Subfield · Catalysis
Top Countries in Catalysis Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 22 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 | 19.5% | 14k | 230k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 77.6 | 14.0% | 2.6k | 34k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 64.5 | 11.2% | 1.6k | 17k | #11 |
| 4 | Australia | 55.2 | 23.5% | 419 | 9.4k | #8 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 47.9 | 16.7% | 630 | 9.9k | #4 |
| 6 | Germany | 42.0 | 10.8% | 1.1k | 12k | #3 |
| 7 | South Korea | 37.0 | 15.8% | 901 | 13k | #13 |
| 8 | Japan | 32.7 | 8.6% | 1k | 9.5k | #5 |
| 9 | France | 28.9 | 10.4% | 718 | 7.4k | #6 |
| 10 | Italy | 25.5 | 15.5% | 544 | 7k | #10 |
| 11 | Canada | 22.4 | 19.4% | 402 | 6.5k | #12 |
| 12 | Spain | 19.6 | 13.9% | 648 | 8.5k | #9 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 17.0 | 18.2% | 354 | 5.7k | #25 |
| 14 | Iran | 14.6 | 12.9% | 617 | 6.2k | #20 |
| 15 | ?? | 12.4 | 19.3% | 265 | 4.2k | #24 |
| 16 | Malaysia | 10.3 | 14.7% | 264 | 3.5k | #22 |
| 17 | Poland | 8.3 | 11.6% | 354 | 3.9k | #19 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 6.5 | 17.8% | 238 | 4.4k | #7 |
| 19 | Russia | 4.7 | 3.7% | 1.1k | 5.5k | #17 |
| 20 | Brazil | 3.1 | 9.2% | 374 | 3.2k | #23 |
| 21 | Türkiye | 1.5 | 13.4% | 268 | 2.9k | #30 |
| 22 | Taiwan | 0.0 | 14.7% | 245 | 3.3k | #26 |
countries ranked worldwide in Catalysis (22). 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 14k works
- 2 United States 2.6k works
- 3 India 1.6k works
- 4 Germany 1.1k works
- 5 Russia 1.1k works
- 6 Japan 1k works
- 7 South Korea 901 works
- 8 France 718 works
- 9 Spain 648 works
- 10 United Kingdom 631 works
- 11 Iran 617 works
- 12 Italy 544 works