Top Countries in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 45 ranked countries.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 100.0 | 17.1% | 8.9k | 61k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 81.8 | 25.4% | 15k | 147k | #2 |
| 3 | India | 71.1 | 11.4% | 11k | 54k | #3 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 63.6 | 20.8% | 1.7k | 15k | #4 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 57.7 | 5.1% | 2.8k | 5.6k | #14 |
| 6 | Italy | 52.9 | 23.3% | 1.2k | 11k | #8 |
| 7 | Canada | 48.9 | 21.0% | 926 | 7.5k | #6 |
| 8 | Australia | 45.4 | 23.8% | 814 | 7.3k | #7 |
| 9 | Germany | 42.3 | 14.8% | 1.6k | 11k | #5 |
| 10 | Iran | 39.5 | 19.0% | 1.6k | 13k | #16 |
| 11 | France | 37.0 | 13.3% | 1.3k | 7.6k | #9 |
| 12 | Egypt | 34.7 | 21.2% | 1.7k | 14k | #23 |
| 13 | Spain | 32.6 | 19.2% | 1k | 8k | #10 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 30.7 | 25.0% | 1.2k | 13k | #20 |
| 15 | Poland | 28.9 | 20.1% | 779 | 7.4k | #21 |
| 16 | South Korea | 27.2 | 16.9% | 1.7k | 12k | #18 |
| 17 | Brazil | 25.6 | 12.1% | 1.6k | 8.9k | #17 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 24.1 | 21.7% | 446 | 3.6k | #13 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 22.7 | 12.4% | 1.3k | 6.2k | #29 |
| 20 | Iraq | 21.3 | 7.0% | 861 | 2.6k | #32 |
| 21 | Nigeria | 20.0 | 6.5% | 1.3k | 4k | #30 |
| 22 | Pakistan | 18.8 | 14.8% | 1.1k | 7.7k | #19 |
| 23 | Portugal | 17.6 | 24.6% | 402 | 5k | #24 |
| 24 | Switzerland | 16.5 | 21.7% | 395 | 3.1k | #15 |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 15.4 | 17.1% | 334 | 2k | #31 |
| 26 | Japan | 14.4 | 8.0% | 2.6k | 10k | #11 |
| 27 | Malaysia | 13.4 | 17.8% | 690 | 5.3k | #26 |
| 28 | ?? | 12.5 | 18.7% | 601 | 4.6k | #27 |
| 29 | Denmark | 11.5 | 18.4% | 302 | 2.4k | #25 |
| 30 | Sweden | 10.7 | 20.2% | 260 | 2.4k | #12 |
| 31 | Romania | 9.8 | 24.2% | 276 | 3.1k | #47 |
| 32 | Russia | 9.0 | 4.1% | 1.6k | 4.9k | #33 |
| 33 | Taiwan | 8.1 | 16.1% | 492 | 3.6k | #28 |
| 34 | South Africa | 7.4 | 19.4% | 307 | 2.5k | #41 |
| 35 | Thailand | 6.6 | 19.6% | 765 | 5.9k | #38 |
| 36 | Mexico | 5.9 | 10.7% | 604 | 2.6k | #49 |
| 37 | Greece | 5.1 | 18.3% | 203 | 1.7k | #45 |
| 38 | Belgium | 4.4 | 17.5% | 264 | 1.9k | #22 |
| 39 | Czechia | 3.8 | 12.3% | 297 | 1.6k | #44 |
| 40 | Hungary | 3.1 | 15.5% | 253 | 2k | #51 |
| 41 | Vietnam | 2.4 | 8.2% | 483 | 2.2k | #54 |
| 42 | Jordan | 1.8 | 18.0% | 213 | 2.3k | #55 |
| 43 | Argentina | 119.4 | 11.2% | 216 | 1.2k | #52 |
| 44 | Austria | 59.0 | 15.5% | 205 | 1.7k | #42 |
| 45 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 9.6% | 485 | 1.7k | #58 |
countries ranked worldwide in Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (45). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 15k works
- 2 India 11k works
- 3 United States 8.9k works
- 4 Indonesia 2.8k works
- 5 Japan 2.6k works
- 6 United Kingdom 1.7k works
- 7 South Korea 1.7k works
- 8 Egypt 1.7k works
- 9 Brazil 1.6k works
- 10 Russia 1.6k works
- 11 Iran 1.6k works
- 12 Germany 1.6k works