Subfield · Pharmaceutical Science
Top Countries in Pharmaceutical Science Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 23 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 | China | 100.0 | 26.5% | 4.3k | 58k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 77.9 | 17.6% | 2.3k | 23k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 65.0 | 11.2% | 4.4k | 28k | #5 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 55.8 | 22.5% | 603 | 7.2k | #3 |
| 5 | South Korea | 48.7 | 19.6% | 504 | 5.7k | #10 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 42.9 | 27.0% | 409 | 6.6k | #20 |
| 7 | Iran | 37.9 | 24.0% | 562 | 6.8k | #16 |
| 8 | Egypt | 33.7 | 24.9% | 490 | 6.4k | #21 |
| 9 | Germany | 29.9 | 13.7% | 630 | 5.3k | #4 |
| 10 | Italy | 26.6 | 23.0% | 396 | 4.8k | #9 |
| 11 | Spain | 23.5 | 21.5% | 305 | 3.3k | #12 |
| 12 | Poland | 20.7 | 17.7% | 310 | 3.8k | #23 |
| 13 | Japan | 18.2 | 8.3% | 758 | 4.2k | #6 |
| 14 | Australia | 15.8 | 25.8% | 215 | 2.8k | #13 |
| 15 | Canada | 13.6 | 19.8% | 253 | 2.6k | #8 |
| 16 | France | 11.6 | 13.5% | 457 | 3.3k | #7 |
| 17 | Indonesia | 9.6 | 7.5% | 462 | 2.1k | #34 |
| 18 | Pakistan | 7.8 | 15.5% | 401 | 3.9k | #32 |
| 19 | Brazil | 6.1 | 12.5% | 413 | 3.1k | #25 |
| 20 | Russia | 4.5 | 3.9% | 662 | 2.4k | #18 |
| 21 | Thailand | 2.9 | 22.9% | 235 | 2.6k | #35 |
| 22 | Türkiye | 141.8 | 12.7% | 353 | 2.4k | #37 |
| 23 | Iraq | 0.0 | 5.3% | 256 | 1k | #46 |
countries ranked worldwide in Pharmaceutical Science (23). 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 India 4.4k works
- 2 China 4.3k works
- 3 United States 2.3k works
- 4 Japan 758 works
- 5 Russia 662 works
- 6 Germany 630 works
- 7 United Kingdom 603 works
- 8 Iran 562 works
- 9 South Korea 504 works
- 10 Egypt 490 works
- 11 Indonesia 462 works
- 12 France 457 works