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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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 25.9% 16k 140k#3
2United States 82.7 16.9% 14k 93k#1
3India 72.6 12.2% 7.4k 30k#10
4United Kingdom 65.4 19.9% 2.4k 19k#2
5Italy 59.8 26.0% 2.2k 20k#6
6Australia 55.3 23.5% 1.6k 14k#7
7Canada 51.4 20.7% 2k 16k#5
8Germany 48.1 18.3% 2.4k 17k#4
9Spain 45.2 16.4% 2k 12k#11
10Brazil 42.5 11.8% 2.9k 12k#15
11France 40.2 14.1% 1.7k 10k#8
12South Korea 38.0 14.5% 2.1k 12k#17
13Poland 36.0 21.2% 1.2k 8.8k#19
14Egypt 34.1 17.6% 1.6k 10k#26
15Saudi Arabia 32.4 22.1% 1k 8.1k#27
16Iran 30.8 15.4% 1.8k 10k#21
17Netherlands 29.3 23.8% 799 7k#12
18Japan 27.9 10.5% 2.5k 11k#9
19Türkiye 26.5 10.8% 2.4k 8.9k#23
20Switzerland 25.2 19.1% 606 5.3k#14
21Portugal 24.0 23.2% 581 4.4k#22
22Denmark 22.9 20.7% 541 4.7k#16
23Sweden 21.8 22.3% 475 4.1k#13
24?? 20.7 16.7% 673 4.2k#25
25Indonesia 19.7 3.9% 2.4k 3.8k#44
26Pakistan 18.7 11.1% 1.1k 4.4k#36
27Romania 17.8 23.8% 341 2.8k#45
28Thailand 16.8 16.9% 803 4.7k#42
29Greece 16.0 22.1% 349 2.9k#35
30Hong Kong 15.1 32.7% 202 2.3k#31
31Malaysia 14.3 14.1% 598 3.2k#37
32Taiwan 13.5 15.8% 738 4.8k#29
33Russia 12.7 5.1% 1.5k 4.2k#39
34Belgium 12.0 19.0% 446 3k#18
35Mexico 11.3 11.0% 831 3.4k#38
36South Africa 10.6 17.6% 356 2.4k#40
37Bangladesh 9.9 16.8% 291 2k#48
38Nigeria 9.2 7.9% 625 2k#46
39Israel 8.6 21.1% 335 2.7k#20
40Norway 7.9 19.4% 257 1.8k#32
41Czechia 7.3 17.7% 357 2.3k#33
42Austria 6.7 19.3% 257 1.8k#30
43Ethiopia 6.1 19.7% 224 1.5k#50
44Iraq 5.6 5.4% 668 1.6k#58
45New Zealand 5.0 18.6% 228 1.7k#28
46Hungary 4.5 16.5% 224 1.5k#41
47Morocco 3.9 15.1% 234 1.3k#53
48Colombia 3.4 10.1% 392 1.4k#51
49Serbia 2.9 17.2% 204 1.2k#52
50Argentina 2.4 9.6% 307 1k#47
51Chile 1.9 13.3% 248 1.1k#49
52Vietnam 140.0 8.3% 400 1.2k#59
53Ukraine 92.4 3.9% 458 845#57
54Ecuador 45.8 6.0% 252 473#65
55Tunisia 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.

0 – 5: 10 places5 – 10: 9 places10 – 15: 6 places15 – 20: 6 places20 – 25: 4 places25 – 30: 4 places30 – 35: 3 places35 – 40: 2 places40 – 45: 2 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 2 places60 – 65: 0 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 16k works
  2. 2 United States 14k works
  3. 3 India 7.4k works
  4. 4 Brazil 2.9k works
  5. 5 Japan 2.5k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 2.4k works
  7. 7 Germany 2.4k works
  8. 8 Türkiye 2.4k works
  9. 9 Indonesia 2.4k works
  10. 10 Italy 2.2k works
  11. 11 South Korea 2.1k works
  12. 12 Canada 2k works