Subfield · Pharmacology
Top Countries in Pharmacology (Medicine) Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 55 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 | 25.9% | 16k | 140k | #3 |
| 2 | United States | 82.7 | 16.9% | 14k | 93k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 72.6 | 12.2% | 7.4k | 30k | #10 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 65.4 | 19.9% | 2.4k | 19k | #2 |
| 5 | Italy | 59.8 | 26.0% | 2.2k | 20k | #6 |
| 6 | Australia | 55.3 | 23.5% | 1.6k | 14k | #7 |
| 7 | Canada | 51.4 | 20.7% | 2k | 16k | #5 |
| 8 | Germany | 48.1 | 18.3% | 2.4k | 17k | #4 |
| 9 | Spain | 45.2 | 16.4% | 2k | 12k | #11 |
| 10 | Brazil | 42.5 | 11.8% | 2.9k | 12k | #15 |
| 11 | France | 40.2 | 14.1% | 1.7k | 10k | #8 |
| 12 | South Korea | 38.0 | 14.5% | 2.1k | 12k | #17 |
| 13 | Poland | 36.0 | 21.2% | 1.2k | 8.8k | #19 |
| 14 | Egypt | 34.1 | 17.6% | 1.6k | 10k | #26 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 32.4 | 22.1% | 1k | 8.1k | #27 |
| 16 | Iran | 30.8 | 15.4% | 1.8k | 10k | #21 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 29.3 | 23.8% | 799 | 7k | #12 |
| 18 | Japan | 27.9 | 10.5% | 2.5k | 11k | #9 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 26.5 | 10.8% | 2.4k | 8.9k | #23 |
| 20 | Switzerland | 25.2 | 19.1% | 606 | 5.3k | #14 |
| 21 | Portugal | 24.0 | 23.2% | 581 | 4.4k | #22 |
| 22 | Denmark | 22.9 | 20.7% | 541 | 4.7k | #16 |
| 23 | Sweden | 21.8 | 22.3% | 475 | 4.1k | #13 |
| 24 | ?? | 20.7 | 16.7% | 673 | 4.2k | #25 |
| 25 | Indonesia | 19.7 | 3.9% | 2.4k | 3.8k | #44 |
| 26 | Pakistan | 18.7 | 11.1% | 1.1k | 4.4k | #36 |
| 27 | Romania | 17.8 | 23.8% | 341 | 2.8k | #45 |
| 28 | Thailand | 16.8 | 16.9% | 803 | 4.7k | #42 |
| 29 | Greece | 16.0 | 22.1% | 349 | 2.9k | #35 |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 15.1 | 32.7% | 202 | 2.3k | #31 |
| 31 | Malaysia | 14.3 | 14.1% | 598 | 3.2k | #37 |
| 32 | Taiwan | 13.5 | 15.8% | 738 | 4.8k | #29 |
| 33 | Russia | 12.7 | 5.1% | 1.5k | 4.2k | #39 |
| 34 | Belgium | 12.0 | 19.0% | 446 | 3k | #18 |
| 35 | Mexico | 11.3 | 11.0% | 831 | 3.4k | #38 |
| 36 | South Africa | 10.6 | 17.6% | 356 | 2.4k | #40 |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 9.9 | 16.8% | 291 | 2k | #48 |
| 38 | Nigeria | 9.2 | 7.9% | 625 | 2k | #46 |
| 39 | Israel | 8.6 | 21.1% | 335 | 2.7k | #20 |
| 40 | Norway | 7.9 | 19.4% | 257 | 1.8k | #32 |
| 41 | Czechia | 7.3 | 17.7% | 357 | 2.3k | #33 |
| 42 | Austria | 6.7 | 19.3% | 257 | 1.8k | #30 |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 6.1 | 19.7% | 224 | 1.5k | #50 |
| 44 | Iraq | 5.6 | 5.4% | 668 | 1.6k | #58 |
| 45 | New Zealand | 5.0 | 18.6% | 228 | 1.7k | #28 |
| 46 | Hungary | 4.5 | 16.5% | 224 | 1.5k | #41 |
| 47 | Morocco | 3.9 | 15.1% | 234 | 1.3k | #53 |
| 48 | Colombia | 3.4 | 10.1% | 392 | 1.4k | #51 |
| 49 | Serbia | 2.9 | 17.2% | 204 | 1.2k | #52 |
| 50 | Argentina | 2.4 | 9.6% | 307 | 1k | #47 |
| 51 | Chile | 1.9 | 13.3% | 248 | 1.1k | #49 |
| 52 | Vietnam | 140.0 | 8.3% | 400 | 1.2k | #59 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 92.4 | 3.9% | 458 | 845 | #57 |
| 54 | Ecuador | 45.8 | 6.0% | 252 | 473 | #65 |
| 55 | Tunisia | 0.0 | 7.5% | 224 | 625 | #61 |
countries ranked worldwide in Pharmacology (55). 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 16k works
- 2 United States 14k works
- 3 India 7.4k works
- 4 Brazil 2.9k works
- 5 Japan 2.5k works
- 6 United Kingdom 2.4k works
- 7 Germany 2.4k works
- 8 Türkiye 2.4k works
- 9 Indonesia 2.4k works
- 10 Italy 2.2k works
- 11 South Korea 2.1k works
- 12 Canada 2k works