Subfield · Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Top Countries in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 72 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 | 13.2% | 56k | 284k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 83.8 | 19.6% | 27k | 176k | #6 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 74.3 | 17.2% | 9.8k | 62k | #2 |
| 4 | Italy | 67.6 | 18.6% | 10k | 59k | #5 |
| 5 | Germany | 62.4 | 16.1% | 8.4k | 49k | #3 |
| 6 | Canada | 58.1 | 18.0% | 5.2k | 38k | #4 |
| 7 | France | 54.5 | 15.1% | 4.8k | 27k | #7 |
| 8 | Australia | 51.4 | 15.7% | 4.9k | 27k | #9 |
| 9 | India | 48.6 | 8.0% | 10k | 26k | #16 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 46.2 | 21.7% | 3.5k | 27k | #8 |
| 11 | Japan | 43.9 | 9.5% | 11k | 38k | #10 |
| 12 | Spain | 41.9 | 12.0% | 6.3k | 26k | #11 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 40.0 | 17.4% | 2.2k | 13k | #13 |
| 14 | South Korea | 38.3 | 15.4% | 4.1k | 22k | #17 |
| 15 | Sweden | 36.7 | 20.0% | 1.8k | 13k | #12 |
| 16 | Denmark | 35.2 | 19.4% | 1.9k | 12k | #14 |
| 17 | Poland | 33.8 | 11.9% | 2.9k | 12k | #20 |
| 18 | Greece | 32.4 | 16.8% | 1.8k | 9.8k | #21 |
| 19 | Brazil | 31.2 | 7.8% | 4.2k | 11k | #19 |
| 20 | Belgium | 30.0 | 17.7% | 1.5k | 9.1k | #15 |
| 21 | Taiwan | 28.8 | 15.7% | 2k | 11k | #27 |
| 22 | Iran | 27.7 | 11.5% | 2.3k | 9.5k | #34 |
| 23 | Romania | 26.7 | 17.4% | 1.2k | 5.5k | #37 |
| 24 | Türkiye | 25.7 | 6.5% | 4.1k | 9.9k | #32 |
| 25 | Pakistan | 24.7 | 5.7% | 2.5k | 4.6k | #39 |
| 26 | Singapore | 23.8 | 18.6% | 847 | 6.1k | #26 |
| 27 | ?? | 22.9 | 13.5% | 1.3k | 6.3k | #29 |
| 28 | Norway | 22.1 | 18.5% | 942 | 5.7k | #18 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 21.3 | 12.5% | 1.3k | 5.5k | #38 |
| 30 | Austria | 20.5 | 14.8% | 1k | 5.5k | #24 |
| 31 | Russia | 19.7 | 3.3% | 5k | 9k | #30 |
| 32 | Egypt | 19.0 | 6.5% | 2.3k | 5.1k | #42 |
| 33 | Czechia | 18.2 | 12.3% | 849 | 3.9k | #28 |
| 34 | Ireland | 17.5 | 12.7% | 802 | 4.3k | #31 |
| 35 | Finland | 16.9 | 19.5% | 696 | 5.3k | #23 |
| 36 | Portugal | 16.2 | 9.0% | 1.8k | 5.2k | #35 |
| 37 | Israel | 15.6 | 11.4% | 1.1k | 5k | #22 |
| 38 | Hong Kong | 14.9 | 20.6% | 427 | 3.1k | #36 |
| 39 | Malaysia | 14.3 | 8.8% | 881 | 3.1k | #40 |
| 40 | Indonesia | 13.7 | 4.1% | 2.3k | 3.4k | #52 |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 13.2 | 8.5% | 679 | 2.2k | #48 |
| 42 | New Zealand | 12.6 | 13.1% | 588 | 2.4k | #25 |
| 43 | South Africa | 12.1 | 12.0% | 475 | 2.3k | #33 |
| 44 | Mexico | 11.5 | 5.0% | 1.3k | 2.6k | #44 |
| 45 | Thailand | 11.0 | 11.0% | 855 | 3.2k | #45 |
| 46 | Qatar | 10.5 | 14.9% | 298 | 1.7k | #47 |
| 47 | Hungary | 10.0 | 10.0% | 768 | 2.9k | #41 |
| 48 | Serbia | 9.5 | 10.3% | 501 | 2.2k | #49 |
| 49 | Chile | 9.0 | 10.4% | 443 | 1.5k | #46 |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 8.5 | 15.1% | 361 | 1.5k | #59 |
| 51 | Nigeria | 8.1 | 7.0% | 572 | 1.4k | #56 |
| 52 | Iraq | 7.6 | 6.6% | 613 | 1.4k | #61 |
| 53 | Ethiopia | 7.2 | 17.1% | 329 | 1.9k | #60 |
| 54 | Argentina | 6.7 | 4.7% | 834 | 1.7k | #43 |
| 55 | Colombia | 6.3 | 4.5% | 884 | 1.5k | #54 |
| 56 | Slovenia | 5.9 | 12.9% | 295 | 1.6k | #53 |
| 57 | Ukraine | 5.5 | 2.8% | 1k | 1.1k | #58 |
| 58 | Croatia | 5.1 | 6.5% | 573 | 1.3k | #55 |
| 59 | Morocco | 4.7 | 5.3% | 536 | 781 | #65 |
| 60 | Jordan | 4.3 | 13.1% | 272 | 1.2k | #67 |
| 61 | Vietnam | 3.9 | 6.5% | 488 | 1.1k | #50 |
| 62 | Slovakia | 3.5 | 10.4% | 290 | 1k | #57 |
| 63 | Kazakhstan | 3.1 | 7.5% | 247 | 603 | #71 |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 2.8 | 5.6% | 332 | 713 | #51 |
| 65 | Lithuania | 2.4 | 9.1% | 227 | 1k | #64 |
| 66 | Tunisia | 2.0 | 4.9% | 360 | 554 | #63 |
| 67 | Nepal | 1.7 | 4.6% | 329 | 615 | #69 |
| 68 | Philippines | 133.7 | 5.3% | 273 | 571 | #68 |
| 69 | Peru | 99.5 | 5.7% | 282 | 491 | #74 |
| 70 | Ecuador | 65.9 | 2.8% | 403 | 376 | #79 |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 32.7 | 1.5% | 264 | 167 | #82 |
| 72 | Algeria | 0.0 | 3.1% | 205 | 254 | #80 |
countries ranked worldwide in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (72). 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.