Top Countries in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 108 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 | 19.7% | 215k | 2.1M | #1 |
| 2 | China | 85.2 | 24.7% | 294k | 3.2M | #3 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 76.5 | 23.7% | 36k | 417k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 70.4 | 20.8% | 41k | 396k | #4 |
| 5 | India | 65.6 | 13.3% | 70k | 374k | #14 |
| 6 | France | 61.7 | 18.9% | 29k | 243k | #5 |
| 7 | Italy | 58.4 | 22.2% | 29k | 273k | #8 |
| 8 | Canada | 55.6 | 21.0% | 21k | 203k | #6 |
| 9 | Australia | 53.1 | 24.6% | 16k | 177k | #10 |
| 10 | Spain | 50.8 | 20.0% | 22k | 193k | #12 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 48.8 | 26.0% | 8.7k | 111k | #9 |
| 12 | South Korea | 46.9 | 17.8% | 25k | 216k | #17 |
| 13 | Japan | 45.2 | 11.9% | 41k | 255k | #7 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 43.6 | 25.7% | 11k | 126k | #11 |
| 15 | ?? | 42.2 | 22.1% | 8.9k | 101k | #20 |
| 16 | Poland | 40.8 | 18.1% | 12k | 96k | #22 |
| 17 | Iran | 39.5 | 16.9% | 17k | 134k | #28 |
| 18 | Sweden | 38.3 | 24.9% | 7k | 79k | #13 |
| 19 | Denmark | 37.1 | 24.8% | 6.2k | 75k | #18 |
| 20 | Belgium | 36.0 | 21.5% | 6.1k | 60k | #15 |
| 21 | Brazil | 35.0 | 10.8% | 23k | 111k | #21 |
| 22 | Austria | 34.0 | 20.9% | 5.1k | 48k | #19 |
| 23 | Singapore | 33.0 | 25.7% | 3.7k | 48k | #26 |
| 24 | Israel | 32.1 | 20.6% | 5.3k | 55k | #16 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 31.3 | 20.6% | 7.4k | 66k | #38 |
| 26 | Russia | 30.4 | 6.5% | 23k | 84k | #23 |
| 27 | Egypt | 29.6 | 15.7% | 11k | 70k | #41 |
| 28 | Türkiye | 28.8 | 9.1% | 18k | 71k | #34 |
| 29 | Portugal | 28.1 | 20.0% | 5.8k | 53k | #29 |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 27.4 | 27.4% | 3.2k | 41k | #36 |
| 31 | Taiwan | 26.7 | 16.2% | 9.2k | 73k | #30 |
| 32 | Mexico | 26.0 | 11.6% | 8.6k | 46k | #33 |
| 33 | Czechia | 25.3 | 17.1% | 5.1k | 39k | #31 |
| 34 | Greece | 24.7 | 19.8% | 4.2k | 35k | #39 |
| 35 | Pakistan | 24.1 | 12.5% | 7.7k | 42k | #42 |
| 36 | Norway | 23.5 | 22.3% | 3.3k | 30k | #25 |
| 37 | Ireland | 22.9 | 22.4% | 2.9k | 30k | #27 |
| 38 | Finland | 22.3 | 23.1% | 3.2k | 38k | #24 |
| 39 | South Africa | 21.8 | 18.2% | 3.7k | 28k | #37 |
| 40 | Romania | 21.2 | 21.3% | 3k | 25k | #47 |
| 41 | Malaysia | 20.7 | 14.3% | 5k | 34k | #40 |
| 42 | New Zealand | 20.2 | 20.9% | 2.6k | 23k | #32 |
| 43 | Nigeria | 19.7 | 8.5% | 4.6k | 17k | #51 |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 19.2 | 15.3% | 3.1k | 18k | #49 |
| 45 | Hungary | 18.7 | 15.0% | 3.3k | 23k | #35 |
| 46 | Thailand | 18.2 | 15.6% | 5.5k | 37k | #45 |
| 47 | Indonesia | 17.8 | 4.3% | 13k | 27k | #50 |
| 48 | Chile | 17.3 | 15.5% | 2.5k | 17k | #44 |
| 49 | Iraq | 16.9 | 5.8% | 5.5k | 17k | #59 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 16.4 | 21.6% | 1.6k | 14k | #56 |
| 51 | Argentina | 16.0 | 11.6% | 3.8k | 19k | #43 |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 15.6 | 21.0% | 1.6k | 13k | #61 |
| 53 | Macau | 15.2 | 32.4% | 745 | 10k | #62 |
