Top Countries in Materials Science Research
China ranks first in 2022-now, followed by United States and United Kingdom, out of 87 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 |  China |
100.0 | 13.0% | 275k | 4.1M | #1 |
| 2 |  United States |
84.5 | 9.9% | 57k | 602k | #2 |
| 3 |  United Kingdom |
75.4 | 11.8% | 13k | 159k | #4 |
| 4 |  Germany |
69.0 | 7.9% | 20k | 187k | #3 |
| 5 |  Singapore |
64.0 | 19.0% | 3k | 61k | #10 |
| 6 |  Australia |
59.9 | 15.8% | 6.8k | 114k | #8 |
| 7 |  South Korea |
56.4 | 10.0% | 22k | 278k | #7 |
| 8 |  Switzerland |
53.4 | 11.8% | 3k | 39k | #6 |
| 9 |  France |
50.8 | 6.8% | 18k | 139k | #5 |
| 10 |  Spain |
48.4 | 8.9% | 9.5k | 104k | #9 |
| 11 |  Canada |
46.3 | 10.9% | 7.7k | 95k | #12 |
| 12 |  Japan |
44.4 | 4.9% | 27k | 175k | #13 |
| 13 |  Netherlands |
42.6 | 11.7% | 3.1k | 38k | #11 |
| 14 |  India |
40.9 | 7.2% | 71k | 655k | #15 |
| 15 |  Sweden |
39.4 | 10.6% | 3.2k | 40k | #16 |
| 16 |  Italy |
37.9 | 8.6% | 11k | 110k | #14 |
| 17 |  Poland |
36.6 | 7.2% | 8.7k | 77k | #24 |
| 18 |  Israel |
35.3 | 8.3% | 1.7k | 18k | #17 |
| 19 |  Finland |
34.1 | 10.3% | 1.7k | 21k | #21 |
| 20 |  Saudi Arabia |
32.9 | 14.6% | 9.8k | 147k | #18 |
| 21 |  Austria |
31.8 | 7.9% | 2.3k | 21k | #20 |
| 22 |  Denmark |
30.8 | 10.3% | 1.7k | 19k | #19 |
| 23 |  Taiwan |
29.8 | 7.4% | 7k | 72k | #23 |
| 24 |  Norway |
28.8 | 9.8% | 1.2k | 14k | #28 |
| 25 |  Belgium |
27.9 | 9.3% | 2.8k | 29k | #22 |
| 26 |  Czechia |
27.0 | 6.8% | 4k | 33k | #26 |
| 27 |  Portugal |
26.2 | 10.0% | 2.9k | 35k | #27 |
| 28 |  Ireland |
25.4 | 13.2% | 1k | 14k | #29 |
| 29 |  New Zealand |
24.6 | 11.8% | 701 | 10k | #32 |
| 30 |  Russia |
23.8 | 2.9% | 28k | 105k | #25 |
| 31 |  Bangladesh |
23.1 | 13.7% | 2.9k | 38k | #43 |
| 32 |  South Africa |
22.4 | 9.1% | 2.7k | 30k | #36 |
| 33 |  Slovenia |
21.7 | 8.3% | 1k | 9.4k | #31 |
| 34 |  United Arab Emirates |
21.0 | 14.8% | 1.4k | 20k | #37 |
| 35 |  Brazil |
20.4 | 4.5% | 10k | 69k | #33 |
| 36 |  Iran |
19.8 | 9.1% | 14k | 166k | #35 |
| 37 |  Ukraine |
19.1 | 3.7% | 4.9k | 14k | #42 |
| 38 |  Greece |
18.5 | 8.2% | 1.8k | 18k | #30 |
| 39 |  Türkiye |
18.0 | 6.4% | 12k | 93k | #38 |
| 40 |  Hungary |
17.4 | 6.7% | 1.4k | 10k | #34 |
| 41 |  Thailand |
16.8 | 6.9% | 4.1k | 39k | #45 |
| 42 |  Pakistan |
16.3 | 10.8% | 6.4k | 84k | #47 |
| 43 |  Chile |
15.8 | 7.3% | 1.1k | 9.9k | #44 |
| 44 |  Egypt |
15.3 | 12.3% | 7.7k | 101k | #46 |
| 45 |  Slovakia |
14.8 | 6.4% | 1.3k | 8.8k | #41 |
| 46 |  Luxembourg |
14.3 | 9.6% | 222 | 2.6k | #40 |
| 47 |  Romania |
