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Top 10 Open Access Pharmacology & Pharmacy Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading open access Pharmacology & Pharmacy journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights details authors often need when choosing where to submit.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor data currently available in our journal database.

#1
AP
JIF 14.6
Q1
Open

Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B is a monthly English-language peer-reviewed journal that publishes significant original research articles, rapid communications, and high quality reviews across pharmaceutical sciences, including pharmacology, pharmaceutics, medicin...

Identifiers

ISSN 2211-3835
eISSN 2211-3843

Publication Cost

Article Publishing Charge: USD 2600 for Full Length Articles and Reviews; USD 2000 for Short Articles, excluding taxes.

Publishing Timeline

6 days submission to first decision; 38 days submission to decision after review; 210 days submission to acceptance; 5 days acceptance to online publication
#2
AR
JIF 13.1
Q1
Open

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology covers significant developments in pharmacology and toxicology, including receptors, transporters, enzymes, chemical agents, drug development science, physiological systems such as the immune, central and autonomic...

Identifiers

ISSN 0362-1642
eISSN 1545-4304
#3
PR
JIF 10.5
Q1
Open

Pharmacological Research is an IUPHAR-affiliated journal that publishes cutting-edge articles in biomedical sciences across molecular, biochemical, translational, and clinical pharmacology, including clinical trials. The journal covers a broad range of topics...

Identifiers

ISSN 1043-6618
eISSN 1096-1186

Publication Cost

Article Publishing Charge: USD 4510 excluding taxes for all articles.

Publishing Timeline

1 day submission to first decision; 31 days submission to decision after review; 73 days submission to acceptance; 2 days acceptance to online publication
#4
JO
JIF 8.9
Q1
Open

Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis (JPA), launched in 2011, is an official journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University. It is a monthly peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes original research articles, review papers, short communications, news, research hi...

Identifiers

ISSN 2095-1779
eISSN 2214-0883

Publication Cost

Article Publishing Charge: USD 1950 for Full Length Articles and Reviews; USD 975 for Short Communications, excluding taxes.

Publishing Timeline

3 days submission to first decision; 153 days submission to acceptance
#5
B&
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Elsevier BV

JIF 7.5
Q1
Open

Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes full-length original research reports, reviews, preliminary communications, and letters to the editor in clinical and basic medicine and pharmacology, including areas such as cancer, n...

Identifiers

ISSN 0753-3322
eISSN 1950-6007

Publication Cost

USD 3610 excluding taxes APC for all articles

Publishing Timeline

2 days submission to first decision; 40 days submission to decision after review; 77 days submission to acceptance; 6 days acceptance to online publication
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#6
Ne

Springer Science+Business Media

JIF 6.9
Q1
Open

Neurotherapeutics is the official journal of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT). It publishes critical reviews on important topics relating to the treatment of neurological disorders and original research articles in translational...

Identifiers

ISSN 1933-7213
eISSN 1878-7479

Publication Cost

Article Publishing Charge: USD 3900 excluding taxes for all articles; corresponding authors who are members of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) are eligible for a 30% discount.

Publishing Timeline

2 days submission to first decision; 91 days submission to acceptance
#7
CM

BioMed Central

JIF 5.7
Q1
Open

Chinese Medicine is an open access journal publishing evidence-based, scientifically justified research and review papers in all aspects of Chinese medicine, including chemistry, biology, pharmacology, pharmaceutics, engineering, clinical applications and soci...

Identifiers

ISSN 1749-8546
eISSN 1749-8546

Publication Cost

APC: £2290.00 GBP / $3090.00 USD / €2590.00 EUR; VAT or local taxes may apply.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 8 days
#8
CJ
JIF 4.9
Q1
Open

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines (CJNM), founded and sponsored in May 2003 by China Pharmaceutical University and the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, focuses on advancing Traditional Chinese Medicines through research on bioactive natural products, lea...

Identifiers

ISSN 2095-6975
eISSN 1875-5364

Publication Cost

Article publishing charge (APC) applies for open access articles if the manuscript is accepted.

Publishing Timeline

1 day submission to first decision; 417 days from submission to acceptance for accepted papers (median)
#9
PB

Taylor & Francis

JIF 4.8
Q1
Open

Pharmaceutical Biology is a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing research on natural medicines and drugs, biologically active natural products or their derivatives, and complex traditional medicine formulas. It covers natural product research related...

Identifiers

ISSN 1388-0209
eISSN 1744-5116

Publication Cost

An Article Publishing Charge (APC) may apply for open access publication; reduced APCs, waivers, or no-cost publication may be available through institutional or funder agreements.

Publishing Timeline

From submission to first decision, from submission to first post-review decision, and from acceptance to online publication are reported as average (median) day-based metrics, but no values are given.
#10
An

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

JIF 4.6
Q1
Open

Antibiotics is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on all aspects of antibiotics, published monthly online by MDPI. It is indexed in PubMed and has a JCR Q1 quartile ranking in Infectious Diseases and Pharmacology and Pharmacy.

Identifiers

ISSN 2079-6382
eISSN 2079-6382

Publication Cost

Article processing charges apply; Croatian Pharmacological Society members receive discounts.

Publishing Timeline

Time to first decision: 17 days
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