Subfield · Pharmacology
Top Countries in Pharmacology (Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics) Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 32 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 | 25.2% | 8.8k | 76k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 80.0 | 15.2% | 4.5k | 24k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 68.3 | 11.2% | 5.1k | 18k | #5 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 60.0 | 19.1% | 729 | 4.7k | #3 |
| 5 | Egypt | 53.6 | 18.4% | 972 | 5.8k | #18 |
| 6 | Iran | 48.3 | 16.1% | 827 | 4.7k | #15 |
| 7 | Poland | 43.9 | 24.2% | 309 | 2.5k | #21 |
| 8 | Italy | 40.0 | 24.3% | 465 | 4.2k | #11 |
| 9 | Germany | 36.6 | 16.1% | 630 | 3.9k | #4 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 33.6 | 25.3% | 589 | 4.9k | #20 |
| 11 | South Korea | 30.8 | 15.8% | 961 | 5.5k | #16 |
| 12 | Spain | 28.3 | 19.0% | 462 | 3.2k | #12 |
| 13 | Brazil | 26.0 | 11.3% | 891 | 4.1k | #17 |
| 14 | Japan | 23.9 | 7.4% | 1.5k | 4.7k | #6 |
| 15 | Nigeria | 21.9 | 5.9% | 1.1k | 2.5k | #31 |
| 16 | Indonesia | 20.0 | 3.7% | 1.7k | 2.8k | #30 |
| 17 | Pakistan | 18.3 | 14.2% | 583 | 3k | #24 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 16.6 | 12.1% | 681 | 2.7k | #29 |
| 19 | Australia | 15.0 | 24.4% | 331 | 2.4k | #8 |
| 20 | France | 13.6 | 13.6% | 510 | 2.4k | #10 |
| 21 | Canada | 12.2 | 18.5% | 400 | 2.6k | #7 |
| 22 | Thailand | 10.8 | 18.7% | 450 | 2.8k | #28 |
| 23 | ?? | 9.5 | 17.6% | 352 | 2.1k | #23 |
| 24 | Malaysia | 8.3 | 16.0% | 422 | 2.5k | #19 |
| 25 | Ukraine | 7.1 | 12.4% | 317 | 1.1k | #45 |
| 26 | Netherlands | 6.0 | 22.4% | 215 | 1.6k | #14 |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 4.9 | 18.1% | 218 | 1.2k | #41 |
| 28 | Iraq | 3.9 | 7.5% | 471 | 1.2k | #47 |
| 29 | Mexico | 2.8 | 10.7% | 420 | 1.6k | #32 |
| 30 | Russia | 1.9 | 4.1% | 747 | 1.7k | #35 |
| 31 | Taiwan | 91.6 | 16.1% | 289 | 1.8k | #27 |
| 32 | Vietnam | 0.0 | 7.0% | 361 | 1k | #50 |
countries ranked worldwide in Pharmacology (32). 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 8.8k works
- 2 India 5.1k works
- 3 United States 4.5k works
- 4 Indonesia 1.7k works
- 5 Japan 1.5k works
- 6 Nigeria 1.1k works
- 7 Egypt 972 works
- 8 South Korea 961 works
- 9 Brazil 891 works
- 10 Iran 827 works
- 11 Russia 747 works
- 12 United Kingdom 729 works