TARGET. Generalisation and comparative analysis of the personal scientific contribution of Russian scientists to the development of scientific, practical and educational knowledge on pharmaceutical provision of the population of the Russian Federation, expressed in the frequency of mentioning their names in the abstracts of candidate and doctoral dissertations on organizational aspects of pharmaceutical science and practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Preservation and multiplication of scientific knowledge is impossible without an objective assessment of the contribution of predecessor scientists in the development of a particular field of science. This approach provides a full-fledged characteristic of a certain scientific direction, and also serves as a recognition of the merits of scientists who have put their talents and efforts to establish in the world community of domestic pharmacy, as an independent scientific and practical sphere of public life. For the first time, a study of the array of personalities of predecessor scientists by scientific generation, scientific status and gender was conducted. The general characteristics of the array of predecessor scientists’ surnames were calculated according to five indicators. The results indicate an increased attention of dissertators to the works of their predecessors. A comparative analysis of the frequency of mentioning, ranks and places in the ranking of predecessor scientists was carried out, which made it possible to form lists of Top-20 surnames of scientists for three time periods that actively shaped scientific knowledge on drug supply. Generalisation of data for all time periods allowed us to establish a list of Top-10 scientists who have made and continue to make the greatest contribution to the scientific support of the improvement of the Russian drug supply system. CONCLUSION. The importance of preserving and multiplying the continuity of domestic pharmaceutical knowledge for the next generations of research scientists is demonstrated. It was found that scientists from the Top-10 list belong to different scientific generations, but at the same time, there is a constant scientific interest shown by young researchers in the works of their predecessors.