Subfield · Biomedical Engineering
Top Countries in Biomedical Engineering Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 81 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 | 21.4% | 131k | 1.6M | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 84.2 | 13.9% | 54k | 426k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 75.0 | 14.2% | 38k | 276k | #5 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 68.5 | 17.1% | 12k | 107k | #3 |
| 5 | South Korea | 63.4 | 17.7% | 13k | 137k | #9 |
| 6 | Germany | 59.2 | 12.7% | 15k | 102k | #4 |
| 7 | Australia | 55.7 | 21.4% | 5.4k | 66k | #11 |
| 8 | Italy | 52.7 | 16.4% | 10k | 87k | #10 |
| 9 | France | 50.0 | 11.9% | 10k | 68k | #6 |
| 10 | Canada | 47.6 | 15.8% | 7.5k | 69k | #8 |
| 11 | Iran | 45.4 | 17.6% | 8.1k | 86k | #16 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 43.5 | 23.2% | 4.3k | 56k | #26 |
| 13 | ?? | 41.6 | 18.4% | 4.4k | 49k | #23 |
| 14 | Singapore | 39.9 | 26.6% | 2.2k | 36k | #15 |
| 15 | Spain | 38.4 | 15.2% | 7.1k | 61k | #14 |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 36.9 | 26.4% | 2.3k | 33k | #19 |
| 17 | Japan | 35.5 | 6.8% | 16k | 72k | #7 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 34.2 | 17.9% | 3.7k | 35k | #12 |
| 19 | Egypt | 33.0 | 17.8% | 3.7k | 38k | #35 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 31.8 | 11.2% | 7.1k | 45k | #27 |
| 21 | Poland | 30.7 | 13.6% | 4.3k | 36k | #28 |
| 22 | Switzerland | 29.7 | 18.6% | 3k | 30k | #13 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 28.6 | 13.3% | 4.3k | 35k | #18 |
| 24 | Pakistan | 27.7 | 18.4% | 3.6k | 40k | #32 |
| 25 | Brazil | 26.8 | 9.6% | 7.2k | 43k | #25 |
| 26 | Taiwan | 25.9 | 13.3% | 4.5k | 38k | #21 |
| 27 | Russia | 25.0 | 4.6% | 11k | 37k | #22 |
| 28 | Portugal | 24.2 | 17.9% | 2.5k | 25k | #31 |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 23.4 | 18.9% | 1.6k | 15k | #43 |
| 30 | Sweden | 22.6 | 16.5% | 2.1k | 21k | #17 |
| 31 | Belgium | 21.9 | 14.5% | 2.2k | 19k | #20 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 21.1 | 21.2% | 1.1k | 14k | #48 |
| 33 | Nigeria | 20.4 | 10.9% | 1.8k | 11k | #49 |
| 34 | South Africa | 19.8 | 15.8% | 1.6k | 15k | #39 |
| 35 | Ireland | 19.1 | 19.1% | 1.1k | 11k | #33 |
| 36 | Thailand | 18.5 | 13.6% | 2.6k | 22k | #40 |
| 37 | Indonesia | 17.8 | 4.7% | 6.6k | 20k | #42 |
| 38 | Greece | 17.2 | 16.2% | 1.6k | 14k | #38 |
| 39 | Finland | 16.6 | 16.0% | 1.4k | 13k | #34 |
| 40 | Romania | 16.1 | 12.5% | 1.9k | 14k | #44 |
| 41 | Mexico | 15.5 | 8.2% | 3k | 16k | #45 |
| 42 | Denmark | 14.9 | 16.3% | 1.6k | 14k | #24 |
| 43 | Austria | 14.4 | 12.5% | 1.8k | 13k | #30 |
| 44 | Czechia | 13.9 | 11.6% | 1.8k | 14k | #36 |
| 45 | Iraq | 13.4 | 10.1% | 2.6k | 16k | #52 |
| 46 | Israel | 12.9 | 13.8% | 1.3k | 11k | #29 |
| 47 | Qatar | 12.4 | 28.7% | 367 | 6.5k | #50 |
| 48 | Morocco | 11.9 | 17.4% | 934 | 6.8k | #56 |
| 49 | Norway | 11.4 | 14.8% | 1.1k | 8.6k | #37 |
| 50 | Vietnam | 11.0 | 9.8% | 1.7k | 9.2k | #53 |
| 51 | New Zealand | 10.5 | 16.8% | 718 | 6.7k | #41 |
| 52 | Ethiopia | 10.1 | 20.7% | 511 | 6.1k | #61 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 9.7 | 5.0% | 2.1k | 4.4k | #47 |
| 54 | Hungary | 9.2 | 11.6% | 954 | 5.9k | #46 |
| 55 | Jordan | 8.8 | 17.3% | 457 | 4.4k | #62 |
| 56 | Macau | 8.4 | 25.9% | 337 | 4.4k | #65 |
| 57 | Colombia | 8.0 | 7.6% | 1.1k | 5.2k | #57 |
| 58 | Serbia | 7.6 | 10.8% | 706 | 4.3k | #60 |
| 59 | Algeria | 7.2 | 9.0% | 851 | 4.4k | #63 |
| 60 | Chile | 6.8 | 13.0% | 803 | 6.1k | #59 |
| 61 | Slovakia | 6.5 | 10.6% | 621 | 3.8k | #55 |
| 62 | Argentina | 6.1 | 8.0% | 917 | 5k | #54 |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 5.7 | 8.3% | 690 | 3.1k | #70 |
| 64 | Slovenia | 5.4 | 12.4% | 600 | 4.6k | #51 |
| 65 | Tunisia | 5.0 | 11.8% | 635 | 3.9k | #66 |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 4.7 | 7.0% | 642 | 2.5k | #58 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 4.3 | 10.0% | 459 | 2.1k | #73 |
| 68 | Philippines | 4.0 | 6.6% | 547 | 1.9k | #67 |
| 69 | Lithuania | 3.6 | 11.5% | 435 | 2.9k | #69 |
| 70 | Kuwait | 3.3 | 18.5% | 216 | 2.2k | #72 |
| 71 | Cyprus | 3.0 | 16.5% | 242 | 2.1k | #71 |
| 72 | Uzbekistan | 2.7 | 7.2% | 519 | 1.4k | #79 |
| 73 | Oman | 2.4 | 17.0% | 213 | 1.9k | #78 |
| 74 | Nepal | 2.1 | 8.9% | 320 | 1.6k | #81 |
| 75 | Croatia | 1.8 | 9.2% | 441 | 2.5k | #64 |
| 76 | Lebanon | 145.0 | 18.3% | 246 | 2.7k | #76 |
| 77 | Sri Lanka | 115.2 | 13.0% | 302 | 1.8k | #80 |
| 78 | Latvia | 85.9 | 9.3% | 270 | 1.6k | #75 |
| 79 | Peru | 56.9 | 6.5% | 428 | 1.3k | #84 |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 28.3 | 7.9% | 281 | 846 | #88 |
| 81 | Belarus | 0.0 | 4.2% | 363 | 946 | #74 |
countries ranked worldwide in Biomedical Engineering (81). 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 131k works
- 2 United States 54k works
- 3 India 38k works
- 4 Japan 16k works
- 5 Germany 15k works
- 6 South Korea 13k works
- 7 United Kingdom 12k works
- 8 Russia 11k works
- 9 Italy 10k works
- 10 France 10k works
- 11 Iran 8.1k works
- 12 Canada 7.5k works