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Top Pharmacology (Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics) Research Institutions

Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 29 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 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Chengdu 100.0 39.4% 143 1.9k#16
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina · Beijing 79.4 21.1% 184 1.4k#20
3 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina · Nanjing 67.4 23.9% 126 1k#58
4 Shandong University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Jinan 58.8 31.5% 72 798—
5 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Shanghai 52.2 22.5% 103 1k#44
6 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina · Beijing 46.8 22.0% 142 1.1k#37
7 Saveetha UniversityIndia · Chennai 42.2 22.9% 82 509—
8 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina · Guangzhou 38.2 27.1% 84 803#98
9 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina · Nanjing 34.7 28.1% 90 770#28
10 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 31.6 28.5% 117 986#62
11 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 28.8 26.1% 88 934#18
12 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 26.2 31.1% 62 720#64
13 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina · Hangzhou 23.8 26.3% 78 579—
14 Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina · Tianjin 21.6 22.7% 78 616#56
15 Cairo UniversityEgypt · Giza 19.6 22.5% 87 564—
16 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 17.7 23.0% 63 394#29
17 Shenyang Pharmaceutical UniversityChina · Shenyang 15.9 21.1% 89 656#92
18 National Research CentreEgypt · Giza 14.2 21.5% 62 427—
19 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt · Cairo 12.6 13.1% 73 331—
20 Shaanxi University of Chinese MedicineChina · Xianyang 11.0 18.6% 61 290—
21 Mansoura UniversityEgypt · Al Mansurah 9.6 19.2% 66 375—
22 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia · Bandung 8.2 13.6% 60 349—
23 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 6.9 7.9% 65 220#9
24 University of BaghdadIraq · Baghdad 5.6 6.1% 70 162—
25 Hindu College of PharmacyIndia · Sonīpat 4.4 5.4% 62 89—
26 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia · Surabaya 3.2 3.5% 67 122—
27 National Institute of AyurvedaIndia · Jaipur 2.1 1.9% 66 56—
28 Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda CollegeIndia · Malappuram 104.2 0.8% 64 27—
29 Desh Bhagat Ayurvedic College and HospitalIndia · Amloh 0.0 0.5% 68 52—

institutions ranked worldwide in Pharmacology (29). 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.

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Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 184 works
  2. 2 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 143 works
  3. 3 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 143 works
  4. 4 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 126 works
  5. 5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 117 works
  6. 6 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 103 works
  7. 7 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 90 works
  8. 8 Shenyang Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 89 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 88 works
  10. 10 Cairo UniversityEgypt 87 works
  11. 11 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 84 works
  12. 12 Saveetha UniversityIndia 82 works
  13. 13 Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 78 works
  14. 14 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina 78 works
  15. 15 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 73 works

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