If you are looking for Pharmacology journals, then you are at the right place. In this blog post, we have listed the top 40 Scopus indexed pharmacology journals. Moreover, you can download the complete list of Scopus indexed pharmacology journals. The journals are being published by repute publishers like Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, etc;
Scopus is Elsevier’s citation database launched in 2004. It covers nearly 36,377 titles from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-level subject fields: life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences, and health sciences.
Top Scopus indexed pharmacology journals
| S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pharmacological Reviews | American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 2 | Drug Resistance Updates | Churchill Livingstone | Cancer Research (Q1); Infectious Diseases (Q1); Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 3 | Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology | Annual Reviews Inc. | Pharmacology (Q1); Toxicology (Q1) |
| 4 | Molecular Therapy | Cell Press | Drug Discovery (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 5 | Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer | BMJ Publishing Group | Cancer Research (Q1); Immunology (Q1); Immunology and Allergy (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 6 | npj Vaccines | Nature Publishing Group | Immunology (Q1); Infectious Diseases (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 7 | Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Elsevier Inc. | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 8 | Trends in Pharmacological Sciences | Elsevier Ltd. | Pharmacology (Q1); Toxicology (Q1) |
| 9 | Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Gastroenterology (Q1); Hepatology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 10 | American Journal of Transplantation | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Immunology and Allergy (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Transplantation (Q1) |
| 11 | Medicinal Research Reviews | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | Drug Discovery (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 12 | Cell Chemical Biology | Elsevier Inc. | Biochemistry (Q1); Clinical Biochemistry (Q1); Drug Discovery (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 13 | Journal of Biomedical Science | BioMed Central Ltd. | Biochemistry (medical) (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Clinical Biochemistry (Q1); Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 14 | Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B | Elsevier BV | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q1) |
| 15 | Pain | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Q1); Neurology (Q1); Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 16 | Neuropsychopharmacology | Nature Publishing Group | Pharmacology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) |
| 17 | Theranostics | Ivyspring International Publisher | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q1) |
| 18 | Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences | Birkhauser Verlag Basel | Cell Biology (Q1); Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 19 | npj Breast Cancer | Nature Publishing Group | Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (Q1) |
| 20 | Drugs | Adis International Ltd | Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 21 | British Journal of Pharmacology | Wiley-Blackwell | Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 22 | Nature Reviews Drug Discovery | Nature Publishing Group | Drug Discovery (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 23 | Pharmacological Research | Academic Press Inc. | Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 24 | Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders | SAGE Publications Ltd | Neurology (Q1); Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 25 | Rheumatology | Oxford University Press | Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Rheumatology (Q1) |
| 26 | Antiviral Research | Elsevier | Pharmacology (Q1); Virology (Q2) |
| 27 | Acta Pharmacologica Sinica | Nature Publishing Group | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 28 | Vaccines | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) | Drug Discovery (Q1); Immunology (Q1); Infectious Diseases (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 29 | BioDrugs | Adis International Ltd | Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 30 | Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Wiley-Blackwell | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 31 | European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy | Oxford University Press | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 32 | Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Clinical Biochemistry (Q1); Drug Discovery (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 33 | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | Elsevier Ireland Ltd | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1); Toxicology (Q1) |
| 34 | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry | Elsevier Inc. | Biological Psychiatry (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 35 | Journal of Addiction Medicine | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) |
| 36 | CNS Drugs | Adis International Ltd | Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) |
| 37 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 38 | ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science | American Chemical Society | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 39 | Neurotherapeutics | Springer New York | Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 40 | Targeted Oncology | Springer Paris | Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Cancer Research (Q2) |
| 41 | Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death | Springer Netherlands | Biochemistry (medical) (Q1); Clinical Biochemistry (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Cancer Research (Q2); Cell Biology (Q2) |
| 42 | European Neuropsychopharmacology | Elsevier | Neurology (Q1); Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1); Biological Psychiatry (Q2) |
| 43 | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | American Society for Microbiology | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 44 | International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology | Oxford University Press | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) |
| 45 | Drug Discovery Today | Elsevier Ltd. | Drug Discovery (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 46 | Journal of Immunotherapy | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | Immunology and Allergy (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Cancer Research (Q2); Immunology (Q2) |
| 47 | PharmacoEconomics | Adis International Ltd | Health Policy (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1) |
| 48 | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Oxford University Press | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Microbiology (medical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 49 | CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Physiology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) |
| 50 | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | BioMed Central Ltd. | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Microbiology (medical) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1) |
