Field · Neuroscience
Top Countries in Neuroscience Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 74 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 | United States | 100.0 | 19.2% | 79k | 670k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 83.9 | 22.8% | 61k | 584k | #4 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 74.5 | 22.9% | 16k | 149k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 67.8 | 19.3% | 17k | 136k | #3 |
| 5 | Italy | 62.6 | 22.7% | 11k | 92k | #8 |
| 6 | Canada | 58.4 | 19.2% | 10k | 83k | #5 |
| 7 | France | 54.8 | 17.1% | 9.5k | 69k | #6 |
| 8 | Australia | 51.7 | 22.0% | 7.1k | 64k | #10 |
| 9 | India | 49.0 | 11.8% | 19k | 83k | #16 |
| 10 | South Korea | 46.5 | 18.4% | 7.6k | 65k | #14 |
| 11 | Spain | 44.3 | 18.0% | 7.3k | 51k | #13 |
| 12 | Japan | 42.3 | 10.0% | 14k | 70k | #7 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 40.4 | 23.3% | 3.5k | 36k | #11 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 38.7 | 23.6% | 5.3k | 50k | #9 |
| 15 | Poland | 37.1 | 16.2% | 3.4k | 23k | #21 |
| 16 | Sweden | 35.6 | 21.8% | 2.5k | 22k | #12 |
| 17 | Brazil | 34.2 | 9.9% | 6.4k | 27k | #19 |
| 18 | Iran | 32.8 | 13.4% | 4.9k | 30k | #31 |
| 19 | ?? | 31.6 | 19.0% | 2.4k | 21k | #23 |
| 20 | Denmark | 30.4 | 22.2% | 2.1k | 19k | #18 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 29.3 | 21.8% | 2k | 17k | #39 |
| 22 | Türkiye | 28.2 | 8.7% | 5.6k | 20k | #34 |
| 23 | Belgium | 27.2 | 19.6% | 2.4k | 18k | #17 |
| 24 | Portugal | 26.2 | 18.1% | 1.9k | 14k | #30 |
| 25 | Egypt | 25.2 | 12.6% | 2.1k | 12k | #40 |
| 26 | Taiwan | 24.3 | 15.5% | 3k | 21k | #33 |
| 27 | Singapore | 23.4 | 25.8% | 1.2k | 15k | #27 |
| 28 | Greece | 22.6 | 20.1% | 1.4k | 11k | #35 |
| 29 | Russia | 21.8 | 4.5% | 7k | 20k | #26 |
| 30 | Norway | 21.0 | 22.2% | 1.4k | 12k | #22 |
| 31 | Hong Kong | 20.2 | 25.0% | 1.5k | 15k | #38 |
| 32 | Israel | 19.5 | 18.6% | 2.4k | 18k | #15 |
| 33 | Austria | 18.8 | 18.9% | 1.7k | 12k | #20 |
| 34 | Romania | 18.1 | 18.2% | 961 | 7.8k | #43 |
| 35 | Mexico | 17.4 | 11.3% | 2.2k | 11k | #36 |
| 36 | Ireland | 16.7 | 21.5% | 1.1k | 9.6k | #25 |
| 37 | Finland | 16.1 | 23.4% | 1.2k | 10k | #24 |
| 38 | Czechia | 15.5 | 14.4% | 1.3k | 7.7k | #29 |
| 39 | New Zealand | 14.9 | 17.3% | 964 | 7.2k | #32 |
| 40 | Pakistan | 14.3 | 11.4% | 1.6k | 8.2k | #45 |
| 41 | Hungary | 13.7 | 16.1% | 1.1k | 7.5k | #28 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 13.2 | 13.9% | 1.5k | 8.7k | #44 |
| 43 | Thailand | 12.6 | 14.0% | 941 | 5.6k | #48 |
| 44 | Chile | 12.1 | 16.8% | 947 | 6.1k | #42 |
| 45 | South Africa | 11.6 | 17.1% | 690 | 4.4k | #41 |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 11.0 | 15.3% | 908 | 5.4k | #50 |
| 47 | Argentina | 10.5 | 11.0% | 1k | 4.7k | #37 |
| 48 | Nigeria | 10.1 | 10.4% | 739 | 3.2k | #55 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 9.6 | 21.1% | 611 | 4.6k | #54 |
| 50 | Slovakia | 9.1 | 12.9% | 416 | 2.4k | #47 |
| 51 | Serbia | 8.6 | 12.2% | 485 | 2.3k | #52 |
| 52 | Indonesia | 8.2 | 3.9% | 2.5k | 4k | #57 |
| 53 | Iraq | 7.8 | 9.2% | 1.1k | 4k | #63 |
| 54 | Colombia | 7.3 | 10.3% | 788 | 2.5k | #58 |
| 55 | Macau | 6.9 | 26.1% | 276 | 2.9k | #68 |
| 56 | Croatia | 6.5 | 10.4% | 473 | 2k | #53 |
| 57 | Ukraine | 6.1 | 3.9% | 1.2k | 1.9k | #51 |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 5.7 | 11.9% | 435 | 1.9k | #46 |
| 59 | Slovenia | 5.3 | 17.6% | 324 | 2.2k | #56 |
| 60 | Qatar | 4.9 | 23.4% | 235 | 1.8k | #62 |
| 61 | Jordan | 4.5 | 16.6% | 351 | 2.4k | #69 |
| 62 | Cyprus | 4.1 | 18.2% | 226 | 1.3k | #70 |
| 63 | Lebanon | 3.7 | 13.9% | 204 | 1.1k | #66 |
| 64 | Lithuania | 3.4 | 14.5% | 255 | 1.5k | #74 |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 3.0 | 12.5% | 239 | 1k | #73 |
| 66 | Vietnam | 2.7 | 10.3% | 458 | 1.5k | #72 |
| 67 | Tunisia | 2.3 | 12.0% | 426 | 1.7k | #65 |
| 68 | Morocco | 2.0 | 10.9% | 509 | 1.6k | #60 |
| 69 | Ecuador | 1.6 | 9.6% | 385 | 813 | #79 |
| 70 | Peru | 129.1 | 8.0% | 291 | 714 | #76 |
| 71 | Philippines | 96.2 | 7.4% | 361 | 1.1k | #67 |
| 72 | Nepal | 63.7 | 5.8% | 233 | 515 | #85 |
| 73 | Uzbekistan | 31.6 | 4.8% | 282 | 343 | #88 |
| 74 | Algeria | 0.0 | 8.1% | 249 | 735 | #87 |
countries ranked worldwide in Neuroscience (74). 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 United States 79k works
- 2 China 61k works
- 3 India 19k works
- 4 Germany 17k works
- 5 United Kingdom 16k works
- 6 Japan 14k works
- 7 Italy 11k works
- 8 Canada 10k works
- 9 France 9.5k works
- 10 South Korea 7.6k works
- 11 Spain 7.3k works
- 12 Australia 7.1k works