Aim To evaluate the academic level and the popularity of Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin. Method According to the information of Chinese Medical citation Index(CMCI), I statistically analyzed the amount and distribution of the originals in Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin cited by the journal included by CMCI. Result The originals of Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin were high-qualified and influential, and their authors were all over the country. Conclusion With the unique style and character chinese Pharmacological Bulletin is the main medical core periodical and one of the most important information recourses in the field of Pharmacological in china.

Aim To understand the information absorbency of Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin, analyze the theoretical sources of its’ published articles and the trend of Pharmacological research , and find out the characteristics of literature request of the scientists working in the field of Pharmacological research. Method The citation analysis is used to analyze the references cited in 847 articles in Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin from 2001～2003. Result Citation rate is 85.24%, and 11.02 citations per article. Main types of citations are journals(94.88%) and books(4.90%). The Price Index is 42.72%, the self-citation rate is 3.81%. The references from the high-ranked 30 journals are the 30.14% of all the references. Conclusion The articles in Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin concern the lots of journals in the biomedicine, most citation are from the English journals, and the half-cited life is longer than other journals, citation ratio should be improved.