OBJECTIVE： To explore current hot spots in drug research and application，and provide reference of the draft use standard for pharmacy journal editor. METHODS： Taking China Pharmacy （short for our magazine） as example，all literatures published by our magazine and included by CNKI were searched during inception （Jan. 1990） and Mar. 19th， 2019； top 150 literatures [top 100 non-review literatures （NRA） and top 50 review literatures （RA）] were collected according to comprehensive score of downloaded number and citied number as indicators， and then analyzed in respects of publication year，column of NRA，first author’s work unit， subject words； one literatures which the cited number was largest was analyzed separately. RESULTS： Totally 150 literatures were published between 1993 and 2016， while the literature amount reached the maximum value in 2010 （18 articles）. Among NRA， the most were in the columns of “pharmacy administration” （44 articles， 44.00％）， “TCM and ethnic medicine” （18 articles， 18.00％）， “pharmacists and pharmaceutical care” （14 articles， 14.00％）. Among 150 first authors，73 （48.67％） were from college， 62 （41.33％） were from hospital. Subject words of NRA were “status and development” （20 times）， “active ingredient” （14 times）， “international experience” （9 times）， while those of RA were “pharmacological action” （25 times）， “Chinese herbal medicine” （15 times）， “active ingredient” （12 times）. The Principles and Utilization of Sequential Analysis of DDD System of Drug in Hospitals was cited for 1 426 times， which was much higher than the second one （261 times）. CONCLUSIONS： This study can show the good literatures origin and study direction，provide reference to the hot spots for readers. At the same time， high-frequency cited literatures also suggests that researchers can conduct in-depth analysis of controversial and unclear contents in academic circles.