Subfield · Archeology
Top Countries in Archeology (Arts and Humanities) Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 51 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 | 33.0% | 2.9k | 12k | #7 |
| 2 | United States | 82.4 | 16.6% | 6k | 8.3k | #1 |
| 3 | Italy | 72.1 | 22.7% | 3.7k | 7.1k | #3 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 64.7 | 21.3% | 3.4k | 5.7k | #2 |
| 5 | France | 59.1 | 8.9% | 7.6k | 4.1k | #4 |
| 6 | Spain | 54.4 | 17.8% | 5.5k | 5.6k | #5 |
| 7 | Germany | 50.5 | 17.1% | 2.2k | 3.1k | #6 |
| 8 | Türkiye | 47.1 | 16.4% | 2.9k | 2.9k | #19 |
| 9 | Australia | 44.1 | 25.2% | 950 | 2k | #8 |
| 10 | India | 41.4 | 18.4% | 1.6k | 2.3k | #12 |
| 11 | Israel | 39.0 | 18.6% | 1.3k | 1.2k | #10 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 36.8 | 24.2% | 602 | 1.6k | #11 |
| 13 | Poland | 34.8 | 16.9% | 2.1k | 1.9k | #20 |
| 14 | Canada | 32.9 | 18.7% | 904 | 1.3k | #9 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 31.1 | 25.3% | 761 | 1.1k | #29 |
| 16 | Indonesia | 29.5 | 14.1% | 1.6k | 1.2k | #31 |
| 17 | Portugal | 27.9 | 23.1% | 832 | 1.4k | #15 |
| 18 | Egypt | 26.5 | 12.6% | 1.3k | 1.3k | #30 |
| 19 | South Korea | 25.1 | 29.6% | 330 | 1k | #27 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 23.8 | 27.6% | 283 | 904 | #39 |
| 21 | Greece | 22.6 | 25.1% | 646 | 1.1k | #17 |
| 22 | Russia | 21.4 | 11.9% | 1.9k | 1.3k | #25 |
| 23 | Belgium | 20.3 | 19.5% | 553 | 855 | #13 |
| 24 | Austria | 19.2 | 22.0% | 437 | 717 | #23 |
| 25 | Iran | 18.1 | 17.4% | 647 | 893 | #28 |
| 26 | Japan | 17.1 | 21.5% | 550 | 1.3k | #14 |
| 27 | Brazil | 16.2 | 13.3% | 1.1k | 1k | #22 |
| 28 | Sweden | 15.3 | 27.0% | 309 | 793 | #24 |
| 29 | Denmark | 14.4 | 23.7% | 402 | 712 | #21 |
| 30 | Switzerland | 13.5 | 19.8% | 565 | 812 | #18 |
| 31 | Romania | 12.7 | 15.0% | 531 | 725 | #42 |
| 32 | Norway | 11.9 | 25.0% | 265 | 503 | #26 |
| 33 | South Africa | 11.1 | 29.1% | 276 | 582 | #16 |
| 34 | ?? | 10.3 | 14.8% | 542 | 608 | #37 |
| 35 | Czechia | 9.6 | 19.1% | 424 | 543 | #36 |
| 36 | Hungary | 8.9 | 13.8% | 662 | 515 | #41 |
| 37 | Argentina | 8.2 | 18.8% | 625 | 519 | #33 |
| 38 | Croatia | 7.5 | 13.2% | 503 | 411 | #35 |
| 39 | Finland | 6.8 | 22.6% | 206 | 433 | #34 |
| 40 | Ukraine | 6.2 | 14.4% | 556 | 346 | #44 |
| 41 | Iraq | 5.6 | 12.4% | 562 | 431 | #52 |
| 42 | Thailand | 4.9 | 27.9% | 227 | 473 | #49 |
| 43 | Serbia | 4.3 | 20.7% | 228 | 314 | #47 |
| 44 | Mexico | 3.8 | 12.6% | 484 | 377 | #38 |
| 45 | Slovenia | 3.2 | 21.5% | 240 | 367 | #43 |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | 2.6 | 19.2% | 263 | 173 | #48 |
| 47 | Nigeria | 2.1 | 14.5% | 241 | 276 | #55 |
| 48 | Chile | 1.5 | 16.1% | 228 | 240 | #45 |
| 49 | Algeria | 101.7 | 14.5% | 296 | 234 | #60 |
| 50 | Peru | 50.4 | 13.3% | 206 | 127 | #59 |
| 51 | Pakistan | 0.0 | 9.1% | 240 | 217 | #61 |
countries ranked worldwide in Archeology (51). 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.