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 40 Scopus indexed pharmacology journals
S. No. | Journal Title | Publisher | E-ISSN | Journal Scope | SJR |
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1 | Pharmacological Reviews | American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | 15210081, 00316997 | Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 5.54 |
2 | Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology | Annual Reviews Inc. | 15454304, 03621642 | Pharmacology (Q1); Toxicology (Q1) | 4.002 |
3 | Drug Resistance Updates | Churchill Livingstone | 13687646, 15322084 | Cancer Research (Q1); Infectious Diseases (Q1); Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 3.845 |
4 | Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer | BMJ Publishing Group | 20511426 | Cancer Research (Q1); Immunology (Q1); Immunology and Allergy (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 3.45 |
5 | Trends in Pharmacological Sciences | Elsevier Ltd. | 18733735, 01656147 | Pharmacology (Q1); Toxicology (Q1) | 3.389 |
6 | American Journal of Transplantation | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 16006135, 16006143 | Immunology and Allergy (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Transplantation (Q1) | 3.311 |
7 | Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Elsevier Inc. | 1879016X, 01637258 | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 3.085 |
8 | Molecular Therapy | Cell Press | 15250024, 15250016 | Drug Discovery (Q1); Genetics (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 3.064 |
9 | npj Vaccines | Nature Publishing Group | 20590105 | Immunology (Q1); Infectious Diseases (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 2.953 |
10 | npj Breast Cancer | Nature Publishing Group | 23744677 | Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (Q1) | 2.863 |
11 | Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd | 02692813, 13652036 | Gastroenterology (Q1); Hepatology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 2.85 |
12 | Cell Chemical Biology | Elsevier Inc. | 24519448, 24519456 | Biochemistry (Q1); Clinical Biochemistry (Q1); Drug Discovery (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 2.65 |
13 | Journal of Biomedical Science | BioMed Central Ltd. | 10217770, 14230127 | Biochemistry (medical) (Q1); Cell Biology (Q1); Clinical Biochemistry (Q1); Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 2.449 |
14 | Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences | Birkhauser Verlag Basel | 1420682X, 14209071 | Cell Biology (Q1); Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 2.424 |
15 | Medicinal Research Reviews | John Wiley & Sons Inc. | 01986325, 10981128 | Drug Discovery (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 2.3 |
16 | Neuropsychopharmacology | Nature Publishing Group | 0893133X, 1470634X | Pharmacology (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 2.277 |
17 | Antiviral Research | Elsevier | 01663542, 18729096 | Pharmacology (Q1); Virology (Q1) | 2.213 |
18 | Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B | Elsevier BV | 22113843, 22113835 | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.2 |
19 | Pain | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. | 18726623, 03043959 | Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (Q1); Neurology (Q1); Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 2.135 |
20 | International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents | Elsevier | 09248579, 18727913 | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Microbiology (medical) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 2.121 |
21 | Drugs | Adis International Ltd | 00126667, 11791950 | Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 2.081 |
22 | Theranostics | Ivyspring International Publisher | 18387640 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous) (Q1) | 2.061 |
23 | Nature Reviews Drug Discovery | Nature Publishing Group | 14741784, 14741776 | Drug Discovery (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 11.296 |
24 | British Journal of Pharmacology | Wiley-Blackwell | 14765381, 00071188 | Pharmacology (Q1) | 1.993 |
25 | Pharmacological Research | Academic Press Inc. | 10436618, 10961186 | Pharmacology (Q1) | 1.738 |
26 | Neurotherapeutics | Springer New York | 19337213 | Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 1.725 |
27 | Current Neuropharmacology | Bentham Science Publishers B.V. | 18756190, 1570159X | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Neurology (Q1); Neurology (clinical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 1.722 |
28 | Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | Wiley-Blackwell | 15326535, 00099236 | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 1.689 |
29 | Expert Review of Vaccines | Taylor and Francis Ltd. | 14760584, 17448395 | Drug Discovery (Q1); Immunology (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 1.689 |
30 | ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science | American Chemical Society | 25759108 | Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 1.673 |
31 | European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy | Oxford University Press | 20556837, 20556845 | Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 1.662 |
32 | Rheumatology | Oxford University Press | 14620324, 14620332 | Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Rheumatology (Q1) | 1.563 |
33 | Clinical Trials | SAGE Publications Ltd | 17407753, 17407745 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 1.55 |
34 | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | American Society for Microbiology | 10986596, 00664804 | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 1.546 |
35 | BioDrugs | Adis International Ltd | 11738804, 1179190X | Biotechnology (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 1.539 |
36 | Molecular Therapy – Oncolytics | Cell Press | 23727705 | Cancer Research (Q1); Molecular Medicine (Q1); Oncology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 1.53 |
37 | Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | Oxford University Press | 03057453, 14602091 | Infectious Diseases (Q1); Microbiology (medical) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 1.495 |
38 | Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience | Canadian Medical Association | 14882434, 11804882 | Biological Psychiatry (Q1); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q1) | 1.474 |
39 | Acta Pharmacologica Sinica | Nature Publishing Group | 16714083, 17457254 | Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1); Pharmacology (medical) (Q1) | 1.472 |
40 | Drug Discovery Today | Elsevier Ltd. | 18785832, 13596446 | Drug Discovery (Q1); Pharmacology (Q1) | 1.47 |
Download the Scopus indexed pharmacology journals list
There are more than 1000 Scopus indexed pharmacology journals. You can download the complete list from the official website of Scopus.

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- General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (miscellaneous)
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