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Top Countries in Energy 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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 22.3% 69k 1.3M#1
2United States 83.8 15.6% 12k 145k#2
3India 74.4 13.4% 17k 173k#7
4United Kingdom 67.7 21.0% 4k 57k#3
5Australia 62.5 25.4% 2.7k 55k#6
6Türkiye 58.2 17.9% 3.7k 35k#10
7Russia 54.6 6.6% 5.1k 18k#5
8Germany 51.5 15.2% 4.9k 55k#4
9Saudi Arabia 48.8 22.6% 3k 51k#22
10Pakistan 46.3 23.5% 2k 32k#21
11South Korea 44.1 18.9% 4.8k 78k#14
12Italy 42.1 18.1% 2.9k 34k#12
13Poland 40.2 14.1% 2.1k 20k#20
14France 38.5 12.9% 3.3k 33k#9
15Malaysia 36.9 16.3% 2.3k 28k#16
16Iran 35.4 17.9% 3.8k 54k#17
17Canada 34.0 18.9% 2.3k 35k#11
18?? 32.6 18.2% 2.3k 34k#26
19Spain 31.4 14.5% 3.2k 35k#13
20Hong Kong 30.2 33.8% 960 25k#28
21Japan 29.0 10.9% 3.6k 37k#8
22Ukraine 28.0 6.3% 1.1k 2.5k#24
23Singapore 26.9 31.2% 797 22k#18
24Bangladesh 25.9 21.5% 920 11k#38
25Egypt 25.0 21.7% 2.2k 36k#35
26Netherlands 24.1 19.6% 1.1k 14k#15
27United Arab Emirates 23.2 22.7% 776 12k#41
28Taiwan 22.3 16.8% 1.7k 26k#27
29Greece 21.5 18.3% 776 9.4k#29
30Indonesia 20.7 5.9% 3.4k 12k#44
31Vietnam 20.0 15.0% 1k 10k#46
32Nigeria 19.2 9.8% 1.7k 8.5k#39
33Romania 18.5 14.6% 862 6.5k#43
34South Africa 17.8 17.6% 1.2k 14k#34
35Norway 17.1 21.4% 710 8.6k#30
36Denmark 16.5 20.9% 822 12k#25
37Switzerland 15.8 19.2% 785 13k#19
38Azerbaijan 15.2 18.2% 353 1.6k#51
39Kazakhstan 14.6 11.8% 522 2.4k#45
40Portugal 14.0 19.4% 1k 13k#33
41Uzbekistan 13.4 11.2% 558 2.4k#53
42Cyprus 12.9 34.9% 266 4.4k#42
43Austria 12.3 14.9% 535 5.8k#32
44Brazil 11.8 8.4% 2.6k 18k#37
45Sweden 11.3 20.3% 793 12k#23
46Belgium 10.8 17.0% 645 7.7k#31
47Finland 10.3 22.2% 475 6.3k#36
48Iraq 9.8 11.1% 1.5k 15k#54
49Czechia 9.3 14.6% 605 7.1k#40
50Qatar 8.8 24.4% 335 5.4k#55
51Algeria 8.4 9.6% 1.2k 8.6k#52
52Morocco 7.9 17.0% 1k 10k#63
53Hungary 7.5 14.0% 464 4.1k#57
54Tunisia 7.0 16.8% 511 4.2k#49
55Slovakia 6.6 13.5% 231 1.5k#61
56Mexico 6.2 6.0% 1.7k 9.6k#59
57Jordan 5.8 19.8% 326 4.2k#65
58Thailand 5.4 11.7% 956 8.8k#58
59Ghana 5.0 24.3% 234 2.6k#70
60New Zealand 4.6 22.3% 261 3.6k#50
61Ireland 4.2 21.7% 304 4.1k#47
62Serbia 3.8 9.8% 304 1.8k#56
63Ecuador 3.4 6.8% 598 2k#76
64Israel 3.1 13.5% 348 3.9k#48
65Chile 2.7 10.9% 490 4k#67
66Bulgaria 2.3 4.0% 424 1.3k#64
67Colombia 2.0 4.1% 942 3.1k#71
68Ethiopia 1.7 18.0% 292 3.6k#78
69Croatia 131.3 12.3% 229 2.1k#69
70Slovenia 97.8 11.4% 255 2.6k#73
71Philippines 64.7 9.2% 263 1.3k#80
72Argentina 32.1 3.8% 503 1.9k#74
73Peru 0.0 3.2% 413 849#83

countries ranked worldwide in Energy (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.

0 – 5: 15 places5 – 10: 11 places10 – 15: 9 places15 – 20: 8 places20 – 25: 6 places25 – 30: 4 places30 – 35: 4 places35 – 40: 3 places40 – 45: 3 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 2 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 69k works
  2. 2 India 17k works
  3. 3 United States 12k works
  4. 4 Russia 5.1k works
  5. 5 Germany 4.9k works
  6. 6 South Korea 4.8k works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 4k works
  8. 8 Iran 3.8k works
  9. 9 Türkiye 3.7k works
  10. 10 Japan 3.6k works
  11. 11 Indonesia 3.4k works
  12. 12 France 3.3k works