Field · Energy
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
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 100.0 | 22.3% | 69k | 1.3M | #1 |
| 2 | United States | 83.8 | 15.6% | 12k | 145k | #2 |
| 3 | India | 74.4 | 13.4% | 17k | 173k | #7 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 67.7 | 21.0% | 4k | 57k | #3 |
| 5 | Australia | 62.5 | 25.4% | 2.7k | 55k | #6 |
| 6 | Türkiye | 58.2 | 17.9% | 3.7k | 35k | #10 |
| 7 | Russia | 54.6 | 6.6% | 5.1k | 18k | #5 |
| 8 | Germany | 51.5 | 15.2% | 4.9k | 55k | #4 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 48.8 | 22.6% | 3k | 51k | #22 |
| 10 | Pakistan | 46.3 | 23.5% | 2k | 32k | #21 |
| 11 | South Korea | 44.1 | 18.9% | 4.8k | 78k | #14 |
| 12 | Italy | 42.1 | 18.1% | 2.9k | 34k | #12 |
| 13 | Poland | 40.2 | 14.1% | 2.1k | 20k | #20 |
| 14 | France | 38.5 | 12.9% | 3.3k | 33k | #9 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 36.9 | 16.3% | 2.3k | 28k | #16 |
| 16 | Iran | 35.4 | 17.9% | 3.8k | 54k | #17 |
| 17 | Canada | 34.0 | 18.9% | 2.3k | 35k | #11 |
| 18 | ?? | 32.6 | 18.2% | 2.3k | 34k | #26 |
| 19 | Spain | 31.4 | 14.5% | 3.2k | 35k | #13 |
| 20 | Hong Kong | 30.2 | 33.8% | 960 | 25k | #28 |
| 21 | Japan | 29.0 | 10.9% | 3.6k | 37k | #8 |
| 22 | Ukraine | 28.0 | 6.3% | 1.1k | 2.5k | #24 |
| 23 | Singapore | 26.9 | 31.2% | 797 | 22k | #18 |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 25.9 | 21.5% | 920 | 11k | #38 |
| 25 | Egypt | 25.0 | 21.7% | 2.2k | 36k | #35 |
| 26 | Netherlands | 24.1 | 19.6% | 1.1k | 14k | #15 |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 23.2 | 22.7% | 776 | 12k | #41 |
| 28 | Taiwan | 22.3 | 16.8% | 1.7k | 26k | #27 |
| 29 | Greece | 21.5 | 18.3% | 776 | 9.4k | #29 |
| 30 | Indonesia | 20.7 | 5.9% | 3.4k | 12k | #44 |
| 31 | Vietnam | 20.0 | 15.0% | 1k | 10k | #46 |
| 32 | Nigeria | 19.2 | 9.8% | 1.7k | 8.5k | #39 |
| 33 | Romania | 18.5 | 14.6% | 862 | 6.5k | #43 |
| 34 | South Africa | 17.8 | 17.6% | 1.2k | 14k | #34 |
| 35 | Norway | 17.1 | 21.4% | 710 | 8.6k | #30 |
| 36 | Denmark | 16.5 | 20.9% | 822 | 12k | #25 |
| 37 | Switzerland | 15.8 | 19.2% | 785 | 13k | #19 |
| 38 | Azerbaijan | 15.2 | 18.2% | 353 | 1.6k | #51 |
| 39 | Kazakhstan | 14.6 | 11.8% | 522 | 2.4k | #45 |
| 40 | Portugal | 14.0 | 19.4% | 1k | 13k | #33 |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 13.4 | 11.2% | 558 | 2.4k | #53 |
| 42 | Cyprus | 12.9 | 34.9% | 266 | 4.4k | #42 |
| 43 | Austria | 12.3 | 14.9% | 535 | 5.8k | #32 |
| 44 | Brazil | 11.8 | 8.4% | 2.6k | 18k | #37 |
| 45 | Sweden | 11.3 | 20.3% | 793 | 12k | #23 |
| 46 | Belgium | 10.8 | 17.0% | 645 | 7.7k | #31 |
| 47 | Finland | 10.3 | 22.2% | 475 | 6.3k | #36 |
| 48 | Iraq | 9.8 | 11.1% | 1.5k | 15k | #54 |
| 49 | Czechia | 9.3 | 14.6% | 605 | 7.1k | #40 |
| 50 | Qatar | 8.8 | 24.4% | 335 | 5.4k | #55 |
| 51 | Algeria | 8.4 | 9.6% | 1.2k | 8.6k | #52 |
| 52 | Morocco | 7.9 | 17.0% | 1k | 10k | #63 |
| 53 | Hungary | 7.5 | 14.0% | 464 | 4.1k | #57 |
| 54 | Tunisia | 7.0 | 16.8% | 511 | 4.2k | #49 |
| 55 | Slovakia | 6.6 | 13.5% | 231 | 1.5k | #61 |
| 56 | Mexico | 6.2 | 6.0% | 1.7k | 9.6k | #59 |
| 57 | Jordan | 5.8 | 19.8% | 326 | 4.2k | #65 |
| 58 | Thailand | 5.4 | 11.7% | 956 | 8.8k | #58 |
| 59 | Ghana | 5.0 | 24.3% | 234 | 2.6k | #70 |
| 60 | New Zealand | 4.6 | 22.3% | 261 | 3.6k | #50 |
| 61 | Ireland | 4.2 | 21.7% | 304 | 4.1k | #47 |
| 62 | Serbia | 3.8 | 9.8% | 304 | 1.8k | #56 |
| 63 | Ecuador | 3.4 | 6.8% | 598 | 2k | #76 |
| 64 | Israel | 3.1 | 13.5% | 348 | 3.9k | #48 |
| 65 | Chile | 2.7 | 10.9% | 490 | 4k | #67 |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 2.3 | 4.0% | 424 | 1.3k | #64 |
| 67 | Colombia | 2.0 | 4.1% | 942 | 3.1k | #71 |
| 68 | Ethiopia | 1.7 | 18.0% | 292 | 3.6k | #78 |
| 69 | Croatia | 131.3 | 12.3% | 229 | 2.1k | #69 |
| 70 | Slovenia | 97.8 | 11.4% | 255 | 2.6k | #73 |
| 71 | Philippines | 64.7 | 9.2% | 263 | 1.3k | #80 |
| 72 | Argentina | 32.1 | 3.8% | 503 | 1.9k | #74 |
| 73 | Peru | 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.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 69k works
- 2 India 17k works
- 3 United States 12k works
- 4 Russia 5.1k works
- 5 Germany 4.9k works
- 6 South Korea 4.8k works
- 7 United Kingdom 4k works
- 8 Iran 3.8k works
- 9 Türkiye 3.7k works
- 10 Japan 3.6k works
- 11 Indonesia 3.4k works
- 12 France 3.3k works