Subfield · Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Top Countries in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 22 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 | 14.0% | 6k | 27k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 77.6 | 23.5% | 2.5k | 15k | #5 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 64.5 | 14.0% | 1.1k | 5k | #2 |
| 4 | Italy | 55.2 | 21.8% | 593 | 3.3k | #8 |
| 5 | Canada | 47.9 | 20.1% | 590 | 3.4k | #3 |
| 6 | Australia | 42.0 | 20.1% | 501 | 3.1k | #6 |
| 7 | Germany | 37.0 | 13.9% | 748 | 2.9k | #4 |
| 8 | South Korea | 32.7 | 17.4% | 514 | 2.7k | #17 |
| 9 | France | 28.9 | 12.4% | 497 | 2.1k | #7 |
| 10 | Spain | 25.5 | 12.5% | 533 | 1.8k | #15 |
| 11 | India | 22.4 | 3.7% | 2.2k | 2.9k | #16 |
| 12 | Japan | 19.6 | 9.0% | 808 | 2.6k | #10 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 17.0 | 21.2% | 268 | 1.7k | #9 |
| 14 | Türkiye | 14.6 | 8.7% | 728 | 1.6k | #18 |
| 15 | Brazil | 12.4 | 7.2% | 591 | 1.3k | #20 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 10.3 | 17.4% | 235 | 1.1k | #12 |
| 17 | Taiwan | 8.3 | 17.8% | 204 | 1.1k | #24 |
| 18 | Egypt | 6.5 | 5.8% | 478 | 862 | #29 |
| 19 | Iran | 4.7 | 7.5% | 354 | 862 | #30 |
| 20 | Pakistan | 3.1 | 3.7% | 301 | 308 | #38 |
| 21 | Russia | 1.5 | 2.1% | 258 | 341 | #37 |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0.0 | 1.7% | 245 | 171 | #41 |
countries ranked worldwide in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (22). 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 6k works
- 2 China 2.5k works
- 3 India 2.2k works
- 4 United Kingdom 1.1k works
- 5 Japan 808 works
- 6 Germany 748 works
- 7 Türkiye 728 works
- 8 Italy 593 works
- 9 Brazil 591 works
- 10 Canada 590 works
- 11 Spain 533 works
- 12 South Korea 515 works