| 51 | Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy | Elsevier Masson s.r.l. | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 52 | European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | D. Steinkopff-Verlag | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1); Biological Psychiatry (Q2) |
| 53 | Expert Review of Vaccines | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Drug Discovery (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Immunology (Q2) |
| 54 | Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease | SAGE Publications Inc. | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 55 | Inflammation Research | Birkhauser Verlag Basel | Pharmacology (Q1); Immunology (Q2) |
| 56 | Molecular Therapy – Oncolytics | Cell Press | Molecular Medicine (Q1); Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Cancer Research (Q2) |
| 57 | Biochemical Pharmacology | Elsevier Inc. | Biochemistry (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 58 | Journal of NeuroImmune Pharmacology | Springer New York | Neuroscience (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Immunology (Q2); Immunology and Allergy (Q2) |
| 59 | Neuropharmacology | Elsevier Ltd. | Pharmacology (Q1); Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (Q2) |
| 60 | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | Public Library of Science | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q1); Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Q1) |
| 61 | International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents | Elsevier | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Microbiology (medical) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 62 | Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Drug Discovery (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 63 | Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 64 | Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Shenyang Pharmaceutical University | Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 65 | Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 66 | Current Protocols | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Health Informatics (Q1); Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medical Laboratory Technology (Q1); Neuroscience (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutic |
| 67 | Medicine in Drug Discovery | Elsevier BV | Drug Discovery (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 68 | Clinical Pharmacokinetics | Adis International Ltd | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 69 | Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience | Canadian Medical Association | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1); Biological Psychiatry (Q2) |
| 70 | Life Sciences | Elsevier Inc. | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q1) |
| 71 | Bioconjugate Chemistry | American Chemical Society | Bioengineering (Q1); Biomedical Engineering (Q1); Biotechnology (Q1); Organic Chemistry (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 72 | Current Opinion in Pharmacology | Elsevier BV | Drug Discovery (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 73 | Biologics: Targets and Therapy | Dove Medical Press Ltd. | Gastroenterology (Q1); Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Rheumatology (Q1); Immunology and Allergy (Q2) |
| 74 | Current Neuropharmacology | Bentham Science Publishers B.V. | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Neurology (Q1); Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) |
| 75 | European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry | Elsevier Masson s.r.l. | Drug Discovery (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Organic Chemistry (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 76 | Phytomedicine | Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena | Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Q1); Drug Discovery (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q2) |
| 77 | Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | Clinical Biochemistry (Q1); Drug Discovery (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 78 | Journal of Psychopharmacology | SAGE Publications Ltd | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) |
| 79 | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases | BioMed Central Ltd. | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Genetics (clinical) (Q2) |
| 80 | CPT: Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology | Wiley-Blackwell | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1); Modeling and Simulation (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 81 | Current Treatment Options in Oncology | Springer New York | Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Oncology (Q2) |
| 82 | Drug Safety | Adis International Ltd | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Toxicology (Q1) |
| 83 | International Immunopharmacology | Elsevier | Pharmacology (Q1); Immunology (Q2); Immunology and Allergy (Q2) |
| 84 | Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease | SAGE Publications Ltd | Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Q1) |
| 85 | Clinical and Translational Science | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q1); Neuroscience (miscellaneous) (Q2) |
| 86 | Advances in Therapy | Springer International Publishing AG | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 87 | Phytotherapy Research | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 88 | Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Epidemiology (Q2) |
| 89 | Frontiers in Pharmacology | Frontiers Media S.A. | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 90 | Molecular Pharmacology | American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | Pharmacology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q2) |
| 91 | Psychopharmacology | Springer Verlag | Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 92 | Addiction Biology | Wiley-Blackwell | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q2) |
| 93 | Current Protocols in Pharmacology | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) |
| 94 | Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics | Landes Bioscience | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Immunology (Q2); Immunology and Allergy (Q2) |
| 95 | Advanced Therapeutics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Biochemistry (medical) (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Genetics (clinical) (Q2) |
| 96 | International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance | Elsevier BV | Parasitology (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Infectious Diseases (Q2) |
| 97 | Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy | Adis International Ltd | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Genetics (Q2); Molecular Medicine (Q2) |
| 98 | OpenNano | Elsevier Inc. | Biotechnology (Q1); Internal Medicine (Q1); Pharmaceutical Science (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) |
| 99 | Drug Metabolism Reviews | Informa Healthcare | Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q1) |
| 100 | European Journal of Pharmacology | Elsevier | Pharmacology (Q1) |
Thanks for visiting PhDTalks. The post has covered Scopus journals for the following subject categories:
- General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)
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