Field · Materials Science
Top Countries in Materials Science Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 90 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 | 21.4% | 271k | 4M | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 84.6 | 15.1% | 57k | 602k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 75.6 | 14.1% | 71k | 655k | #7 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 69.2 | 18.1% | 13k | 159k | #4 |
| 5 | South Korea | 64.2 | 17.3% | 22k | 278k | #8 |
| 6 | Germany | 60.2 | 12.4% | 20k | 187k | #3 |
| 7 | Australia | 56.8 | 24.1% | 6.8k | 114k | #10 |
| 8 | Japan | 53.8 | 7.6% | 27k | 175k | #5 |
| 9 | Russia | 51.2 | 4.4% | 28k | 105k | #11 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 48.8 | 22.6% | 9.8k | 147k | #23 |
| 11 | France | 46.7 | 10.5% | 18k | 139k | #6 |
| 12 | Canada | 44.8 | 18.1% | 7.7k | 95k | #9 |
| 13 | Iran | 43.0 | 17.4% | 14k | 166k | #18 |
| 14 | ?? | 41.4 | 17.9% | 8.1k | 104k | #19 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 39.8 | 31.9% | 3.2k | 68k | #20 |
| 16 | Singapore | 38.4 | 28.1% | 3k | 61k | #16 |
| 17 | Italy | 37.0 | 14.9% | 11k | 110k | #12 |
| 18 | Egypt | 35.8 | 20.6% | 7.7k | 101k | #32 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 34.6 | 11.3% | 12k | 93k | #25 |
| 20 | Spain | 33.4 | 14.9% | 9.5k | 104k | #15 |
| 21 | Poland | 32.3 | 11.4% | 8.7k | 77k | #21 |
| 22 | Pakistan | 31.3 | 19.8% | 6.4k | 84k | #37 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 30.3 | 14.3% | 6.4k | 65k | #33 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 29.4 | 5.4% | 4.9k | 14k | #28 |
| 25 | Switzerland | 28.5 | 19.3% | 3k | 39k | #13 |
| 26 | Sweden | 27.6 | 17.3% | 3.2k | 40k | #17 |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 26.8 | 23.2% | 2.9k | 38k | #45 |
| 28 | Iraq | 25.9 | 11.4% | 5.2k | 40k | #44 |
| 29 | Taiwan | 25.2 | 13.2% | 7k | 72k | #22 |
| 30 | Netherlands | 24.4 | 18.5% | 3.1k | 38k | #14 |
| 31 | Portugal | 23.7 | 17.1% | 2.9k | 35k | #36 |
| 32 | Brazil | 23.0 | 8.3% | 10k | 69k | #30 |
| 33 | Czechia | 22.3 | 10.6% | 4k | 33k | #31 |
| 34 | Belgium | 21.6 | 14.6% | 2.8k | 29k | #24 |
| 35 | Indonesia | 21.0 | 5.2% | 9k | 33k | #47 |
| 36 | Romania | 20.4 | 11.4% | 2.7k | 23k | #42 |
| 37 | Austria | 19.8 | 12.1% | 2.3k | 21k | #27 |
| 38 | South Africa | 19.2 | 15.6% | 2.7k | 30k | #41 |
| 39 | Nigeria | 18.6 | 11.5% | 2.8k | 20k | #51 |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 18.0 | 23.8% | 1.4k | 20k | #56 |
| 41 | Morocco | 17.5 | 18.4% | 2.5k | 26k | #54 |
| 42 | Finland | 16.9 | 16.4% | 1.7k | 21k | #34 |
| 43 | Mexico | 16.4 | 7.3% | 5k | 32k | #39 |
| 44 | Norway | 15.9 | 14.8% | 1.2k | 14k | #35 |
| 45 | Denmark | 15.4 | 15.6% | 1.7k | 19k | #29 |
| 46 | Thailand | 14.9 | 12.9% | 4.1k | 39k | #52 |