13.8 | 7.0% | 2.7k | 23k | #54 |
| 48 |  Mexico |
13.3 | 3.7% | 5k | 32k | #50 |
| 49 |  Croatia |
12.9 | 5.4% | 691 | 4.8k | #49 |
| 50 |  Qatar |
12.4 | 13.7% | 469 | 7.2k | #48 |
| 51 |  Malaysia |
12.0 | 7.9% | 6.4k | 65k | #53 |
| 52 |  Estonia |
11.5 | 4.9% | 281 | 2k | #52 |
| 53 |  Vietnam |
11.1 | 4.9% | 3.5k | 24k | #51 |
| 54 |  Morocco |
10.7 | 11.4% | 2.5k | 26k | #59 |
| 55 |  Ethiopia |
10.3 | 12.7% | 960 | 12k | #62 |
| 56 |  Lithuania |
9.9 | 6.5% | 622 | 4.8k | #61 |
| 57 |  Argentina |
9.5 | 3.5% | 1.5k | 9.6k | #39 |
| 58 |  Bulgaria |
9.1 | 3.7% | 1.1k | 5.7k | #55 |
| 59 |  Kazakhstan |
8.7 | 6.1% | 1.4k | 6.7k | #65 |
| 60 |  Serbia |
8.3 | 5.4% | 996 | 6.3k | #63 |
| 61 |  Latvia |
7.9 | 4.8% | 450 | 3.3k | #56 |
| 62 |  Uzbekistan |
7.6 | 6.0% | 1.4k | 4.3k | #76 |
| 63 |  Cyprus |
7.2 | 10.4% | 241 | 2.5k | #58 |
| 64 |  Belarus |
6.9 | 2.7% | 1k | 3.2k | #70 |
| 65 |  Yemen |
6.5 | 15.4% | 278 | 3.5k | #72 |
| 66 |  Nepal |
6.2 | 6.2% | 494 | 3.5k | #73 |
| 67 |  Philippines |
5.8 | 4.4% | 523 | 2.5k | #69 |
| 68 |  Kuwait |
5.5 | 9.9% | 277 | 3k | #91 |
| 69 |  Oman |
5.2 | 10.1% | 255 | 3.1k | #80 |
| 70 |  Ghana |
4.9 | 7.5% | 206 | 1.8k | #83 |
| 71 |  Jordan |
4.6 | 12.2% | 859 | 9.8k | #77 |
| 72 |  Ecuador |
4.2 | 7.2% | 347 | 2.4k | #66 |
| 73 |  Indonesia |
3.9 | 2.9% | 9k | 33k | #74 |
| 74 |  Nigeria |
3.6 | 6.6% | 2.8k | 20k | #75 |
| 75 |  Tunisia |
3.3 | 6.4% | 1.4k | 11k | #78 |
| 76 |  Colombia |
3.0 | 4.0% | 1.1k | 7.2k | #60 |
| 77 |  Kenya |
2.7 | 5.0% | 232 | 1.8k | #88 |
| 78 |  Peru |
2.4 | 4.1% | 324 | 1.6k | #67 |
| 79 |  Lebanon |
2.2 | 8.1% | 248 | 2.6k | #68 |
| 80 |  Sri Lanka |
1.9 | 6.7% | 428 | 3.2k | #86 |
| 81 |  Azerbaijan |
1.6 | 6.2% | 786 | 3.2k | #82 |
| 82 |  Algeria |
132.5 | 7.2% | 2.7k | 19k | #84 |
| 83 |  Iraq |
105.4 | 7.3% | 5.2k | 40k | #89 |
| 84 |  Moldova |
78.6 | 1.8% | 204 | 554 | #87 |
| 85 |  Cameroon |
52.1 | 5.0% | 271 | 1.8k | #98 |
| 86 |  Tajikistan |
25.9 | 6.6% | 204 | 364 | - |
| 87 |  Armenia |
0.0 | 2.7% | 292 | 972 | #96 |
countries ranked worldwide in Materials Science (87). 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
313k works
- 2
India
81k works
- 3
United States
66k works
- 4
Russia
31k works
- 5
Japan
30k works
- 6
South Korea
25k works
- 7
Germany
23k works
- 8
France
20k works
- 9
Iran
16k works
- 10
United Kingdom
15k works
- 11
Türkiye
14k works
- 12
Italy
12k works
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China ranks first in 2022-now, followed by United States and United Kingdom, out of 87 ranked countries.