #29 of 49Scandinavian Journal of PainOAElsevier BV · Germany | 0.75Q2 | 1.82 0.34 down from 2024 | 197 | 100% | $2,260 | ||
Rank 22; likely between #18 and #31 of 49Chiropractic & Manual TherapiesOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 0.75Q2 | 2.40 0.16 up from 2024 | 147 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
Rank 23; likely between #17 and #36 of 49Translational and Clinical PharmacologyOASouth Korea | 0.75Q2 | 2.56 0.61 up from 2024 | 64 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 24; likely between #19 and #30 of 49Therapeutic Drug MonitoringLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.73Q2 | 2.17 0.02 up from 2024 | 328 | 39% | — | ||
Rank 25; likely between #18 and #31 of 49The Journal of AntibioticsSpringer Nature · Japan | 0.73Q2 | 2.87 0.04 up from 2024 | 279 | 19% | $4,590 | ||
Rank 26; likely between #17 and #34 of 49Hong Kong Physiotherapy JournalOAWorld Scientific · Netherlands | 0.72Q3 | 1.71 0.16 up from 2024 | 44 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 27; likely between #20 and #31 of 49Journal of Manual & Manipulative TherapyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.71Q3 | 2.14 0.17 up from 2024 | 148 | 99% | — | ||
Rank 28; likely between #23 and #30 of 49WorkIOS Press · Netherlands | 0.67Q3 | 1.44 0.23 down from 2024 | 1,302 | 23% | $4,150 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 29; likely between #25 and #36 of 49International journal of medicinal mushroomsBegell House · United States | 0.59Q3 | 1.64 0.16 up from 2024 | 222 | 2% | — | Rising vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 30; likely between #24 and #37 of 49Journal of Manipulative and Physiological TherapeuticsElsevier BV · United States | 0.59Q3 | 1.45 0.13 up from 2024 | 120 | 22% | $2,900 | ||
Rank 31; likely between #24 and #38 of 49Journal of Chiropractic MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 0.56Q3 | 1.53 0.44 up from 2024 | 100 | 93% | $3,300 | ||
Rank 32; likely between #26 and #37 of 49Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and TherapeuticsWiley · United Kingdom | 0.56Q3 | 1.39 0.41 down from 2024 | 176 | 66% | $4,520 | ||
Rank 33; likely between #27 and #38 of 49Ozone Science and EngineeringTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.55Q3 | 2.36 0.78 up from 2024 | 112 | 10% | — | ||
Rank 34; likely between #28 and #39 of 49CannabisOAUnited States | 0.53Q3 | 1.43 0.17 up from 2024 | 96 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 35; likely between #29 and #39 of 49Bulletin of Faculty of Physical TherapyOASpringer Nature · Egypt | 0.52Q3 | 1.29 0.27 down from 2024 | 193 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 36; likely between #29 and #39 of 49European Journal of PhysiotherapyTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.50Q3 | 1.26 0.01 down from 2024 | 114 | 36% | — | ||
Rank 37; likely between #29 and #39 of 49Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal ChemistryBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.50Q3 | 1.48 0.18 down from 2024 | 94 | 0% | — | ||
Rank 38; likely between #31 and #40 of 49Current Drug SafetyBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.46Q4 | 1.64 0.53 up from 2024 | 206 | 5% | — | ||
Rank 39; likely between #36 and #41 of 49Der SchmerzSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.38Q4 | 0.95 0.15 up from 2024 | 163 | 52% | $3,390 | ||
Rank 40; likely between #34 and #41 of 49International journal of osteopathic medicineElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.38Q4 | 1.37 0.02 down from 2024 | 122 | 35% | $2,740 | ||
Rank 41; likely between #39 and #44 of 49Integrative Medicine ReportsOAMary Ann Liebert, Inc. | 0.27Q4 | 0.97 0.56 up from 2024 | 63 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 42; likely between #41 and #44 of 49Physiotherapy QuarterlyOATermedia Publishing House · Poland | 0.26Q4 | 0.71 0.01 down from 2024 | 180 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 43; likely between #41 and #45 of 49Current Enzyme InhibitionBentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.23Q4 | 0.90 0.12 up from 2024 | 61 | 0% | — | ||
Rank 44; likely between #41 and #47 of 49Humboldt Journal of Social RelationsPublisher not listed | 0.19Q4 | 0.29 0.02 down from 2024 | 68 | 94% | — | ||
Rank 45; likely between #44 and #48 of 49Physiotherapy Practice and ResearchIOS Press · Netherlands | 0.13Q4 | 0.53 0.23 up from 2024 | 71 | 19% | $4,150 | ||
Rank 46; likely between #44 and #47 of 49Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International JournalInstitute of Medico-legal Publications Private Limited · India | 0.13Q4 | 0.29 0.07 up from 2024 | 409 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 47; likely between #44 and #48 of 49Pharmacy & Pharmacology International JournalMedCrave Group · United States | 0.11Q4 | 0.39 0.11 down from 2024 | 95 | 62% | — | ||
Rank 48; likely between #46 and #49 of 49Chronic Pain & ManagementOAUnited States | 0.06Q4 | 0.07 0.14 down from 2024 | 32 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 49; likely between #48 and #49 of 49AMA guides newsletterPublisher not listed | 0.01Q4 | 0.00 0.06 down from 2024 | 38 | — | — |
1 Pharmacology journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
- 1International journal of medicinal mushroomsBegell House · United States+38% vs groupOJR 0.46 → 0.59range +9.3% to +73%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -44% to +78% (ratio scale)
2 Pharmacology journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1WorkIOS Press · Netherlands-27% vs groupOJR 0.97 → 0.67range -38% to -14%
- 2Cannabis and Cannabinoid ResearchMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States-31% vs groupOJR 1.50 → 0.98range -45% to -12%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -47% to +87% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Medicine, with Pharmacology highlighted.
- Surgery945
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine352
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health311
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine287
- Infectious Diseases258
- Oncology242
- Epidemiology178
- Neurology168
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging160
- Physiology154
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism152
- Psychiatry and Mental health139
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine121
- Ophthalmology96
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health95
- Dermatology89
- Obstetrics and Gynecology81
- Hematology78
- Rheumatology70
- Nephrology62
- Complementary and alternative medicine58
- Reproductive Medicine53
- Pharmacology49
- Emergency Medicine44
- Geriatrics and Gerontology38
- Otorhinolaryngology32
- Rehabilitation31
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine29
- Hepatology28
- Immunology and Allergy25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine24
- Genetics19
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine14
- Urology13
- Health Informatics10
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine6
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
10 additional Pharmacology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 49
- Window papers (baseline)
- 72,738 +5.1% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.73 -2.8% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 1
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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 |
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| 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.