Top Countries in Computer Science Research
United States ranks first in 2022-now, followed by China and Germany, out of 128 ranked countries.
Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022-now
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100.0 | 11.1% | 181k | 1.2M | #1 | |
| 2 | 85.7 | 11.7% | 406k | 2.7M | #2 | |
| 3 | 77.4 | 9.4% | 48k | 295k | #3 | |
| 4 | 71.4 | 12.9% | 42k | 335k | #4 | |
| 5 | 66.8 | 13.3% | 8.7k | 71k | #6 | |
| 6 | 63.1 | 16.7% | 20k | 213k | #9 | |
| 7 | 59.9 | 12.0% | 30k | 210k | #12 | |
| 8 | 57.1 | 11.6% | 26k | 192k | #8 | |
| 9 | 54.7 | 18.4% | 9.1k | 117k | #13 | |
| 10 | 52.5 | 7.2% | 33k | 148k | #5 | |
| 11 | 50.6 | 11.2% | 30k | 176k | #10 | |
| 12 | 48.8 | 11.8% | 25k | 137k | #7 | |
| 13 | 47.1 | 11.7% | 12k | 83k | #11 | |
| 14 | 45.6 | 12.3% | 8k | 57k | #15 | |
| 15 | 44.2 | 9.7% | 7.1k | 40k | #14 | |
| 16 | 42.9 | 5.1% | 37k | 122k | #18 | |
| 17 | 41.6 | 10.3% | 5.8k | 42k | #16 | |
| 18 | 40.4 | 10.6% | 5k | 30k | #17 | |
| 19 | 39.3 | 6.5% | 167k | 673k | #21 | |
| 20 | 38.3 | 13.0% | 5.5k | 44k | #20 | |
| 21 | 37.3 | 9.8% | 13k | 85k | #19 | |
| 22 | 36.3 | 12.7% | 5.1k | 37k | #25 | |
| 23 | 35.4 | 8.1% | 11k | 46k | #22 | |
| 24 | 34.5 | 9.5% | 5.9k | 31k | #23 | |
| 25 | 33.7 | 15.8% | 6k | 60k | #32 | |
| 26 | 32.9 | 19.3% | 14k | 143k | #27 | |
| 27 | 32.1 | 9.8% | 8.4k | 41k | #24 | |
| 28 | 31.3 | 6.4% | 31k | 70k | #26 | |
| 29 | 30.6 | 13.0% | 2.7k | 20k | #31 | |
| 30 | 29.9 | 11.6% | 3.7k | 27k | #28 | |
| 31 | 29.2 | 8.1% | 5.4k | 26k | #29 | |
| 32 | 28.6 | 10.9% | 5.6k | 33k | #37 | |
| 33 | 27.9 | 12.0% | 8k | 53k | #30 | |
| 34 | 27.3 | 9.6% | 20k | 101k | #33 | |
| 35 | 26.7 | 12.6% | 1.1k | 6.8k | #36 | |
| 36 | 26.1 | 11.6% | 13k | 86k | #35 | |
| 37 | 25.6 | 8.5% | 3.2k | 11k | #34 | |
| 38 | 25.0 | 7.6% | 4.1k | 16k | #45 | |
| 39 | 24.5 | 9.2% | 7.8k | 43k | #53 | |
| 40 | 24.0 | 9.4% | 2k | 8.3k | #38 | |
| 41 | 23.5 | 10.5% | 1k | 5.5k | #50 | |
| 42 | 23.0 | 12.6% | 1.6k | 9.9k | #39 | |
| 43 | 22.5 | 6.2% | 10k | 34k | #41 | |
| 44 | 22.0 | 18.5% | 1.4k | 18k | #44 | |
| 45 | 21.5 | 8.2% | 6.3k | 24k | #47 | |
| 46 | 21.1 | 5.3% | 33k | 58k | #40 | |
| 47 | 20.6 | 10.1% | 18k | 84k | #42 | |
| 48 | 20.2 | 8.8% | 5.9k | 13k | #49 | |
| 49 | 19.8 | 13.3% | 11k | 85k | #46 | |
| 50 | 19.4 | 13.1% | 8.1k | 65k | #52 | |
| 51 | 19.0 | 7.4% | 8k | 31k | #48 | |
| 52 | 18.6 | 4.5% | 3k | 6.1k | #43 | |
| 53 | 18.2 | 6.6% | 5.8k | 12k | #57 | |
| 54 | 17.8 | 17.9% | 4.7k | 46k | #65 | |
