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Top Countries in Applied Mathematics Research

China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 48 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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 15.4% 9.4k 27k#2
2United States 82.1 15.5% 4.7k 14k#1
3Indonesia 71.6 6.4% 14k 15k#4
4India 64.2 13.5% 3.2k 7.6k#9
5Italy 58.4 20.1% 1.6k 5.6k#5
6Saudi Arabia 53.7 23.1% 1.1k 4.7k#14
7Türkiye 49.7 15.4% 1.5k 3.9k#11
8Germany 46.3 16.9% 1.5k 4.4k#6
9South Korea 43.2 17.5% 742 2.2k#15
10France 40.5 13.5% 1.7k 4.3k#3
11Pakistan 38.1 27.6% 526 2.5k#17
12Spain 35.8 15.1% 978 2.8k#12
13United Kingdom 33.7 17.1% 800 2.8k#7
14Russia 31.8 7.6% 2.8k 4.3k#13
15Brazil 30.0 8.7% 942 1.8k#19
16Poland 28.4 12.6% 656 1.6k#18
17Romania 26.8 18.6% 501 1.6k#22
18Iran 25.3 12.9% 739 1.9k#21
19Algeria 23.9 12.3% 626 1.4k#36
20Morocco 22.6 14.5% 740 1.7k#43
21Japan 21.4 9.7% 1.2k 2k#8
22Canada 20.2 14.6% 585 1.4k#10
23Ukraine 19.0 12.9% 648 1.2k#39
24Jordan 17.9 23.7% 253 1.1k#40
25?? 16.9 9.9% 631 1.1k#34
26Australia 15.8 16.9% 366 1.2k#16
27Egypt 14.9 19.5% 347 1.3k#38
28Taiwan 13.9 18.5% 294 1.1k#26
29Switzerland 13.0 21.3% 216 911#20
30Malaysia 12.1 15.8% 324 768#44
31Vietnam 11.3 10.4% 492 982#48
32Tunisia 10.5 12.7% 401 916#50
33Austria 9.7 19.3% 293 829#28
34Iraq 8.9 11.5% 322 818#51
35Finland 8.2 20.9% 208 675#30
36Israel 7.4 13.8% 277 654#23
37Uzbekistan 6.7 12.3% 362 774#55
38Hungary 6.0 14.3% 208 571#42
39Czechia 5.4 13.1% 271 647#37
40Serbia 4.7 17.3% 207 563#35
41Portugal 4.1 17.5% 239 585#32
42Sweden 3.4 14.3% 220 522#29
43Thailand 2.8 13.5% 216 629#58
44Mexico 2.2 12.5% 282 575#45
45Belgium 1.7 14.7% 210 513#25
46Kazakhstan 109.9 10.5% 289 449#57
47Philippines 54.4 10.0% 259 346#63
48Nigeria 0.0 5.9% 255 366#64

countries ranked worldwide in Applied Mathematics (48). 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.

0 – 5: 9 places5 – 10: 7 places10 – 15: 6 places15 – 20: 4 places20 – 25: 4 places25 – 30: 3 places30 – 35: 3 places35 – 40: 2 places40 – 45: 2 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 0 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 14k works
  2. 2 China 9.4k works
  3. 3 United States 4.7k works
  4. 4 India 3.2k works
  5. 5 Russia 2.8k works
  6. 6 France 1.7k works
  7. 7 Italy 1.6k works
  8. 8 Germany 1.5k works
  9. 9 Türkiye 1.5k works
  10. 10 Japan 1.2k works
  11. 11 Saudi Arabia 1.1k works
  12. 12 Spain 978 works