Domain · Social Sciences
Top Countries in Social Sciences Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 164 ranked countries.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 100.0 | 19.6% | 712k | 2.6M | #1 |
| 2 | China | 86.4 | 29.2% | 329k | 2M | #4 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 78.5 | 24.7% | 227k | 996k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 72.8 | 18.8% | 193k | 556k | #3 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 68.4 | 9.5% | 913k | 890k | #11 |
| 6 | Australia | 64.9 | 28.7% | 97k | 504k | #5 |
| 7 | Italy | 61.8 | 23.4% | 96k | 379k | #9 |
| 8 | India | 59.2 | 16.3% | 178k | 468k | #13 |
| 9 | Spain | 56.9 | 19.0% | 140k | 363k | #8 |
| 10 | Canada | 54.9 | 21.1% | 102k | 386k | #6 |
| 11 | Türkiye | 53.0 | 16.2% | 165k | 290k | #16 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 51.3 | 29.4% | 52k | 275k | #7 |
| 13 | France | 49.7 | 9.8% | 170k | 241k | #10 |
| 14 | South Africa | 48.3 | 25.7% | 45k | 143k | #12 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 46.9 | 35.3% | 21k | 143k | #18 |
| 16 | Malaysia | 45.6 | 19.0% | 64k | 195k | #30 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 44.4 | 21.3% | 36k | 142k | #15 |
| 18 | Sweden | 43.3 | 29.8% | 32k | 155k | #14 |
| 19 | South Korea | 42.3 | 25.5% | 37k | 179k | #27 |
| 20 | Portugal | 41.3 | 20.6% | 38k | 124k | #29 |
| 21 | Norway | 40.3 | 28.9% | 26k | 124k | #19 |
| 22 | Poland | 39.4 | 12.2% | 90k | 134k | #31 |
| 23 | Brazil | 38.5 | 6.6% | 277k | 230k | #22 |
| 24 | Finland | 37.7 | 27.9% | 24k | 112k | #23 |
| 25 | ?? | 36.9 | 12.2% | 69k | 122k | #36 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 36.1 | 29.6% | 23k | 125k | #40 |
| 27 | Pakistan | 35.4 | 16.2% | 43k | 130k | #37 |
| 28 | Austria | 34.7 | 20.8% | 26k | 82k | #25 |
| 29 | Denmark | 34.0 | 22.2% | 26k | 95k | #20 |
| 30 | Japan | 33.3 | 14.2% | 60k | 133k | #26 |
| 31 | Greece | 32.7 | 26.6% | 19k | 81k | #35 |
| 32 | Israel | 32.0 | 23.4% | 22k | 74k | #21 |
| 33 | Belgium | 31.4 | 21.8% | 27k | 93k | #17 |
| 34 | Iran | 30.9 | 15.5% | 39k | 125k | #38 |
| 35 | Taiwan | 30.3 | 28.3% | 20k | 109k | #32 |
| 36 | Russia | 29.7 | 9.0% | 139k | 133k | #28 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 29.2 | 12.2% | 42k | 69k | #41 |
| 38 | Singapore | 28.7 | 29.0% | 13k | 71k | #33 |
| 39 | Jordan | 28.2 | 28.5% | 11k | 60k | #54 |
| 40 | Bangladesh | 27.7 | 23.4% | 17k | 67k | #49 |
| 41 | Romania | 27.2 | 15.7% | 24k | 58k | #45 |
| 42 | Ireland | 26.7 | 24.3% | 16k | 65k | #34 |
| 43 | Hungary | 26.2 | 15.5% | 27k | 49k | #43 |
| 44 | New Zealand | 25.8 | 27.0% | 15k | 71k | #24 |
| 45 | Vietnam | 25.4 | 23.8% | 20k | 77k | #48 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 24.9 | 29.2% | 11k | 63k | #46 |
| 47 | Thailand | 24.5 | 20.4% | 21k | 60k | #47 |
| 48 | Mexico | 24.1 | 9.9% | 56k | 62k | #39 |
| 49 | Philippines | 23.7 | 13.8% | 26k | 40k | #55 |
