Subfield · Cancer Research
Top Countries in Cancer Research Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 44 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 | 23.7% | 33k | 374k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 81.7 | 17.2% | 18k | 159k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 71.0 | 19.8% | 2.5k | 26k | #3 |
| 4 | Germany | 63.4 | 20.0% | 2.6k | 25k | #4 |
| 5 | Italy | 57.5 | 24.1% | 2.7k | 26k | #7 |
| 6 | India | 52.7 | 13.2% | 3.9k | 20k | #15 |
| 7 | France | 48.6 | 18.4% | 1.6k | 15k | #5 |
| 8 | South Korea | 45.0 | 17.9% | 2.1k | 19k | #14 |
| 9 | Australia | 41.9 | 24.1% | 995 | 12k | #9 |
| 10 | Canada | 39.2 | 18.8% | 1.5k | 13k | #6 |
| 11 | Spain | 36.6 | 19.2% | 1.6k | 14k | #11 |
| 12 | Iran | 34.3 | 18.7% | 1.9k | 16k | #22 |
| 13 | Japan | 32.2 | 12.5% | 2.9k | 17k | #8 |
| 14 | ?? | 30.3 | 21.9% | 776 | 9.1k | #18 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 28.4 | 21.8% | 855 | 9.2k | #10 |
| 16 | Egypt | 26.7 | 14.6% | 994 | 6.2k | #34 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 25.1 | 22.1% | 510 | 5.3k | #12 |
| 18 | Poland | 23.6 | 21.7% | 845 | 8k | #25 |
| 19 | Belgium | 22.2 | 22.9% | 436 | 4.9k | #16 |
| 20 | Denmark | 20.8 | 21.5% | 452 | 4.3k | #17 |
| 21 | Sweden | 19.5 | 21.7% | 544 | 5.4k | #13 |
| 22 | Taiwan | 18.3 | 16.6% | 924 | 7.4k | #24 |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 17.1 | 27.5% | 294 | 4.2k | #26 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 16.0 | 19.8% | 520 | 4.4k | #36 |
| 25 | Türkiye | 14.9 | 6.9% | 1.3k | 5k | #33 |
| 26 | Brazil | 13.9 | 9.6% | 1.2k | 5.5k | #27 |
| 27 | Russia | 12.9 | 7.3% | 1.2k | 4.8k | #31 |
| 28 | Singapore | 11.9 | 22.7% | 282 | 4k | #23 |
| 29 | Greece | 11.0 | 19.0% | 377 | 3k | #30 |
| 30 | Austria | 10.1 | 16.6% | 341 | 2.7k | #20 |
| 31 | Portugal | 9.3 | 18.8% | 351 | 3.2k | #32 |
| 32 | Romania | 8.4 | 23.1% | 260 | 2.2k | #42 |
| 33 | Israel | 7.6 | 18.1% | 303 | 2.7k | #19 |
| 34 | Mexico | 6.8 | 12.1% | 477 | 2.8k | #37 |
| 35 | Czechia | 6.0 | 14.5% | 305 | 2.4k | #35 |
| 36 | Norway | 5.3 | 20.1% | 268 | 2.4k | #28 |
| 37 | Malaysia | 4.6 | 17.5% | 270 | 2.1k | #40 |
| 38 | Pakistan | 3.9 | 9.2% | 461 | 2k | #43 |
| 39 | Ireland | 3.2 | 17.6% | 258 | 2.2k | #29 |
| 40 | Finland | 2.5 | 19.5% | 210 | 2.1k | #21 |
| 41 | Hungary | 1.9 | 16.6% | 214 | 1.8k | #38 |
| 42 | Thailand | 122.9 | 16.4% | 270 | 1.6k | #44 |
| 43 | Iraq | 60.8 | 7.7% | 413 | 1.6k | #52 |
| 44 | Indonesia | 0.0 | 3.6% | 500 | 1k | #49 |
countries ranked worldwide in Cancer Research (44). 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 33k works
- 2 United States 18k works
- 3 India 3.9k works
- 4 Japan 2.9k works
- 5 Italy 2.7k works
- 6 Germany 2.6k works
- 7 United Kingdom 2.5k works
- 8 South Korea 2.1k works
- 9 Iran 1.9k works
- 10 Spain 1.6k works
- 11 France 1.6k works
- 12 Canada 1.5k works