| 55 | 17.4 | 7.2% | 6.1k | 24k | #61 | |
| 56 | 17.0 | 9.1% | 249 | 957 | #58 | |
| 57 | 16.7 | 7.8% | 2.5k | 7.8k | #51 | |
| 58 | 16.3 | 6.2% | 12k | 17k | #66 | |
| 59 | 16.0 | 7.0% | 4.5k | 9k | #62 | |
| 60 | 15.6 | 13.0% | 1.1k | 9k | #63 | |
| 61 | 15.3 | 7.8% | 2.2k | 8.4k | #56 | |
| 62 | 14.9 | 10.8% | 1.4k | 8.2k | #68 | |
| 63 | 14.6 | 7.4% | 4.6k | 12k | #55 | |
| 64 | 14.3 | 8.1% | 176k | 201k | #59 | |
| 65 | 14.0 | 9.0% | 1.1k | 5.1k | #60 | |
| 66 | 13.7 | 9.8% | 458 | 2.1k | #72 | |
| 67 | 13.3 | 5.7% | 294 | 739 | #71 | |
| 68 | 13.0 | 6.9% | 828 | 2.3k | #77 | |
| 69 | 12.7 | 5.8% | 255 | 872 | #54 | |
| 70 | 12.4 | 12.0% | 1.2k | 6.8k | #73 | |
| 71 | 12.1 | 8.0% | 2.5k | 10k | #69 | |
| 72 | 11.9 | 13.2% | 646 | 4.4k | #85 | |
| 73 | 11.6 | 4.8% | 1.3k | 3k | #83 | |
| 74 | 11.3 | 8.8% | 7.1k | 35k | #64 | |
| 75 | 11.0 | 9.3% | 302 | 1.2k | #79 | |
| 76 | 10.7 | 13.1% | 1.3k | 8.6k | #81 | |
| 77 | 10.5 | 17.5% | 318 | 2.3k | #80 | |
| 78 | 10.2 | 7.5% | 773 | 2.4k | #99 | |
| 79 | 9.9 | 5.6% | 689 | 2.4k | #95 | |
| 80 | 9.7 | 10.7% | 217 | 546 | #82 | |
| 81 | 9.4 | 4.4% | 210 | 627 | - | |
| 82 | 9.2 | 6.7% | 589 | 734 | #86 | |
| 83 | 8.9 | 4.3% | 3.1k | 6.1k | #70 | |
| 84 | 8.7 | 11.7% | 756 | 5k | #88 | |
| 85 | 8.4 | 8.0% | 348 | 1.4k | #75 | |
| 86 | 8.2 | 14.0% | 812 | 5.4k | #91 | |
| 87 | 8.0 | 6.8% | 336 | 873 | #92 | |
| 88 | 7.7 | 8.6% | 3.3k | 8.2k | #76 | |
| 89 | 7.5 | 7.6% | 331 | 874 | #94 | |
| 90 | 7.3 | 4.8% | 1.8k | 5.2k | #93 | |
| 91 | 7.0 | 7.6% | 3.4k | 17k | #74 | |
| 92 | 6.8 | 5.2% | 780 | 1.3k | #78 | |
| 93 | 6.6 | 9.7% | 761 | 3.8k | - | |
| 94 | 6.4 | 13.5% | 260 | 1.3k | - | |
| 95 | 6.1 | 3.3% | 900 | 1.1k | #97 | |
| 96 | 5.9 | 6.5% | 3.1k | 5.7k | - | |
| 97 | 5.7 | 6.1% | 4.8k | 19k | #67 | |
| 98 | 5.5 | 7.3% | 241 | 966 | - | |
| 99 | 5.3 | 7.8% | 446 | 1.4k | - | |
| 100 | 5.1 | 5.0% | 500 | 1.1k | #84 |
countries ranked worldwide in Computer Science (128). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).
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Ranked by volume, 2022-now
- 1
China 463k works
- 2
United States 214k works
- 3
India 196k works
- 4
Indonesia 187k works
- 5
Germany 55k works
- 6
United Kingdom 49k works
- 7
Japan 41k works
- 8
Russia 37k works
- 9
France 37k works
- 10
Brazil 35k works
- 11
Italy 34k works
- 12
South Korea 34k works
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United States ranks first in 2022-now, followed by China and Germany, out of 128 ranked countries.