Subfield · Anthropology
Top Countries in Anthropology Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 44 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 | 14.9% | 10k | 11k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 81.7 | 18.6% | 4.7k | 7.1k | #2 |
| 3 | Germany | 71.0 | 18.9% | 2.1k | 3k | #5 |
| 4 | France | 63.4 | 7.8% | 7.6k | 3.2k | #4 |
| 5 | Spain | 57.5 | 21.6% | 1.8k | 2.4k | #6 |
| 6 | Australia | 52.7 | 23.5% | 1.3k | 2.4k | #3 |
| 7 | China | 48.6 | 23.3% | 1.3k | 3.5k | #10 |
| 8 | Canada | 45.0 | 15.0% | 1.6k | 1.7k | #7 |
| 9 | Italy | 41.9 | 15.3% | 1.8k | 1.5k | #9 |
| 10 | South Africa | 39.2 | 25.9% | 1k | 1.6k | #8 |
| 11 | India | 36.6 | 14.5% | 1.5k | 1.1k | #16 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 34.3 | 21.2% | 757 | 1.2k | #11 |
| 13 | Brazil | 32.2 | 9.3% | 3.2k | 1.1k | #13 |
| 14 | Poland | 30.3 | 7.8% | 3.2k | 950 | #23 |
| 15 | Belgium | 28.4 | 14.3% | 580 | 659 | #17 |
| 16 | Russia | 26.7 | 12.8% | 1.5k | 928 | #15 |
| 17 | Argentina | 25.1 | 17.5% | 1.3k | 1k | #19 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 23.6 | 15.1% | 1k | 567 | #29 |
| 19 | Denmark | 22.2 | 24.4% | 309 | 630 | #14 |
| 20 | Israel | 20.8 | 21.7% | 341 | 503 | #12 |
| 21 | Portugal | 19.5 | 18.5% | 631 | 515 | #26 |
| 22 | Switzerland | 18.3 | 14.4% | 599 | 652 | #18 |
| 23 | Nigeria | 17.1 | 15.8% | 504 | 273 | #39 |
| 24 | Philippines | 16.0 | 19.2% | 557 | 426 | #33 |
| 25 | Mexico | 14.9 | 13.1% | 701 | 360 | #25 |
| 26 | Austria | 13.9 | 18.0% | 310 | 374 | #27 |
| 27 | Norway | 12.9 | 24.3% | 273 | 430 | #22 |
| 28 | Japan | 11.9 | 15.9% | 390 | 409 | #20 |
| 29 | Indonesia | 11.0 | 14.8% | 406 | 284 | #38 |
| 30 | Sweden | 10.1 | 22.3% | 280 | 400 | #21 |
| 31 | Finland | 9.3 | 23.3% | 219 | 280 | #28 |
| 32 | ?? | 8.4 | 8.8% | 559 | 281 | #31 |
| 33 | Greece | 7.6 | 13.3% | 328 | 173 | #30 |
| 34 | Hungary | 6.8 | 13.3% | 343 | 193 | #43 |
| 35 | Ireland | 6.0 | 17.2% | 223 | 228 | #34 |
| 36 | Kenya | 5.3 | 15.3% | 340 | 193 | #32 |
| 37 | Chile | 4.6 | 19.0% | 341 | 312 | #36 |
| 38 | Czechia | 3.9 | 12.6% | 320 | 218 | #41 |
| 39 | Colombia | 3.2 | 13.4% | 325 | 190 | #37 |
| 40 | Ukraine | 2.5 | 13.6% | 324 | 167 | #47 |
| 41 | Sri Lanka | 1.9 | 19.2% | 268 | 78 | #48 |
| 42 | Morocco | 122.9 | 12.4% | 249 | 142 | #46 |
| 43 | Algeria | 60.8 | 11.2% | 221 | 71 | #50 |
| 44 | Romania | 0.0 | 10.1% | 215 | 95 | #51 |
countries ranked worldwide in Anthropology (44). 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.