Subfield · Civil and Structural Engineering
Top Countries in Civil and Structural Engineering Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 73 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 | 20.2% | 85k | 799k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 83.8 | 13.0% | 17k | 109k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 74.4 | 11.9% | 19k | 94k | #6 |
| 4 | Australia | 67.7 | 25.1% | 3.8k | 46k | #4 |
| 5 | Italy | 62.5 | 17.2% | 6.6k | 46k | #5 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 58.2 | 18.3% | 5.4k | 45k | #3 |
| 7 | Iran | 54.6 | 16.4% | 5.8k | 49k | #11 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 51.5 | 36.8% | 1.9k | 30k | #13 |
| 9 | Türkiye | 48.8 | 13.4% | 5.5k | 35k | #14 |
| 10 | Egypt | 46.3 | 16.6% | 2.7k | 22k | #26 |
| 11 | Canada | 44.1 | 14.8% | 4.4k | 31k | #7 |
| 12 | South Korea | 42.1 | 14.7% | 4.3k | 34k | #12 |
| 13 | Germany | 40.2 | 10.2% | 5.6k | 26k | #8 |
| 14 | Saudi Arabia | 38.5 | 25.0% | 1.7k | 21k | #28 |
| 15 | Japan | 36.9 | 6.5% | 6.8k | 23k | #10 |
| 16 | Poland | 35.4 | 8.9% | 3k | 16k | #18 |
| 17 | Iraq | 34.0 | 8.2% | 3.7k | 19k | #36 |
| 18 | France | 32.6 | 11.4% | 3.6k | 20k | #9 |
| 19 | ?? | 31.4 | 11.8% | 2.3k | 14k | #31 |
| 20 | Malaysia | 30.2 | 12.2% | 2.6k | 15k | #20 |
| 21 | Indonesia | 29.0 | 1.3% | 18k | 13k | #40 |
| 22 | Singapore | 28.0 | 29.0% | 813 | 10k | #21 |
| 23 | Spain | 26.9 | 13.2% | 2.5k | 17k | #15 |
| 24 | Brazil | 25.9 | 6.7% | 4.8k | 18k | #23 |
| 25 | Vietnam | 25.0 | 9.8% | 2.5k | 12k | #32 |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 24.1 | 13.3% | 876 | 5.3k | #46 |
| 27 | Netherlands | 23.2 | 18.5% | 1.1k | 9.8k | #17 |
| 28 | Pakistan | 22.3 | 18.0% | 1.1k | 11k | #41 |
| 29 | Portugal | 21.5 | 14.6% | 1.6k | 11k | #19 |
| 30 | Russia | 20.7 | 3.7% | 4.6k | 9.4k | #29 |
| 31 | Switzerland | 20.0 | 18.7% | 936 | 8.1k | #16 |
| 32 | Belgium | 19.2 | 15.1% | 1k | 7.7k | #22 |
| 33 | Greece | 18.5 | 14.6% | 1k | 7.2k | #24 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 17.8 | 21.6% | 654 | 6.1k | #44 |
| 35 | Sweden | 17.1 | 16.4% | 782 | 6.2k | #27 |
| 36 | Norway | 16.5 | 15.6% | 855 | 6.2k | #34 |
| 37 | Ukraine | 15.8 | 7.1% | 1.2k | 2.4k | #47 |
| 38 | Taiwan | 15.2 | 10.3% | 1.2k | 6.8k | #30 |
| 39 | Thailand | 14.6 | 19.5% | 975 | 7.9k | #33 |
| 40 | Jordan | 14.0 | 20.4% | 509 | 4.5k | #56 |
| 41 | Denmark | 13.4 | 16.3% | 561 | 4k | #25 |
| 42 | Algeria | 12.9 | 7.7% | 1.1k | 4.9k | #43 |
| 43 | Nigeria | 12.3 | 6.4% | 1.6k | 5.4k | #45 |
| 44 | New Zealand | 11.8 | 17.2% | 585 | 4.6k | #37 |
| 45 | Austria | 11.3 | 10.7% | 827 | 4k | #38 |
| 46 | Morocco | 10.8 | 16.2% | 635 | 5k | #59 |
| 47 | Hungary | 10.3 | 11.0% | 672 | 3.6k | #52 |
| 48 | Czechia | 9.8 | 7.6% | 1.2k | 5k | #39 |
| 49 | Ireland | 9.3 | 22.0% | 282 | 2.8k | #48 |
| 50 | Romania | 8.8 | 7.2% | 855 | 3.1k | #51 |
| 51 | South Africa | 8.4 | 12.4% | 621 | 3.5k | #42 |
| 52 | Finland | 7.9 | 20.9% | 405 | 3.6k | #50 |
| 53 | Chile | 7.5 | 12.5% | 478 | 3.1k | #54 |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 7.0 | 14.2% | 350 | 2.4k | #68 |
| 55 | Mexico | 6.6 | 5.8% | 864 | 3k | #49 |
| 56 | Ethiopia | 6.2 | 11.4% | 430 | 2.4k | #70 |
| 57 | Colombia | 5.8 | 8.6% | 635 | 3.3k | #57 |
| 58 | Israel | 5.4 | 10.3% | 338 | 1.8k | #35 |
| 59 | Slovenia | 5.0 | 11.2% | 262 | 1.4k | #53 |
| 60 | Philippines | 4.6 | 7.3% | 369 | 777 | #69 |
| 61 | Slovakia | 4.2 | 6.9% | 445 | 1.7k | #55 |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 3.8 | 7.5% | 478 | 1.5k | #72 |
| 63 | Cyprus | 3.4 | 10.6% | 245 | 1.5k | #65 |
| 64 | Croatia | 3.1 | 7.2% | 389 | 1.8k | #64 |
| 65 | Nepal | 2.7 | 4.8% | 422 | 1.2k | #76 |
| 66 | Serbia | 2.3 | 6.2% | 376 | 1.4k | #62 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 2.0 | 7.9% | 280 | 943 | #75 |
| 68 | Peru | 1.7 | 6.5% | 412 | 1k | #80 |
| 69 | Lithuania | 131.3 | 8.8% | 294 | 1.4k | #60 |
| 70 | Tunisia | 97.8 | 8.8% | 229 | 1.1k | #66 |
| 71 | Uzbekistan | 64.7 | 4.7% | 453 | 1.1k | #73 |
| 72 | Bulgaria | 32.1 | 3.9% | 304 | 505 | #71 |
| 73 | Argentina | 0.0 | 4.2% | 262 | 818 | #58 |
countries ranked worldwide in Civil and Structural Engineering (73). 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.