Field · Chemistry
Top Countries in Chemistry Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 73 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 | 21.1% | 97k | 1.2M | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 83.8 | 16.9% | 31k | 289k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 74.4 | 13.6% | 38k | 273k | #7 |
| 4 | Germany | 67.7 | 15.4% | 13k | 117k | #3 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 62.5 | 19.4% | 7k | 75k | #4 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 58.2 | 23.6% | 4.5k | 54k | #19 |
| 7 | Spain | 54.6 | 16.2% | 6.2k | 59k | #8 |
| 8 | France | 51.5 | 12.1% | 9.2k | 67k | #6 |
| 9 | Iran | 48.8 | 16.3% | 7.9k | 77k | #15 |
| 10 | South Korea | 46.3 | 16.5% | 5.3k | 55k | #14 |
| 11 | Japan | 44.1 | 8.7% | 12k | 73k | #5 |
| 12 | Australia | 42.1 | 19.4% | 2.8k | 32k | #13 |
| 13 | Egypt | 40.2 | 22.4% | 5.2k | 54k | #30 |
| 14 | Italy | 38.5 | 16.8% | 5.7k | 51k | #11 |
| 15 | Canada | 36.9 | 15.8% | 4k | 36k | #9 |
| 16 | ?? | 35.4 | 19.2% | 2.9k | 31k | #20 |
| 17 | Türkiye | 34.0 | 13.2% | 6k | 42k | #26 |
| 18 | Pakistan | 32.6 | 21.0% | 2.7k | 28k | #34 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 31.4 | 20.0% | 2.1k | 23k | #10 |
| 20 | Singapore | 30.2 | 27.3% | 1.1k | 17k | #18 |
| 21 | Poland | 29.0 | 13.6% | 4.5k | 37k | #21 |
| 22 | Russia | 28.0 | 4.5% | 14k | 53k | #17 |
| 23 | Brazil | 26.9 | 10.2% | 5.8k | 33k | #25 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 25.9 | 20.1% | 1.7k | 20k | #12 |
| 25 | Hong Kong | 25.0 | 26.0% | 961 | 13k | #29 |
| 26 | Iraq | 24.1 | 8.8% | 3.2k | 16k | #46 |
| 27 | Taiwan | 23.2 | 12.9% | 2.1k | 18k | #28 |
| 28 | Portugal | 22.3 | 16.9% | 1.5k | 14k | #31 |
| 29 | Malaysia | 21.5 | 13.6% | 2k | 16k | #33 |
| 30 | Indonesia | 20.7 | 4.6% | 4.6k | 12k | #43 |
| 31 | South Africa | 20.0 | 15.6% | 1.4k | 12k | #37 |
| 32 | Bangladesh | 19.2 | 22.0% | 903 | 9.4k | #49 |
| 33 | Belgium | 18.5 | 15.9% | 1.5k | 13k | #22 |
| 34 | Sweden | 17.8 | 18.1% | 1.3k | 12k | #16 |
| 35 | Morocco | 17.1 | 22.6% | 1k | 10k | #52 |
| 36 | Czechia | 16.5 | 11.5% | 1.8k | 12k | #32 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 15.8 | 9.9% | 1.6k | 9.7k | #53 |
| 38 | Mexico | 15.2 | 8.7% | 2.2k | 12k | #42 |
| 39 | Romania | 14.6 | 12.8% | 1k | 8.7k | #48 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 14.0 | 23.4% | 490 | 5.8k | #55 |
| 41 | Thailand | 13.4 | 12.2% | 1.4k | 11k | #50 |
| 42 | Austria | 12.9 | 13.5% | 1.2k | 10k | #27 |
| 43 | Denmark | 12.3 | 16.5% | 955 | 9.3k | #24 |
| 44 | New Zealand | 11.8 | 17.3% | 452 | 4.7k | #41 |
| 45 | Algeria | 11.3 | 12.5% | 970 | 6.7k | #59 |
| 46 | Israel | 10.8 | 15.9% | 848 | 7.3k | #23 |
| 47 | Greece | 10.3 | 16.6% | 1k | 9.5k | #38 |
| 48 | Vietnam | 9.8 | 9.4% | 1.3k | 7.7k | #58 |
| 49 | Finland | 9.3 | 15.3% | 668 | 6.1k | #36 |
| 50 | Ukraine | 8.8 | 5.2% | 1.8k | 6.2k | #45 |
| 51 | Ireland | 8.4 | 18.0% | 587 | 5.5k | #35 |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 7.9 | 19.9% | 373 | 4.2k | #64 |
| 53 | Colombia | 7.5 | 12.1% | 638 | 4k | #61 |
| 54 | Chile | 7.0 | 13.0% | 655 | 4.5k | #57 |
| 55 | Tunisia | 6.6 | 12.0% | 565 | 3.6k | #62 |
| 56 | Argentina | 6.2 | 8.4% | 970 | 5.1k | #44 |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 5.8 | 10.0% | 626 | 3.3k | #51 |
| 58 | Norway | 5.4 | 13.9% | 541 | 4k | #40 |
| 59 | Hungary | 5.0 | 9.0% | 1k | 5.5k | #39 |
| 60 | Croatia | 4.6 | 11.3% | 490 | 3.2k | #56 |
| 61 | Jordan | 4.2 | 12.2% | 428 | 2.8k | #66 |
| 62 | Serbia | 3.8 | 11.9% | 674 | 3.8k | #60 |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 3.4 | 5.1% | 571 | 1.3k | #73 |
| 64 | Slovenia | 3.1 | 11.3% | 421 | 2.9k | #54 |
| 65 | Slovakia | 2.7 | 9.9% | 536 | 3k | #47 |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 2.3 | 7.4% | 500 | 2.1k | #76 |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 2.0 | 10.7% | 224 | 1.1k | #78 |
| 68 | Nepal | 1.7 | 13.0% | 246 | 1.4k | #81 |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 131.3 | 5.1% | 439 | 1k | #79 |
| 70 | Lithuania | 97.8 | 11.3% | 222 | 1.7k | #65 |
| 71 | Philippines | 64.7 | 8.1% | 344 | 1.2k | #68 |
| 72 | Belarus | 32.1 | 3.1% | 347 | 776 | #69 |
| 73 | Armenia | 0.0 | 1.5% | 271 | 451 | #87 |
countries ranked worldwide in Chemistry (73). 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.