| 47 | Israel | 14.4 | 14.0% | 1.7k | 18k | #26 |
| 48 | Algeria | 14.0 | 10.4% | 2.7k | 19k | #57 |
| 49 | Ireland | 13.5 | 20.0% | 1k | 14k | #38 |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 13.1 | 6.6% | 1.4k | 4.3k | #62 |
| 51 | Greece | 12.6 | 14.2% | 1.8k | 18k | #40 |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 12.2 | 9.2% | 1.4k | 6.7k | #58 |
| 53 | Vietnam | 11.8 | 8.5% | 3.5k | 24k | #55 |
| 54 | New Zealand | 11.4 | 19.7% | 701 | 10k | #46 |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 10.9 | 21.2% | 960 | 12k | #70 |
| 56 | Macau | 10.5 | 32.0% | 469 | 9.5k | #65 |
| 57 | Slovakia | 10.2 | 10.0% | 1.3k | 8.8k | #48 |
| 58 | Slovenia | 9.8 | 12.2% | 1k | 9.4k | #49 |
| 59 | Jordan | 9.4 | 16.9% | 859 | 9.8k | #66 |
| 60 | Hungary | 9.0 | 10.4% | 1.4k | 10k | #43 |
| 61 | Belarus | 8.6 | 4.6% | 1k | 3.2k | #60 |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 8.3 | 6.1% | 1.1k | 5.7k | #53 |
| 63 | Qatar | 7.9 | 22.3% | 469 | 7.2k | #63 |
| 64 | Serbia | 7.6 | 8.6% | 996 | 6.3k | #59 |
| 65 | Chile | 7.2 | 13.3% | 1.1k | 9.9k | #64 |
| 66 | Azerbaijan | 6.9 | 8.0% | 786 | 3.2k | #72 |
| 67 | Tunisia | 6.6 | 9.7% | 1.4k | 11k | #67 |
| 68 | Argentina | 6.2 | 7.2% | 1.5k | 9.6k | #50 |
| 69 | Lithuania | 5.9 | 9.6% | 622 | 4.8k | #69 |
| 70 | Nepal | 5.6 | 10.9% | 494 | 3.5k | #79 |
| 71 | Colombia | 5.3 | 7.4% | 1.1k | 7.2k | #68 |
| 72 | Croatia | 5.0 | 8.4% | 691 | 4.8k | #61 |
| 73 | Yemen | 4.7 | 21.8% | 278 | 3.5k | #83 |
| 74 | Kuwait | 4.4 | 16.2% | 277 | 3k | #84 |
| 75 | Oman | 4.1 | 17.9% | 255 | 3.1k | #80 |
| 76 | Philippines | 3.8 | 8.4% | 523 | 2.5k | #81 |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 3.5 | 11.8% | 428 | 3.2k | #86 |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 3.2 | 13.6% | 222 | 2.6k | #73 |
| 79 | Cyprus | 2.9 | 14.5% | 241 | 2.5k | #77 |
| 80 | Lebanon | 2.6 | 13.5% | 248 | 2.6k | #87 |
| 81 | Ecuador | 2.3 | 9.7% | 347 | 2.4k | #89 |
| 82 | Latvia | 2.1 | 7.7% | 450 | 3.3k | #71 |
| 83 | Estonia | 1.8 | 8.5% | 281 | 2k | #75 |
| 84 | Armenia | 1.5 | 4.9% | 292 | 972 | #92 |
| 85 | Ghana | 127.0 | 10.6% | 206 | 1.8k | #93 |
| 86 | Peru | 101.0 | 7.6% | 324 | 1.6k | #97 |
| 87 | Kenya | 75.3 | 8.7% | 232 | 1.8k | — |
| 88 | Tajikistan | 49.9 | 2.5% | 204 | 364 | #85 |
| 89 | Cameroon | 24.8 | 6.8% | 271 | 1.8k | #100 |
| 90 | Moldova | 0.0 | 5.2% | 204 | 554 | #82 |
countries ranked worldwide in Materials Science (90). 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 271k works
- 2 India 71k works
- 3 United States 57k works
- 4 Russia 28k works
- 5 Japan 27k works
- 6 South Korea 22k works
- 7 Germany 20k works
- 8 France 18k works
- 9 Iran 14k works
- 10 United Kingdom 13k works
- 11 Türkiye 12k works
- 12 Italy 11k works