Subfield · Aquatic Science
Top Countries in Aquatic Science Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 32 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 | 33.8% | 5.6k | 53k | #2 |
| 2 | India | 80.0 | 13.7% | 3.2k | 13k | #4 |
| 3 | United States | 68.3 | 17.5% | 2k | 11k | #1 |
| 4 | Egypt | 60.0 | 26.6% | 816 | 7.1k | #16 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 53.6 | 2.0% | 8.3k | 8.4k | #17 |
| 6 | Portugal | 48.3 | 32.7% | 366 | 4.3k | #10 |
| 7 | Iran | 43.9 | 23.1% | 546 | 4.2k | #19 |
| 8 | Italy | 40.0 | 32.3% | 419 | 4k | #15 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 36.6 | 23.4% | 403 | 2.7k | #3 |
| 10 | Australia | 33.6 | 26.6% | 402 | 3.3k | #11 |
| 11 | Spain | 30.8 | 26.3% | 536 | 4.1k | #13 |
| 12 | Malaysia | 28.3 | 15.1% | 588 | 3.3k | #18 |
| 13 | South Korea | 26.0 | 22.8% | 638 | 4.5k | #7 |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 23.9 | 9.9% | 1.5k | 2.8k | #24 |
| 15 | Brazil | 21.9 | 10.2% | 1.6k | 5.7k | #12 |
| 16 | Norway | 20.0 | 31.3% | 311 | 2.9k | #8 |
| 17 | Canada | 18.3 | 25.6% | 390 | 4.3k | #5 |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 16.6 | 17.4% | 544 | 2.8k | #28 |
| 19 | Germany | 15.0 | 23.5% | 370 | 2.7k | #14 |
| 20 | France | 13.6 | 18.9% | 457 | 2.5k | #6 |
| 21 | Türkiye | 12.2 | 9.0% | 876 | 2.6k | #27 |
| 22 | Mexico | 10.8 | 12.2% | 455 | 1.8k | #30 |
| 23 | Thailand | 9.5 | 21.0% | 377 | 2.3k | #31 |
| 24 | Japan | 8.3 | 10.9% | 623 | 2.2k | #9 |
| 25 | Russia | 7.1 | 6.6% | 961 | 2.2k | #20 |
| 26 | ?? | 6.0 | 11.4% | 390 | 1.6k | #37 |
| 27 | Pakistan | 4.9 | 11.5% | 380 | 1.4k | #42 |
| 28 | Taiwan | 3.9 | 19.6% | 277 | 1.8k | #25 |
| 29 | Vietnam | 2.8 | 9.6% | 338 | 983 | #43 |
| 30 | Nigeria | 1.9 | 3.8% | 573 | 977 | #44 |
| 31 | Philippines | 91.6 | 6.7% | 301 | 751 | #45 |
| 32 | Iraq | 0.0 | 3.1% | 438 | 694 | #48 |
countries ranked worldwide in Aquatic Science (32). 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 Indonesia 8.3k works
- 2 China 5.6k works
- 3 India 3.2k works
- 4 United States 2k works
- 5 Brazil 1.6k works
- 6 Uzbekistan 1.5k works
- 7 Russia 961 works
- 8 Türkiye 876 works
- 9 Egypt 816 works
- 10 South Korea 638 works
- 11 Japan 623 works
- 12 Malaysia 588 works