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Top Pharmacology (Medicine) Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 146 ranked institutions.

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: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 26.6% 167 1.9k#1
2 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Chengdu 86.1 38.2% 152 2.1k—
3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 78.0 24.1% 289 2.3k#50
4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 72.2 27.9% 199 2.1k#47
5 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 67.7 24.6% 119 1.4k#4
6 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 64.0 22.5% 160 1.4k#13
7 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 61.0 29.1% 122 1.4k—
8 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 58.3 31.7% 117 1.5k—
9 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina · Hangzhou 55.9 28.1% 103 1.1k—
10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 53.8 26.9% 127 1.2k—
11 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina · Nanjing 51.9 27.2% 122 1k—
12 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 50.1 30.3% 114 1.3k—
13 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 48.5 27.6% 125 1.3k—
14 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 47.0 21.0% 132 1.1k#12
15 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 45.7 24.9% 157 1.3k—
16 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 44.4 26.0% 126 1.3k#27
17 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 43.1 21.1% 129 1k#5
18 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 42.0 22.8% 118 1.1k#24
19 Cairo UniversityEgypt · Giza 40.9 16.2% 214 1.3k—
20 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 39.9 23.7% 118 1k—
21 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 38.9 26.3% 101 954#20
22 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Shanghai 38.0 24.4% 124 979—
23 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 37.1 24.2% 90 813#11
24 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 36.2 26.9% 107 999—
25 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 35.4 29.2% 104 1.1k—
26 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina · Nanjing 34.6 26.1% 111 958—
27 Shandong University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Jinan 33.9 30.3% 67 718—
28 China Agricultural UniversityChina · Beijing 33.1 33.4% 67 835—
29 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 32.4 18.2% 168 1.1k#95
30 Zunyi Medical UniversityChina · Zunyi 31.8 34.4% 75 811—
31 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 31.1 27.3% 84 890#17
32 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt · Cairo 30.5 23.7% 94 945—
33 Zhejiang University of TechnologyChina · Hangzhou 29.8 33.7% 64 882—
34 Universidade do PortoPortugal · Porto 29.2 29.5% 82 803—
35 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 28.7 21.1% 84 772#16
36 InsermFrance · Paris 28.1 17.9% 116 910#26
37 Jiangnan UniversityChina · Wuxi 27.5 35.5% 68 802—
38 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 27.0 27.1% 80 846—
39 Shenyang Pharmaceutical UniversityChina · Shenyang 26.5 30.2% 86 719—
40 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States · Boston 26.0 19.9% 79 611#15
41 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 25.5 24.7% 76 723#33
42 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 25.0 21.4% 106 1.1k#7
43 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 24.5 22.9% 90 775#25
44 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina · Guangzhou 24.1 27.5% 100 868—
45 Southern Medical UniversityChina · Guangzhou 23.6 27.0% 74 807—
46 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 23.2 22.3% 85 712—
47 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 22.7 29.6% 79 802#96
48 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States · Boston 22.3 20.4% 107 762#22
49 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 21.9 16.8% 135 875#45
50 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina · Fuzhou 21.5 29.8% 67 612—
51 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 21.1 26.8% 72 733#94
52 Lanzhou UniversityChina · Lanzhou 20.7 30.6% 66 609—
53 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 20.3 17.1% 112 772#6
54 National Research CentreEgypt · Giza 20.0 22.0% 102 779—
55 Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran · Mashhad 19.6 27.8% 73 707—
56 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 19.2 25.2% 76 668#14
57 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 18.9 32.5% 62 793—
58 Guizhou UniversityChina · Guiyang 18.5 26.3% 100 697—
59 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 18.2 25.7% 84 855—
60 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina · Beijing 17.8 21.4% 122 852—
61 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina · Beijing 17.5 30.6% 67 789—
62 Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 17.2 23.5% 75 686#2
63 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia · Varanasi 16.9 28.1% 67 532—
64 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 16.5 25.4% 63 582#21
65 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 16.2 23.8% 61 548#53
66 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 15.9 21.5% 78 630#82
67 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 15.6 24.0% 64 511#18
68 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 15.3 25.1% 65 661#81
69 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 15.0 22.5% 76 708#10
70 Johns Hopkins MedicineUnited States · Baltimore 14.8 24.6% 64 603#38
71 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 14.5 20.2% 98 702#19
72 Chiang Mai UniversityThailand · Chiang Mai 14.2 29.5% 74 597—
73 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland · Krakow 13.9 21.8% 76 594—
74 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 13.6 24.4% 69 702#61
75 Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUnited States · Nashville 13.4 21.6% 66 572#52
76 McMaster UniversityCanada · Hamilton 13.1 21.3% 80 848#35
77 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina · Wenzhou 12.8 26.0% 66 594—
78 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 12.6 22.8% 78 834#23
79 Capital Medical UniversityChina · Beijing 12.3 21.7% 81 713—
80 Saveetha UniversityIndia · Chennai 12.1 14.2% 113 551—
81 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 11.8 20.1% 84 701#55
82 Southwest UniversityChina · Chongqing 11.6 33.6% 63 687—
83 University of UtahUnited States · Salt Lake City 11.3 17.7% 83 499#62
84 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 11.1 21.6% 79 767#37
85 Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Tianjin 10.9 28.3% 68 662—
86 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina · Nanjing 10.6 25.3% 61 647—
87 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt · Cairo 10.4 14.5% 119 604—
88 University of MilanItaly · Milan 10.2 22.2% 65 545#98
89 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 9.9 19.8% 74 640#67
90 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina · Nanjing 9.7 23.7% 73 597—
91 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 9.5 18.8% 71 535#43
92 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 9.3 19.1% 71 473#57
93 University of Illinois ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 9.0 22.8% 62 470#83
94 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia · Vellore 8.8 23.7% 65 473—
95 Medical University of LublinPoland · Lublin 8.6 22.4% 72 538—
96 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil · Belo Horizonte 8.4 18.1% 64 395—
97 Zagazig UniversityEgypt · Zagazig 8.2 15.7% 90 546—
98 Academy of Scientific and Innovative ResearchIndia · Ghaziabad 8.0 24.0% 72 508—
99 Yunnan UniversityChina · Kunming 7.8 20.9% 86 616—
100 Mansoura UniversityEgypt · Al Mansurah 7.6 15.7% 88 517—

institutions ranked worldwide in Pharmacology (146). 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.

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

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 289 works
  2. 2 Cairo UniversityEgypt 214 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 199 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 168 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 167 works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 160 works
  7. 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 157 works
  8. 8 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 152 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 143 works
  10. 10 University of FloridaUnited States 135 works
  11. 11 University of MichiganUnited States 132 works
  12. 12 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 129 works
  13. 13 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 127 works
  14. 14 The University of SydneyAustralia 126 works
  15. 15 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 125 works

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