Top countries for Pharmacology & Pharmacy

Search countries

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Pharmacology & Pharmacy?

3,495 researchers whose main subfield is Pharmacology & Pharmacy are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. The United States has the most (579, 16.6%), followed by India (371) and China (370). A country with 100 or more opens its institutions in the subfield; the others open their scientists in the table of all authors.

#	Country	Listed authors	Top 100k	Share of subfield	Highest-ranked author	Top institution
1	United States	579	136	16.6%	Torchilin, Vladimir P. #435	Food and Drug Administration
2	India	371	62	10.6%	Kesharwani, Prashant #2,804	Jamia Hamdard
3	China	370	41	10.6%	Xu, Suowen #2,982	China Pharmaceutical University
4	Saudi Arabia	184	45	5.3%	Alhazmi, Hassan Ahmad #17,389	College of Pharmacy
5	United Kingdom	183	57	5.2%	Donnelly, Ryan F. #2,899	UCL School of Pharmacy
6	Iran	163	29	4.7%	Abdollahi, Mohammad #6,583	Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
7	Italy	152	14	4.3%	Izzo, Angelo A. #14,042	Università degli Studi di Torino
8	Germany	129	50	3.7%	Keam, Susan J. #611	Springer Nature
9	Australia	98	22	2.8%	Mozafari, M. R. #7,833	The University of Queensland
10	South Korea	93	14	2.7%	Kim, Dong Hyun #7,489	Pusan National University
11	Egypt	92	10	2.6%	Batiha, Gaber E. #7,311	National Research Centre
12	Japan	90	13	2.6%	Cabral, Horacio #43,811	Hokkaido University
13	Netherlands	70	19	2.0%	Vader, Pieter #19,003	Erasmus MC
14	Canada	67	15	1.9%	Mullard, Asher #759	University of Toronto
15	Portugal	55	9	1.6%	Sarmento, Bruno Filipe Carmelino Cardoso #16,392	Universidade do Porto
16	France	54	9	1.5%	Couvreur, P. #7,761	Université de Bordeaux
17	Pakistan	46	4	1.3%	Khan, Haroon #4,113	Government College University Faisalabad
18	Spain	46	9	1.3%	Moncada, Sir Salvador #21,629	Universidad de Granada
19	Malaysia	38	13	1.1%	Subramaniyan, Vetriselvan #20,595	School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
20	Poland	38	5	1.1%	Zielińska, Aleksandra #52,833	Medical University of Lublin
21	Switzerland	33	6	0.9%	Szabo, Csaba S. #1,949	Universität Basel
22	Brazil	32	5	0.9%	Calixto, João Batista #15,489	Universidade de São Paulo
23	Belgium	32	6	0.9%	Danhier, Fabienne #15,790	Universiteit Gent
24	Sweden	30	7	0.9%	Ingelman-Sundberg, Magnus #11,217	Uppsala Universitet
25	Thailand	29	5	0.8%	Aramwit, Pornanong #33,273	Chiang Mai University
26	United Arab Emirates	25	7	0.7%	Hussain, Zahid #42,169	University of Sharjah
27	Jordan	24	5	0.7%	Talib, Wamidh H. #14,258	Applied Science Private University
28	Türkiye	22	4	0.6%	Ashrafizadeh, Milad #5,952	Hacettepe Üniversitesi
29	Denmark	22	5	0.6%	Hallas, Jesper #19,802	Københavns Universitet
30	Ireland	18	4	0.5%	Souto, Eliana B. #4,285	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
31	Finland	18	2	0.5%	Urtti, Arto O. #19,334	Itä-Suomen yliopisto
32	New Zealand	18	6	0.5%	Holford, Nicholas H.G. #23,810	University of Auckland
33	Indonesia	18	3	0.5%	Herdiana, Yedi #33,215	Universitas Padjadjaran
34	Greece	17	2	0.5%	Karalis, Vangelis D. #79,938	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
35	South Africa	15	5	0.4%	Hamman, Josias Hendrik #34,534	University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
36	Austria	14	4	0.4%	Bernkop-Schnürch, Andreas #5,101	Universität Innsbruck
37	Israel	14	4	0.4%	Mechoulam, Raphael #12,716	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
38	Iraq	14	2	0.4%	Al-Kuraishy, Hayder Mutter K. #26,024	University of Babylon