| 50 | Czechia | 23.3 | 16.8% | 20k | 44k | #44 |
| 51 | Egypt | 22.9 | 15.1% | 18k | 48k | #57 |
| 52 | Macau | 22.5 | 36.3% | 5.5k | 33k | #59 |
| 53 | Chile | 22.1 | 16.3% | 27k | 49k | #42 |
| 54 | Ghana | 21.8 | 27.6% | 11k | 44k | #51 |
| 55 | Cyprus | 21.4 | 29.9% | 6k | 32k | #53 |
| 56 | Ecuador | 21.1 | 13.3% | 30k | 35k | #63 |
| 57 | Ukraine | 20.7 | 9.9% | 64k | 64k | #58 |
| 58 | Colombia | 20.4 | 12.1% | 32k | 48k | #50 |
| 59 | Qatar | 20.0 | 33.8% | 4k | 25k | #62 |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 19.7 | 13.5% | 14k | 18k | #68 |
| 61 | Peru | 19.4 | 11.5% | 25k | 35k | #66 |
| 62 | Ethiopia | 19.1 | 28.8% | 7.3k | 33k | #73 |
| 63 | Argentina | 18.8 | 9.0% | 31k | 24k | #52 |
| 64 | Slovenia | 18.5 | 17.1% | 9.3k | 21k | #56 |
| 65 | Morocco | 18.1 | 16.7% | 12k | 24k | #70 |
| 66 | Serbia | 17.8 | 16.2% | 11k | 25k | #69 |
| 67 | Croatia | 17.6 | 10.9% | 14k | 21k | #60 |
| 68 | Lebanon | 17.3 | 27.6% | 3.8k | 20k | #71 |
| 69 | Estonia | 17.0 | 23.5% | 3.9k | 11k | #65 |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 16.7 | 12.7% | 6.9k | 8.4k | #82 |
| 71 | Iraq | 16.4 | 7.8% | 22k | 23k | #80 |
| 72 | Lithuania | 16.1 | 16.3% | 7.6k | 18k | #67 |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 15.9 | 6.8% | 20k | 13k | #84 |
| 74 | Slovakia | 15.6 | 15.5% | 9.2k | 19k | #61 |
| 75 | Tanzania | 15.3 | 17.5% | 6.7k | 14k | #78 |
| 76 | Oman | 15.1 | 28.6% | 3.3k | 15k | #76 |
| 77 | Kenya | 14.8 | 9.9% | 14k | 18k | #64 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 14.6 | 21.2% | 6k | 21k | #79 |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 14.3 | 15.0% | 6.3k | 12k | #77 |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 14.1 | 11.7% | 7.6k | 9.5k | #75 |
| 81 | Palestine | 13.8 | 24.9% | 2.3k | 8.2k | #95 |
| 82 | Bahrain | 13.6 | 26.9% | 2k | 9.5k | #92 |
| 83 | Uganda | 13.4 | 18.8% | 4.3k | 10k | #85 |
| 84 | Kuwait | 13.1 | 24.1% | 2.3k | 9.4k | #81 |
| 85 | Nepal | 12.9 | 11.8% | 9.1k | 13k | #93 |
| 86 | Luxembourg | 12.7 | 20.0% | 2.7k | 8.5k | #72 |
| 87 | Latvia | 12.4 | 13.4% | 5k | 9.7k | #74 |
| 88 | Brunei | 12.2 | 27.0% | 1.6k | 5.5k | #100 |
| 89 | Zimbabwe | 12.0 | 18.6% | 3.4k | 6.5k | #90 |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 11.8 | 14.9% | 3.1k | 5.7k | #91 |
| 91 | Algeria | 11.5 | 10.7% | 6.8k | 6.9k | #94 |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.3 | 9.1% | 4.3k | 5k | — |
| 93 | Malta | 11.1 | 21.1% | 1.4k | 4.2k | #87 |
| 94 | Venezuela | 10.9 | 8.2% | 4.1k | 3.5k | #89 |
| 95 | Costa Rica | 10.7 | 8.1% | 5k | 4.4k | #98 |
| 96 | Puerto Rico | 10.5 | 10.8% | 1.9k | 4k | #83 |
| 97 | Georgia | 10.3 | 7.1% | 4.8k | 3.5k | — |
| 98 | Mongolia | 10.1 | 10.6% | 2.5k | 2.2k | — |
| 99 | Iceland | 9.9 | 21.8% | 1.7k | 5.5k | #86 |
| 100 | Armenia | 9.7 | 7.0% | 3.9k | 2.2k | — |
countries ranked worldwide in Social Sciences (164). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.