Abstract: OBJECTIVE To investigate the current situation of clinical pharmacy scientific research through analyzing the public data applying for the National Clinical Key Specialty from 2013 to 2014. METHODS The relevant scientific research data from all the hospitals applying for the National Clinical Key Specialty were extracted and categorized. Based on the data, the developing level and strategies for current clinical pharmacy scientific research were evaluated. RESULTS During 2010 to 2012, 5 801 articles had been published and 1 038 different research projects had been carried out in the 89 hospitals applying for the second batch of National Clinical Key Specialty. The total research fund summed up 78 millions. The main research topics could be categorized into following classes: new drugs and clinical study, rational drug use, drug utilization analysis, drug supply and management, hospital preparations, and adverse drug reaction. CONCLUSION The scientific research is one of the core contents for academic discipline building. The clinical pharmacy scientific research showed a good developing tendency for hospital pharmacy.