Subfield · Cell Biology
Top Countries in Cell Biology Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 43 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 | 24.3% | 14k | 131k | #4 |
| 2 | United States | 81.6 | 19.0% | 13k | 106k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 70.8 | 23.2% | 2.2k | 22k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 63.1 | 20.8% | 2.5k | 23k | #3 |
| 5 | India | 57.2 | 11.7% | 3.9k | 16k | #14 |
| 6 | France | 52.4 | 19.9% | 1.9k | 16k | #5 |
| 7 | Italy | 48.3 | 22.9% | 1.8k | 16k | #8 |
| 8 | Canada | 44.7 | 20.7% | 1.3k | 12k | #7 |
| 9 | Japan | 41.6 | 11.1% | 2.9k | 16k | #6 |
| 10 | Spain | 38.8 | 19.9% | 1.5k | 12k | #12 |
| 11 | Australia | 36.2 | 22.7% | 932 | 8.4k | #11 |
| 12 | South Korea | 33.9 | 17.3% | 1.6k | 12k | #18 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 31.8 | 26.9% | 638 | 7.6k | #9 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 29.8 | 25.7% | 525 | 5.8k | #10 |
| 15 | Brazil | 28.0 | 9.4% | 1.7k | 7k | #21 |
| 16 | Poland | 26.3 | 15.4% | 769 | 5.2k | #25 |
| 17 | ?? | 24.7 | 20.4% | 475 | 4.7k | #23 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 23.2 | 8.4% | 1.3k | 4.3k | #30 |
| 19 | Egypt | 21.7 | 13.2% | 724 | 3.6k | #37 |
| 20 | Iran | 20.4 | 11.9% | 892 | 5k | #35 |
| 21 | Belgium | 19.1 | 23.0% | 326 | 3k | #16 |
| 22 | Denmark | 17.8 | 24.3% | 322 | 3.1k | #19 |
| 23 | Russia | 16.6 | 6.2% | 1.2k | 3.6k | #26 |
| 24 | Austria | 15.5 | 22.4% | 329 | 3k | #15 |
| 25 | Sweden | 14.4 | 22.0% | 360 | 3.4k | #13 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 13.4 | 18.4% | 381 | 2.8k | #43 |
| 27 | Thailand | 12.4 | 17.3% | 407 | 2.8k | #39 |
| 28 | Singapore | 11.4 | 24.6% | 223 | 2.6k | #24 |
| 29 | Taiwan | 10.5 | 16.2% | 562 | 4.3k | #28 |
| 30 | Portugal | 9.6 | 19.4% | 384 | 3.2k | #27 |
| 31 | Mexico | 8.7 | 9.4% | 601 | 2.4k | #36 |
| 32 | Israel | 7.9 | 20.3% | 320 | 2.7k | #17 |
| 33 | Czechia | 7.0 | 16.7% | 316 | 2.4k | #34 |
| 34 | Finland | 6.2 | 23.3% | 203 | 2.2k | #20 |
| 35 | Greece | 5.5 | 20.0% | 250 | 1.9k | #38 |
| 36 | Pakistan | 4.7 | 9.1% | 514 | 1.9k | #45 |
| 37 | South Africa | 4.0 | 16.2% | 214 | 1.3k | #33 |
| 38 | Malaysia | 3.3 | 14.1% | 255 | 1.6k | #41 |
| 39 | Indonesia | 2.6 | 4.1% | 747 | 1.3k | #46 |
| 40 | Argentina | 1.9 | 12.4% | 241 | 1.1k | #40 |
| 41 | Iraq | 126.6 | 4.5% | 279 | 502 | #59 |
| 42 | Nigeria | 62.6 | 5.8% | 209 | 549 | #55 |
| 43 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 3.5% | 213 | 350 | #56 |
countries ranked worldwide in Cell Biology (43). 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 13k works
- 3 India 3.9k works
- 4 Japan 2.9k works
- 5 Germany 2.5k works
- 6 United Kingdom 2.2k works
- 7 France 1.9k works
- 8 Italy 1.8k works
- 9 Brazil 1.7k works
- 10 South Korea 1.6k works
- 11 Spain 1.5k works
- 12 Canada 1.3k works