Subfield · Biophysics
Top Countries in Biophysics Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 19 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 | United States | 100.0 | 21.8% | 5.2k | 47k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 76.5 | 24.5% | 5k | 42k | #4 |
| 3 | Germany | 62.7 | 24.2% | 1.4k | 13k | #2 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 52.9 | 25.2% | 1k | 9.3k | #3 |
| 5 | India | 45.3 | 14.8% | 1.4k | 6.3k | #13 |
| 6 | France | 39.1 | 17.0% | 908 | 5.6k | #5 |
| 7 | Italy | 33.9 | 20.5% | 713 | 4.4k | #9 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 29.4 | 30.4% | 276 | 3k | #7 |
| 9 | South Korea | 25.4 | 22.3% | 512 | 3.7k | #15 |
| 10 | Japan | 21.8 | 12.6% | 1k | 4.3k | #6 |
| 11 | Canada | 18.6 | 22.0% | 472 | 3.9k | #8 |
| 12 | Australia | 15.6 | 25.3% | 339 | 2.8k | #11 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 12.9 | 27.1% | 274 | 2.5k | #10 |
| 14 | Spain | 10.4 | 20.5% | 396 | 2.7k | #14 |
| 15 | Russia | 8.0 | 9.1% | 805 | 2.6k | #16 |
| 16 | Poland | 5.8 | 20.1% | 296 | 1.7k | #20 |
| 17 | Taiwan | 3.8 | 15.1% | 227 | 1.1k | #27 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 1.8 | 15.4% | 250 | 1.1k | #29 |
| 19 | Brazil | 0.0 | 15.4% | 254 | 1.3k | #25 |
countries ranked worldwide in Biophysics (19). 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 United States 5.2k works
- 2 China 5k works
- 3 Germany 1.4k works
- 4 India 1.4k works
- 5 United Kingdom 1k works
- 6 Japan 1k works
- 7 France 908 works
- 8 Russia 805 works
- 9 Italy 713 works
- 10 South Korea 512 works
- 11 Canada 472 works
- 12 Spain 396 works