Subfield · Aerospace Engineering
Top Countries in Aerospace Engineering Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 67 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 | 33.5% | 91k | 637k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 83.5 | 20.9% | 31k | 113k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 73.9 | 25.4% | 16k | 60k | #9 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 67.0 | 31.8% | 6.2k | 41k | #3 |
| 5 | South Korea | 61.7 | 32.0% | 5.8k | 34k | #10 |
| 6 | Italy | 57.4 | 32.2% | 5.5k | 29k | #5 |
| 7 | Germany | 53.7 | 25.8% | 7.3k | 31k | #4 |
| 8 | Canada | 50.5 | 33.1% | 3.7k | 24k | #7 |
| 9 | Australia | 47.7 | 34.9% | 2.3k | 18k | #11 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 45.2 | 46.5% | 1.2k | 16k | #20 |
| 11 | Singapore | 43.0 | 42.6% | 1k | 12k | #19 |
| 12 | France | 40.9 | 23.0% | 5k | 21k | #6 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 39.0 | 37.2% | 1.3k | 10k | #34 |
| 14 | Japan | 37.2 | 13.9% | 8.9k | 20k | #8 |
| 15 | ?? | 35.6 | 19.4% | 3.6k | 14k | #25 |
| 16 | Iran | 34.1 | 27.5% | 2.7k | 15k | #15 |
| 17 | Türkiye | 32.6 | 25.5% | 3k | 12k | #21 |
| 18 | Spain | 31.3 | 32.6% | 2.5k | 13k | #12 |
| 19 | Malaysia | 30.0 | 27.7% | 1.6k | 7.6k | #23 |
| 20 | Egypt | 28.8 | 26.7% | 1.5k | 7.4k | #32 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 27.6 | 33.7% | 1.6k | 8.6k | #13 |
| 22 | Switzerland | 26.5 | 30.6% | 922 | 6.3k | #17 |
| 23 | Poland | 25.4 | 26.3% | 2k | 8.6k | #22 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 24.4 | 32.0% | 694 | 4.8k | #48 |
| 25 | Taiwan | 23.4 | 25.5% | 1.5k | 11k | #14 |
| 26 | Pakistan | 22.5 | 33.3% | 908 | 6.2k | #37 |
| 27 | Russia | 21.6 | 11.7% | 8.3k | 14k | #18 |
| 28 | Portugal | 20.8 | 33.3% | 711 | 4.4k | #35 |
| 29 | Sweden | 19.9 | 32.3% | 1.1k | 6.9k | #16 |
| 30 | Finland | 19.1 | 36.5% | 646 | 4.7k | #31 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 18.3 | 8.3% | 6.7k | 4.7k | #38 |
| 32 | Greece | 17.6 | 31.6% | 768 | 4.7k | #30 |
| 33 | Denmark | 16.8 | 33.7% | 611 | 4.3k | #27 |
| 34 | Bangladesh | 16.1 | 31.2% | 762 | 3.3k | #50 |
| 35 | Brazil | 15.4 | 14.1% | 2.8k | 6k | #24 |
| 36 | Norway | 14.8 | 32.2% | 688 | 4.5k | #29 |
| 37 | Morocco | 14.1 | 31.8% | 666 | 2.6k | #54 |
| 38 | Vietnam | 13.5 | 24.1% | 875 | 3.2k | #55 |
| 39 | Belgium | 12.9 | 30.6% | 814 | 3.9k | #28 |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 12.3 | 49.6% | 239 | 2.5k | #60 |
| 41 | Ireland | 11.7 | 33.3% | 349 | 2.6k | #41 |
| 42 | Austria | 11.1 | 28.3% | 669 | 3.2k | #33 |
| 43 | Iraq | 10.5 | 11.7% | 2.1k | 3.3k | #52 |
| 44 | Indonesia | 10.0 | 14.5% | 2.6k | 3.7k | #43 |
| 45 | Czechia | 9.5 | 18.1% | 1.2k | 3.3k | #36 |
| 46 | Israel | 8.9 | 27.9% | 514 | 2.8k | #26 |
| 47 | Macau | 8.4 | 36.5% | 291 | 2.6k | #59 |
| 48 | Mexico | 7.9 | 20.3% | 670 | 2.2k | #40 |
| 49 | Romania | 7.4 | 18.7% | 849 | 2.4k | #44 |
| 50 | South Africa | 7.0 | 21.6% | 543 | 2.1k | #39 |
| 51 | New Zealand | 6.5 | 32.8% | 238 | 1.6k | #42 |
| 52 | Thailand | 6.0 | 16.3% | 837 | 1.6k | #47 |
| 53 | Hungary | 5.6 | 22.5% | 490 | 1.7k | #45 |
| 54 | Jordan | 5.1 | 21.6% | 315 | 1.3k | #61 |
| 55 | Algeria | 4.7 | 21.8% | 781 | 2.2k | #46 |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 4.3 | 9.8% | 840 | 1k | #70 |
| 57 | Nigeria | 3.8 | 18.1% | 514 | 1.4k | #62 |
| 58 | Tunisia | 3.4 | 14.6% | 507 | 1.1k | #58 |
| 59 | Croatia | 3.0 | 17.9% | 331 | 1k | #49 |
| 60 | Colombia | 2.6 | 23.5% | 272 | 799 | #65 |
| 61 | Serbia | 2.2 | 12.4% | 494 | 835 | #57 |
| 62 | Slovakia | 1.8 | 20.0% | 364 | 999 | #56 |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 146.4 | 12.8% | 414 | 516 | #63 |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 108.9 | 4.9% | 657 | 403 | #71 |
| 65 | Argentina | 72.1 | 16.6% | 242 | 584 | #53 |
| 66 | Belarus | 35.8 | 8.6% | 247 | 265 | #69 |
| 67 | Nepal | 0.0 | 6.4% | 236 | 187 | #73 |
countries ranked worldwide in Aerospace Engineering (67). 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 91k works
- 2 United States 31k works
- 3 India 16k works
- 4 Japan 8.9k works
- 5 Russia 8.3k works
- 6 Germany 7.3k works
- 7 Ukraine 6.7k works
- 8 United Kingdom 6.2k works
- 9 South Korea 5.8k works
- 10 Italy 5.5k works
- 11 France 5k works
- 12 Canada 3.7k works