Field · Nursing
Top Countries in Nursing Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 65 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 | 17.2% | 14k | 90k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 83.4 | 32.0% | 17k | 194k | #6 |
| 3 | South Korea | 73.7 | 19.4% | 2.7k | 17k | #3 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 66.8 | 19.5% | 3k | 21k | #2 |
| 5 | Australia | 61.4 | 26.3% | 1.9k | 17k | #5 |
| 6 | Iran | 57.1 | 18.4% | 2.4k | 16k | #8 |
| 7 | Canada | 53.4 | 22.3% | 1.9k | 15k | #4 |
| 8 | Türkiye | 50.2 | 11.3% | 3.4k | 12k | #13 |
| 9 | Spain | 47.4 | 22.0% | 1.9k | 17k | #11 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 44.8 | 23.5% | 995 | 8.1k | #17 |
| 11 | Italy | 42.6 | 26.3% | 2.1k | 21k | #12 |
| 12 | Brazil | 40.5 | 12.4% | 3.8k | 17k | #7 |
| 13 | Egypt | 38.6 | 12.4% | 2k | 8.9k | #25 |
| 14 | Germany | 36.8 | 19.1% | 1.7k | 14k | #15 |
| 15 | Indonesia | 35.1 | 4.6% | 5.6k | 7.9k | #30 |
| 16 | India | 33.6 | 12.0% | 8.5k | 38k | #21 |
| 17 | Sweden | 32.1 | 27.9% | 523 | 5k | #9 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 30.8 | 23.5% | 887 | 8k | #10 |
| 19 | Portugal | 29.5 | 21.7% | 637 | 5.3k | #22 |
| 20 | Finland | 28.2 | 30.0% | 299 | 2.9k | #14 |
| 21 | Norway | 27.1 | 23.0% | 356 | 3.1k | #18 |
| 22 | Jordan | 26.0 | 22.3% | 214 | 1.4k | #27 |
| 23 | Japan | 24.9 | 9.8% | 2.8k | 12k | #20 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 23.9 | 19.8% | 657 | 4.7k | #23 |
| 25 | Ireland | 22.9 | 28.1% | 363 | 3.6k | #16 |
| 26 | South Africa | 22.0 | 19.3% | 784 | 5.2k | #32 |
| 27 | Malaysia | 21.0 | 13.4% | 801 | 4.4k | #38 |
| 28 | ?? | 20.2 | 15.0% | 860 | 5.1k | #35 |
| 29 | Singapore | 19.3 | 27.2% | 236 | 2.7k | #33 |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 18.5 | 22.9% | 1.2k | 8.3k | #40 |
| 31 | Philippines | 17.7 | 7.8% | 367 | 744 | #41 |
| 32 | Israel | 17.0 | 20.4% | 327 | 2.4k | #29 |
| 33 | Poland | 16.2 | 21.2% | 1.3k | 12k | #39 |
| 34 | Pakistan | 15.5 | 11.6% | 1.4k | 6.4k | #37 |
| 35 | Switzerland | 14.8 | 24.4% | 498 | 4.8k | #19 |
| 36 | France | 14.2 | 15.0% | 1.5k | 10k | #28 |
| 37 | Greece | 13.5 | 24.9% | 381 | 3.6k | #34 |
| 38 | Denmark | 12.9 | 21.4% | 520 | 4.3k | #31 |
| 39 | Belgium | 12.2 | 23.1% | 456 | 4.3k | #26 |
| 40 | Ghana | 11.6 | 17.9% | 396 | 2.2k | #45 |
| 41 | Thailand | 11.0 | 16.8% | 817 | 5k | #43 |
| 42 | Nigeria | 10.5 | 6.2% | 1.9k | 5.1k | #44 |
| 43 | New Zealand | 9.9 | 23.5% | 355 | 3.4k | #24 |
| 44 | Austria | 9.3 | 20.9% | 231 | 1.8k | #42 |
| 45 | Iraq | 8.8 | 4.7% | 826 | 1.7k | #55 |
| 46 | Romania | 8.3 | 24.8% | 398 | 4k | #56 |
| 47 | Croatia | 7.8 | 12.9% | 217 | 1.2k | #52 |
| 48 | Morocco | 7.3 | 15.3% | 232 | 1.1k | #63 |
| 49 | Peru | 6.8 | 11.3% | 248 | 836 | #64 |
| 50 | Uganda | 6.3 | 16.6% | 222 | 1.1k | #58 |
| 51 | Chile | 5.8 | 16.8% | 264 | 1.8k | #51 |
| 52 | Mexico | 5.3 | 12.3% | 1.2k | 6.6k | #50 |
| 53 | Bangladesh | 4.9 | 15.4% | 785 | 4k | #54 |
| 54 | Vietnam | 4.4 | 10.4% | 337 | 1.2k | #59 |
| 55 | Russia | 4.0 | 4.9% | 1.4k | 4.2k | #49 |
| 56 | Kenya | 3.6 | 10.3% | 393 | 1.3k | #57 |
| 57 | Hungary | 3.1 | 17.2% | 231 | 1.5k | #60 |
| 58 | Tanzania | 2.7 | 14.4% | 220 | 936 | #65 |
| 59 | Czechia | 2.3 | 15.5% | 304 | 2.6k | #53 |
| 60 | Colombia | 1.9 | 11.5% | 388 | 1.6k | #46 |
| 61 | Ecuador | 1.5 | 5.7% | 269 | 696 | #68 |
| 62 | Argentina | 113.2 | 13.2% | 456 | 2.4k | #66 |
| 63 | Nepal | 74.9 | 6.7% | 276 | 672 | #62 |
| 64 | Serbia | 37.1 | 13.1% | 244 | 1.6k | #67 |
| 65 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 3.7% | 374 | 753 | #70 |
countries ranked worldwide in Nursing (65). 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 17k works
- 2 United States 14k works
- 3 India 8.5k works
- 4 Indonesia 5.6k works
- 5 Brazil 3.8k works
- 6 Türkiye 3.4k works
- 7 United Kingdom 3k works
- 8 Japan 2.8k works
- 9 South Korea 2.7k works
- 10 Iran 2.4k works
- 11 Italy 2.1k works
- 12 Egypt 2k works