Field · Chemical Engineering
Top Countries in Chemical Engineering Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 45 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 | China | 100.0 | 20.3% | 26k | 381k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 81.8 | 13.1% | 6.8k | 64k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 71.1 | 12.7% | 5.8k | 48k | #7 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 63.6 | 16.2% | 1.7k | 19k | #4 |
| 5 | Germany | 57.7 | 11.2% | 2.8k | 24k | #3 |
| 6 | South Korea | 52.9 | 16.9% | 2.1k | 25k | #12 |
| 7 | Japan | 48.9 | 7.7% | 2.5k | 17k | #5 |
| 8 | Australia | 45.4 | 21.7% | 779 | 14k | #13 |
| 9 | France | 42.3 | 10.4% | 1.9k | 16k | #6 |
| 10 | Italy | 39.5 | 14.4% | 1.5k | 15k | #9 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 37.0 | 19.7% | 947 | 12k | #25 |
| 12 | Spain | 34.7 | 13.6% | 1.4k | 16k | #11 |
| 13 | Canada | 32.6 | 14.9% | 1k | 11k | #8 |
| 14 | Iran | 30.7 | 13.7% | 1.5k | 13k | #14 |
| 15 | Singapore | 28.9 | 26.7% | 311 | 6.4k | #22 |
| 16 | ?? | 27.2 | 17.9% | 670 | 8.4k | #26 |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 25.6 | 30.8% | 249 | 5.7k | #31 |
| 18 | Poland | 24.1 | 11.2% | 905 | 8k | #21 |
| 19 | Malaysia | 22.7 | 12.0% | 676 | 6.5k | #23 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 21.3 | 15.0% | 1k | 8.9k | #27 |
| 21 | Portugal | 20.0 | 16.2% | 453 | 5.4k | #17 |
| 22 | Brazil | 18.8 | 9.1% | 1k | 7.3k | #24 |
| 23 | Netherlands | 17.6 | 16.5% | 542 | 7.1k | #10 |
| 24 | Russia | 16.5 | 3.9% | 2.5k | 11k | #18 |
| 25 | Taiwan | 15.4 | 14.3% | 685 | 7.1k | #29 |
| 26 | Belgium | 14.4 | 15.4% | 395 | 4.3k | #19 |
| 27 | Egypt | 13.4 | 18.0% | 522 | 5.2k | #37 |
| 28 | Switzerland | 12.5 | 15.5% | 391 | 4.6k | #15 |
| 29 | Denmark | 11.5 | 17.4% | 337 | 4.2k | #20 |
| 30 | Pakistan | 10.7 | 16.8% | 472 | 5.5k | #42 |
| 31 | Sweden | 9.8 | 16.0% | 362 | 3.8k | #16 |
| 32 | Indonesia | 9.0 | 5.1% | 663 | 2.2k | #44 |
| 33 | Thailand | 8.1 | 12.7% | 392 | 3.5k | #40 |
| 34 | Norway | 7.4 | 15.3% | 238 | 2.3k | #34 |
| 35 | Iraq | 6.6 | 10.2% | 348 | 2.2k | #55 |
| 36 | South Africa | 5.9 | 10.0% | 301 | 2.4k | #39 |
| 37 | Austria | 5.1 | 10.4% | 281 | 2.4k | #30 |
| 38 | Czechia | 4.4 | 8.6% | 325 | 2.4k | #32 |
| 39 | Greece | 3.8 | 13.4% | 225 | 3.1k | #35 |
| 40 | Finland | 3.1 | 14.5% | 209 | 2.1k | #36 |
| 41 | Mexico | 2.4 | 5.3% | 438 | 2.3k | #43 |
| 42 | Romania | 1.8 | 8.7% | 263 | 1.6k | #45 |
| 43 | Nigeria | 119.4 | 8.9% | 200 | 1.2k | #58 |
| 44 | Vietnam | 59.0 | 10.1% | 273 | 2k | #54 |
| 45 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 4.2% | 279 | 933 | #49 |
countries ranked worldwide in Chemical Engineering (45). 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 26k works
- 2 United States 6.8k works
- 3 India 5.8k works
- 4 Germany 2.8k works
- 5 Russia 2.5k works
- 6 Japan 2.5k works
- 7 South Korea 2.1k works
- 8 France 1.9k works
- 9 United Kingdom 1.7k works
- 10 Italy 1.5k works
- 11 Iran 1.5k works
- 12 Spain 1.4k works