Field · Earth and Planetary Sciences
Top Countries in Earth and Planetary Sciences Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 80 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 | 22.6% | 83k | 627k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 84.2 | 16.7% | 56k | 325k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 74.9 | 25.2% | 12k | 89k | #3 |
| 4 | Germany | 68.4 | 24.4% | 11k | 83k | #4 |
| 5 | France | 63.3 | 21.3% | 13k | 86k | #5 |
| 6 | India | 59.1 | 15.3% | 14k | 69k | #13 |
| 7 | Italy | 55.6 | 25.3% | 10k | 64k | #8 |
| 8 | Australia | 52.5 | 26.3% | 6.3k | 53k | #7 |
| 9 | Canada | 49.9 | 20.4% | 7.1k | 50k | #6 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 47.5 | 30.1% | 2.7k | 26k | #9 |
| 11 | Spain | 45.3 | 22.2% | 7.1k | 41k | #12 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 43.3 | 25.8% | 2.8k | 22k | #11 |
| 13 | Japan | 41.5 | 14.0% | 8.7k | 42k | #10 |
| 14 | Norway | 39.8 | 23.0% | 2.6k | 20k | #14 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 38.2 | 31.9% | 1.2k | 12k | #25 |
| 16 | Sweden | 36.7 | 25.6% | 1.8k | 15k | #15 |
| 17 | South Korea | 35.3 | 16.1% | 4.2k | 25k | #22 |
| 18 | ?? | 34.0 | 19.6% | 3k | 20k | #21 |
| 19 | Russia | 32.8 | 5.2% | 19k | 39k | #17 |
| 20 | Iran | 31.6 | 17.5% | 2.6k | 15k | #33 |
| 21 | Denmark | 30.5 | 24.0% | 1.5k | 11k | #16 |
| 22 | Austria | 29.5 | 22.3% | 1.4k | 9.4k | #19 |
| 23 | Türkiye | 28.4 | 16.2% | 3.6k | 16k | #32 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 27.5 | 25.2% | 1.4k | 11k | #36 |
| 25 | Finland | 26.5 | 24.2% | 1.1k | 11k | #20 |
| 26 | Poland | 25.6 | 16.3% | 3.3k | 16k | #26 |
| 27 | Belgium | 24.8 | 21.1% | 1.6k | 9.7k | #18 |
| 28 | Brazil | 24.0 | 13.9% | 6.2k | 23k | #27 |
| 29 | South Africa | 23.2 | 21.1% | 1.5k | 8.4k | #29 |
| 30 | Pakistan | 22.4 | 20.6% | 1k | 7.3k | #43 |
| 31 | Egypt | 21.6 | 21.6% | 2k | 12k | #41 |
| 32 | Greece | 20.9 | 22.3% | 1.7k | 10k | #28 |
| 33 | New Zealand | 20.2 | 23.4% | 1.2k | 9.5k | #23 |
| 34 | Portugal | 19.5 | 22.4% | 1.8k | 11k | #31 |
| 35 | Israel | 18.9 | 21.3% | 1.2k | 6.8k | #24 |
| 36 | Czechia | 18.2 | 15.8% | 1.9k | 8.3k | #34 |
| 37 | Malaysia | 17.6 | 13.5% | 1.6k | 6.7k | #40 |
| 38 | Bangladesh | 17.0 | 21.3% | 663 | 4.4k | #49 |
| 39 | Romania | 16.4 | 16.8% | 1.2k | 4.8k | #47 |
| 40 | Taiwan | 15.8 | 14.7% | 1.7k | 9.2k | #30 |
| 41 | Indonesia | 15.3 | 5.8% | 7.4k | 12k | #44 |
| 42 | Singapore | 14.7 | 30.7% | 594 | 5.6k | #39 |
| 43 | Argentina | 14.2 | 21.4% | 2.2k | 8.9k | #35 |
| 44 | Nigeria | 13.6 | 10.6% | 1.5k | 5.4k | #54 |
| 45 | Chile | 13.1 | 18.7% | 1.3k | 7.3k | #45 |
| 46 | Thailand | 12.6 | 17.6% | 750 | 4.1k | #52 |
| 47 | Mexico | 12.1 | 10.3% | 2.7k | 8.7k | #37 |
| 48 | Ireland | 11.7 | 21.3% | 598 | 4k | #38 |
| 49 | Vietnam | 11.2 | 12.0% | 1k | 3.8k | #51 |
| 50 | Morocco | 10.7 | 20.0% | 1k | 5.2k | #59 |
| 51 | Hungary | 10.3 | 14.3% | 1.2k | 4.4k | #46 |
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 9.8 | 21.9% | 436 | 2.5k | #63 |
| 53 | Ethiopia | 9.4 | 19.1% | 336 | 2.4k | #62 |
| 54 | Iraq | 9.0 | 7.1% | 1.2k | 2.8k | #64 |
| 55 | Ukraine | 8.6 | 5.9% | 1.6k | 2.5k | #50 |
| 56 | Nepal | 8.1 | 14.5% | 253 | 1k | #55 |
| 57 | Cyprus | 7.7 | 27.5% | 229 | 1.4k | #57 |
| 58 | Iceland | 7.3 | 21.2% | 221 | 1.6k | #42 |
| 59 | Ghana | 6.9 | 19.0% | 207 | 1.5k | #69 |
| 60 | Slovakia | 6.6 | 13.7% | 636 | 2.1k | #48 |
| 61 | Serbia | 6.2 | 15.0% | 466 | 1.6k | #65 |
| 62 | Croatia | 5.8 | 13.7% | 646 | 2.6k | #58 |
| 63 | Slovenia | 5.5 | 19.4% | 419 | 1.8k | #56 |
| 64 | Colombia | 5.1 | 8.2% | 1.2k | 3.3k | #66 |
| 65 | Algeria | 4.7 | 11.5% | 725 | 2.4k | #72 |
| 66 | Philippines | 4.4 | 9.7% | 476 | 1.4k | #67 |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 4.0 | 10.2% | 608 | 1.5k | #75 |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 3.7 | 6.3% | 756 | 1.4k | #60 |
| 69 | Tunisia | 3.4 | 9.1% | 531 | 3.2k | #53 |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 3.0 | 15.6% | 463 | 1.3k | #70 |
| 71 | Estonia | 2.7 | 20.1% | 278 | 1.7k | #61 |
| 72 | Peru | 2.4 | 9.9% | 532 | 1.4k | #71 |
| 73 | Cameroon | 2.1 | 10.2% | 381 | 1.6k | #82 |
| 74 | Ecuador | 1.8 | 11.9% | 395 | 1.2k | #78 |
| 75 | Lithuania | 147.3 | 15.5% | 240 | 932 | #79 |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 117.1 | 8.8% | 318 | 559 | #83 |
| 77 | Mongolia | 87.2 | 7.9% | 216 | 433 | #89 |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 57.8 | 5.9% | 424 | 618 | #86 |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 28.7 | 3.8% | 315 | 405 | #97 |
| 80 | Georgia | 0.0 | 6.3% | 207 | 311 | #92 |
countries ranked worldwide in Earth and Planetary Sciences (80). 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.