| 54 | Colombia | 14.8 | 9.7% | 2.7k | 11k | #58 |
| 55 | Qatar | 14.4 | 23.3% | 854 | 9.1k | #67 |
| 56 | Serbia | 14.0 | 14.1% | 1.7k | 9.6k | #63 |
| 57 | Ukraine | 13.6 | 4.8% | 3.3k | 7.8k | #52 |
| 58 | Slovenia | 13.3 | 19.3% | 1.4k | 11k | #53 |
| 59 | Croatia | 12.9 | 13.8% | 1.5k | 9k | #54 |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 12.6 | 10.5% | 1.6k | 7.4k | #55 |
| 61 | Vietnam | 12.2 | 8.8% | 3.1k | 13k | #60 |
| 62 | Cyprus | 11.9 | 19.7% | 554 | 4.6k | #77 |
| 63 | Slovakia | 11.5 | 13.6% | 1.4k | 9.6k | #48 |
| 64 | Morocco | 11.2 | 10.8% | 2k | 8.6k | #57 |
| 65 | Lithuania | 10.8 | 16.0% | 796 | 5.5k | #78 |
| 66 | Jordan | 10.5 | 15.4% | 1.1k | 7.6k | #79 |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 10.2 | 11.5% | 1.1k | 4.5k | #83 |
| 68 | Ecuador | 9.9 | 9.5% | 1.1k | 4.2k | #82 |
| 69 | Philippines | 9.6 | 8.4% | 1.3k | 4.3k | #65 |
| 70 | Ghana | 9.3 | 17.0% | 637 | 4.1k | #87 |
| 71 | Estonia | 9.0 | 21.6% | 542 | 7k | #64 |
| 72 | Kenya | 8.7 | 16.8% | 705 | 4.2k | #66 |
| 73 | Tunisia | 8.4 | 8.7% | 1.6k | 5.8k | #73 |
| 74 | Puerto Rico | 8.1 | 14.0% | 634 | 5.4k | #68 |
| 75 | Lebanon | 7.8 | 16.1% | 615 | 4.4k | #80 |
| 76 | Nepal | 7.5 | 8.2% | 1k | 3.7k | #71 |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 7.2 | 6.4% | 774 | 1.8k | #88 |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 7.0 | 10.1% | 787 | 3.2k | #84 |
| 79 | Uganda | 6.7 | 17.6% | 384 | 2.6k | #86 |
| 80 | Tanzania | 6.4 | 14.5% | 451 | 2.2k | #46 |
| 81 | Uruguay | 6.1 | 11.9% | 624 | 3.1k | #74 |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 5.9 | 24.8% | 281 | 3k | #76 |
| 83 | Algeria | 5.6 | 8.3% | 1.1k | 3.7k | #94 |
| 84 | Peru | 5.4 | 7.8% | 1k | 3.3k | #85 |
| 85 | Cameroon | 5.1 | 10.0% | 520 | 2.2k | #72 |
| 86 | Belarus | 4.9 | 6.1% | 680 | 1.9k | #81 |
| 87 | Iceland | 4.6 | 22.6% | 228 | 2.7k | #69 |
| 88 | Kuwait | 4.4 | 15.7% | 375 | 2.2k | #95 |
| 89 | Zambia | 4.1 | 6.5% | 410 | 1.1k | — |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 3.9 | 9.8% | 415 | 1.4k | #90 |
| 91 | Sudan | 3.7 | 13.0% | 374 | 1.9k | #100 |
| 92 | Latvia | 3.4 | 12.2% | 487 | 2.7k | #93 |
| 93 | Oman | 3.2 | 15.0% | 361 | 2.1k | #96 |
| 94 | Panama | 3.0 | 11.9% | 217 | 907 | #70 |
| 95 | Armenia | 2.7 | 8.6% | 394 | 3k | #89 |
| 96 | Palestine | 2.5 | 17.3% | 214 | 1.5k | — |
| 97 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.3 | 3.9% | 285 | 469 | #98 |
| 98 | Georgia | 2.1 | 6.1% | 410 | 867 | — |
| 99 | Yemen | 1.9 | 12.6% | 215 | 984 | — |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 1.6 | 4.3% | 407 | 645 | — |
countries ranked worldwide in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (108). 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.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 294k works
- 2 United States 215k works
- 3 India 70k works
- 4 Germany 41k works
- 5 Japan 41k works
- 6 United Kingdom 36k works
- 7 Italy 29k works
- 8 France 29k works
- 9 South Korea 25k works
- 10 Brazil 23k works
- 11 Russia 23k works
- 12 Spain 22k works