39	Qatar	12	2	0.3%	Babar, Zaheer Ud Din #28,752	Qatar University
40	Romania	12	0	0.3%	Nitulescu, George Mihai #109,094	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti
41	Hungary	11	2	0.3%	Szebeni, János #12,404	CycloLab Cyclodextrin Research & Development Laboratory, Ltd.
42	Nigeria	10	0	0.3%	Attama Anthony, A. Amaechi #100,158	University of Nigeria
43	Taiwan	9	1	0.3%	Fang, Jiayou #43,549	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
44	Macao	9	2	0.3%	Ouyang, Defang #69,157	State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine
45	Singapore	9	1	0.3%	Heng, Paul Wan Sia #69,347	National University of Singapore
46	Hong Kong	8	1	0.2%	Chan, Thomas Yan Keung #52,593	Chinese University of Hong Kong
47	Norway	7	1	0.2%	Tonnesen, Hanne Hjorth #93,304	Universitetet i Oslo
48	Oman	6	3	0.2%	Ahmad, Aftab #77,703	University of Nizwa
49	Iceland	5	2	0.1%	Loftsson, Thorsteinn #6,442	Haskoli Islands
50	Palestine	5	2	0.1%	Zyoud, Sa’ed H. #11,440	An-Najah National University
51	Mexico	5	1	0.1%	Leyva-Gómez, Gerardo #96,952	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
52	Croatia	5	0	0.1%	Rendic, S. #107,935	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Farmaceutsko Biokemijski Fakultet
53	Ethiopia	5	0	0.1%	Sisay, Mekonnen #160,144	University of Gondar
54	Slovenia	5	0	0.1%	Zupančič, Špela #203,818	Univerza v Ljubljani
55	Argentina	5	0	0.1%	Ruiz, María Esperanza #217,108	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
56	Russia	4	1	0.1%	Bokov, Dmitry O. #52,751	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
57	Bangladesh	4	0	0.1%	Islam, Md Saiful #118,042	East West University
58	Latvia	4	0	0.1%	Dambrova, Maija #130,897	Riga Stradins University
59	Czechia	4	0	0.1%	Pávek, Petr #133,800	Univerzita Karlova, Farmaceutická Fakulta v Hradci Králové
60	Vietnam	4	0	0.1%	Nguyen, Thuy Trang #220,483	Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology - HUTECH
61	Serbia	4	0	0.1%	Djuris, Jelena D. #257,100	University of Belgrade
62	Cyprus	3	1	0.1%	Douroumis, Dennis Dennis #26,389	University of Nicosia
63	Kuwait	3	0	0.1%	Sharma, Jagdish Narain #229,291	Kuwait University
64	Bahrain	2	1	0.1%	Khaled, Greish F. #43,573	Arabian Gulf University
65	Lithuania	2	2	0.1%	Bernatoniené, Jurga #45,723	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas
66	Nepal	2	0	0.1%	Thapa, Raj Kumar #141,251	Gandaki University
67	Colombia	2	0	0.1%	Calderón, Carlos A. #201,438	Universidad del Rosario
68	Morocco	2	0	0.1%	Balouiri, Mounyr #204,122	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
69	Lebanon	2	0	0.1%	Greige-Gerges, Hélène #212,001	Université Libanaise
70	Ukraine	2	0	0.1%	Mykhailenko, Olha A. #325,895	National University of Pharmacy
71	Bulgaria	2	0	0.1%	Vinarov, Zahari #371,778	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
72	Syria	1	0	0.0%	Zam, Wissam #100,756	Al-Wadi International University
73	North Macedonia	1	0	0.0%	Bauer, Biljana #111,379	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
74	Chile	1	0	0.0%	Morales, Javier O. #239,393	Universidad de Chile
75	Congo - Kinshasa	1	0	0.0%	Nkanga, Christian Isalomboto #244,954	Université de Kinshasa
76	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	0	0.0%	Mikov, Momir M. #310,794	University of Banja Luka
77	Slovakia	1	0	0.0%	Kráľová, Katarína #311,277	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
78	Azerbaijan	1	0	0.0%	Nosrati, Hamed #369,624	Joint Ukraine-Azerbaijan International Research and Education Center of Nanobiotechnology and Functional Nanosystems
79	Estonia	1	0	0.0%	Koshovyi, Oleh M. #618,930	Tartu Ülikool