Subfield · Atmospheric Science
Top Countries in Atmospheric Science Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 50 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 | 22.7% | 30k | 259k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 82.3 | 20.7% | 16k | 142k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 71.9 | 24.7% | 3.5k | 36k | #3 |
| 4 | Germany | 64.6 | 24.1% | 3.6k | 33k | #4 |
| 5 | France | 58.9 | 21.5% | 3.6k | 31k | #5 |
| 6 | India | 54.2 | 16.0% | 4.8k | 27k | #15 |
| 7 | Australia | 50.3 | 25.5% | 1.4k | 15k | #9 |
| 8 | Italy | 46.8 | 24.4% | 2.1k | 17k | #7 |
| 9 | Canada | 43.8 | 19.0% | 2.5k | 21k | #6 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 41.1 | 30.6% | 1.1k | 13k | #8 |
| 11 | Spain | 38.7 | 21.3% | 1.5k | 12k | #12 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 36.5 | 29.0% | 817 | 9.3k | #11 |
| 13 | Japan | 34.4 | 12.1% | 2.5k | 13k | #10 |
| 14 | Norway | 32.5 | 26.2% | 884 | 9.5k | #13 |
| 15 | Sweden | 30.8 | 25.2% | 677 | 7.6k | #14 |
| 16 | ?? | 29.1 | 20.4% | 805 | 6.5k | #21 |
| 17 | Russia | 27.6 | 5.0% | 4.2k | 12k | #16 |
| 18 | South Korea | 26.1 | 16.8% | 1.4k | 9.9k | #23 |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 24.7 | 35.3% | 408 | 4.7k | #26 |
| 20 | Denmark | 23.4 | 24.9% | 507 | 4.9k | #17 |
| 21 | Finland | 22.2 | 23.5% | 584 | 6.8k | #18 |
| 22 | Austria | 21.0 | 23.5% | 459 | 4.5k | #19 |
| 23 | Iran | 19.8 | 18.4% | 640 | 4.6k | #32 |
| 24 | Brazil | 18.8 | 14.0% | 930 | 4.9k | #24 |
| 25 | Belgium | 17.7 | 23.3% | 404 | 3.9k | #20 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 16.7 | 27.8% | 265 | 2.8k | #39 |
| 27 | Poland | 15.8 | 13.4% | 806 | 4.6k | #28 |
| 28 | Türkiye | 14.8 | 17.1% | 525 | 3.2k | #31 |
| 29 | Pakistan | 13.9 | 21.3% | 292 | 2.4k | #44 |
| 30 | Czechia | 13.1 | 18.4% | 448 | 3k | #34 |
| 31 | New Zealand | 12.2 | 19.7% | 328 | 2.8k | #22 |
| 32 | Greece | 11.4 | 19.3% | 405 | 3k | #27 |
| 33 | Taiwan | 10.6 | 12.3% | 558 | 3.2k | #30 |
| 34 | South Africa | 9.9 | 20.1% | 290 | 2.1k | #29 |
| 35 | Portugal | 9.1 | 20.3% | 282 | 2.2k | #33 |
| 36 | Indonesia | 8.4 | 9.1% | 692 | 1.9k | #43 |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 7.7 | 21.9% | 259 | 1.8k | #50 |
| 38 | Egypt | 7.0 | 19.6% | 230 | 1.5k | #47 |
| 39 | Argentina | 6.4 | 15.1% | 428 | 2.1k | #35 |
| 40 | Chile | 5.7 | 20.9% | 284 | 2.1k | #37 |
| 41 | Israel | 5.1 | 19.0% | 265 | 1.9k | #25 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 4.5 | 15.7% | 273 | 1.7k | #41 |
| 43 | Thailand | 3.9 | 18.9% | 210 | 1.7k | #55 |
| 44 | Romania | 3.3 | 18.2% | 236 | 1.4k | #48 |
| 45 | Mexico | 2.7 | 9.7% | 379 | 1.6k | #40 |
| 46 | Nigeria | 2.1 | 13.4% | 202 | 808 | #60 |
| 47 | Hungary | 1.6 | 14.7% | 220 | 1.2k | #45 |
| 48 | Vietnam | 104.4 | 12.2% | 263 | 1.1k | #52 |
| 49 | Iraq | 51.6 | 9.0% | 203 | 763 | #62 |
| 50 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 5.3% | 239 | 511 | #49 |
countries ranked worldwide in Atmospheric Science (50). 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 China 30k works
- 2 United States 16k works
- 3 India 4.8k works
- 4 Russia 4.2k works
- 5 France 3.6k works
- 6 Germany 3.6k works
- 7 United Kingdom 3.5k works
- 8 Canada 2.5k works
- 9 Japan 2.5k works
- 10 Italy 2.1k works
- 11 Spain 1.5k works
- 12 South Korea 1.4k works