Subfield · Automotive Engineering
Top Countries in Automotive Engineering Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 58 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 | 21.8% | 34k | 389k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 82.9 | 16.7% | 12k | 111k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 72.9 | 12.5% | 11k | 67k | #6 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 65.9 | 20.9% | 3.3k | 38k | #3 |
| 5 | Australia | 60.4 | 27.7% | 1.4k | 22k | #7 |
| 6 | Germany | 55.9 | 12.2% | 5.7k | 38k | #4 |
| 7 | South Korea | 52.1 | 19.0% | 3.4k | 34k | #10 |
| 8 | Canada | 48.8 | 19.9% | 2.1k | 23k | #5 |
| 9 | Italy | 45.9 | 16.3% | 3.2k | 27k | #9 |
| 10 | Singapore | 43.3 | 30.3% | 689 | 12k | #13 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 40.9 | 33.1% | 749 | 12k | #16 |
| 12 | Türkiye | 38.8 | 13.8% | 2.3k | 16k | #20 |
| 13 | France | 36.8 | 12.7% | 2.5k | 17k | #8 |
| 14 | Iran | 35.0 | 22.1% | 1.1k | 13k | #18 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 33.3 | 14.0% | 1.1k | 9.3k | #19 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 31.7 | 26.1% | 723 | 9.7k | #27 |
| 17 | Spain | 30.2 | 16.9% | 1.7k | 14k | #14 |
| 18 | ?? | 28.8 | 14.9% | 1.2k | 10k | #25 |
| 19 | Japan | 27.5 | 7.5% | 2.8k | 12k | #11 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 26.2 | 22.4% | 833 | 8.5k | #12 |
| 21 | Sweden | 25.0 | 21.3% | 814 | 8.5k | #15 |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 23.9 | 18.0% | 419 | 3.8k | #42 |
| 23 | Poland | 22.8 | 10.0% | 1.7k | 9.9k | #22 |
| 24 | Portugal | 21.7 | 17.9% | 708 | 6.1k | #29 |
| 25 | Denmark | 20.7 | 20.8% | 465 | 5.7k | #23 |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 19.8 | 22.9% | 383 | 4.6k | #41 |
| 27 | Egypt | 18.8 | 18.2% | 660 | 6.5k | #38 |
| 28 | Switzerland | 17.9 | 21.0% | 536 | 6k | #17 |
| 29 | Pakistan | 17.1 | 18.4% | 440 | 4.5k | #39 |
| 30 | Taiwan | 16.2 | 13.3% | 937 | 7.2k | #24 |
| 31 | Brazil | 15.4 | 8.1% | 1.4k | 6.4k | #31 |
| 32 | Norway | 14.6 | 19.3% | 412 | 4.3k | #28 |
| 33 | Greece | 13.9 | 20.6% | 608 | 5.9k | #30 |
| 34 | Belgium | 13.2 | 15.8% | 508 | 5.1k | #21 |
| 35 | South Africa | 12.4 | 17.7% | 431 | 3.8k | #36 |
| 36 | Ireland | 11.7 | 24.4% | 265 | 3.2k | #35 |
| 37 | Thailand | 11.1 | 14.5% | 553 | 4k | #44 |
| 38 | Finland | 10.4 | 19.1% | 396 | 3.6k | #33 |
| 39 | Russia | 9.8 | 4.3% | 1.7k | 4.8k | #32 |
| 40 | Austria | 9.2 | 11.0% | 677 | 4.3k | #26 |
| 41 | Indonesia | 8.5 | 3.6% | 2k | 3.9k | #43 |
| 42 | Romania | 7.9 | 8.7% | 727 | 3.5k | #45 |
| 43 | Morocco | 7.4 | 16.7% | 458 | 3k | #48 |
| 44 | Iraq | 6.8 | 10.8% | 423 | 2.7k | #51 |
| 45 | Czechia | 6.3 | 8.8% | 543 | 2.8k | #40 |
| 46 | Hungary | 5.7 | 9.0% | 552 | 2.5k | #46 |
| 47 | Vietnam | 5.2 | 10.2% | 590 | 2.3k | #50 |
| 48 | Nigeria | 4.7 | 7.1% | 329 | 1.5k | #55 |
| 49 | Ukraine | 4.2 | 5.6% | 526 | 1.1k | #52 |
| 50 | Mexico | 3.7 | 7.4% | 483 | 2.1k | #47 |
| 51 | Algeria | 3.2 | 10.2% | 269 | 1.4k | #56 |
| 52 | Tunisia | 2.7 | 9.9% | 251 | 1.3k | #57 |
| 53 | Croatia | 2.2 | 9.5% | 243 | 1.5k | #60 |
| 54 | Serbia | 1.8 | 9.8% | 215 | 970 | #58 |
| 55 | Ecuador | 130.8 | 7.9% | 223 | 760 | #63 |
| 56 | Colombia | 86.4 | 8.1% | 242 | 1.2k | #59 |
| 57 | Slovakia | 42.8 | 5.9% | 344 | 1.2k | #53 |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 0.0 | 4.7% | 279 | 638 | #61 |
countries ranked worldwide in Automotive Engineering (58). 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 34k works
- 2 United States 12k works
- 3 India 11k works
- 4 Germany 5.7k works
- 5 South Korea 3.4k works
- 6 United Kingdom 3.3k works
- 7 Italy 3.2k works
- 8 Japan 2.8k works
- 9 France 2.5k works
- 10 Türkiye 2.3k works
- 11 Canada 2.1k works
- 12 Indonesia 2k works