Subfield · Cognitive Neuroscience
Top Countries in Cognitive Neuroscience Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 57 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 | 19.1% | 37k | 277k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 82.9 | 21.8% | 22k | 187k | #5 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 72.8 | 23.2% | 9.3k | 78k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 65.7 | 19.1% | 8.9k | 63k | #3 |
| 5 | Canada | 60.2 | 18.6% | 5.6k | 41k | #4 |
| 6 | Australia | 55.7 | 23.0% | 3.9k | 32k | #8 |
| 7 | Italy | 51.9 | 22.8% | 5.3k | 38k | #9 |
| 8 | India | 48.6 | 12.6% | 7.3k | 29k | #13 |
| 9 | France | 45.7 | 17.1% | 4.8k | 31k | #6 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 43.0 | 24.0% | 3.1k | 27k | #7 |
| 11 | Spain | 40.7 | 17.6% | 3.4k | 19k | #12 |
| 12 | South Korea | 38.5 | 18.9% | 2.9k | 23k | #17 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 36.6 | 23.2% | 1.9k | 16k | #10 |
| 14 | Japan | 34.7 | 9.2% | 6.1k | 23k | #11 |
| 15 | Sweden | 33.0 | 21.5% | 1.1k | 8.6k | #14 |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 31.4 | 24.0% | 919 | 7.5k | #24 |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 29.9 | 23.3% | 762 | 6.4k | #33 |
| 18 | Singapore | 28.5 | 27.3% | 622 | 8.6k | #20 |
| 19 | Norway | 27.2 | 23.0% | 793 | 6.2k | #18 |
| 20 | Greece | 25.9 | 21.0% | 738 | 5.5k | #29 |
| 21 | Türkiye | 24.7 | 9.9% | 2.3k | 7.6k | #30 |
| 22 | Denmark | 23.5 | 20.9% | 1k | 7.6k | #19 |
| 23 | Belgium | 22.4 | 19.4% | 1.3k | 8.9k | #15 |
| 24 | Portugal | 21.4 | 17.7% | 948 | 5.6k | #26 |
| 25 | Israel | 20.4 | 19.2% | 1.4k | 9.5k | #16 |
| 26 | Austria | 19.4 | 19.6% | 905 | 5.7k | #22 |
| 27 | Brazil | 18.5 | 8.3% | 2.8k | 8.1k | #23 |
| 28 | Iran | 17.6 | 12.7% | 1.8k | 9.2k | #36 |
| 29 | ?? | 16.7 | 17.5% | 986 | 6.6k | #25 |
| 30 | Poland | 15.9 | 13.9% | 1.4k | 6.6k | #27 |
| 31 | Taiwan | 15.1 | 16.2% | 1.2k | 7.5k | #31 |
| 32 | Finland | 14.3 | 23.7% | 706 | 5.1k | #21 |
| 33 | Malaysia | 13.5 | 13.8% | 833 | 3.7k | #37 |
| 34 | Ireland | 12.8 | 21.5% | 547 | 3.9k | #28 |
| 35 | Russia | 12.1 | 6.0% | 2.1k | 5.4k | #34 |
| 36 | Egypt | 11.4 | 12.3% | 530 | 2.5k | #44 |
| 37 | Pakistan | 10.7 | 12.1% | 581 | 2.8k | #42 |
| 38 | Mexico | 10.0 | 10.5% | 903 | 3.2k | #39 |
| 39 | Czechia | 9.4 | 14.7% | 525 | 2.8k | #35 |
| 40 | New Zealand | 8.8 | 17.5% | 491 | 3k | #32 |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 8.1 | 15.2% | 384 | 1.9k | #43 |
| 42 | United Arab Emirates | 7.6 | 21.7% | 304 | 2.2k | #46 |
| 43 | South Africa | 7.0 | 17.5% | 392 | 1.8k | #40 |
| 44 | Romania | 6.4 | 13.6% | 464 | 2k | #47 |
| 45 | Hungary | 5.8 | 13.9% | 509 | 2.6k | #38 |
| 46 | Chile | 5.3 | 16.0% | 490 | 2.4k | #45 |
| 47 | Indonesia | 4.8 | 4.5% | 1.2k | 1.6k | #51 |
| 48 | Argentina | 4.3 | 10.6% | 469 | 1.8k | #41 |
| 49 | Colombia | 3.7 | 10.8% | 424 | 1.2k | #52 |
| 50 | Thailand | 3.2 | 12.2% | 348 | 1.4k | #50 |
| 51 | Iraq | 2.8 | 10.0% | 358 | 1.4k | #57 |
| 52 | Ecuador | 2.3 | 10.3% | 248 | 425 | #61 |
| 53 | Serbia | 1.8 | 11.1% | 206 | 769 | #58 |
| 54 | Croatia | 133.7 | 8.2% | 232 | 648 | #53 |
| 55 | Ukraine | 88.3 | 5.7% | 290 | 397 | #60 |
| 56 | Philippines | 43.8 | 8.2% | 207 | 494 | #56 |
| 57 | Nigeria | 0.0 | 8.2% | 217 | 476 | #63 |
countries ranked worldwide in Cognitive Neuroscience (57). 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 United States 37k works
- 2 China 22k works
- 3 United Kingdom 9.3k works
- 4 Germany 8.9k works
- 5 India 7.3k works
- 6 Japan 6.1k works
- 7 Canada 5.6k works
- 8 Italy 5.3k works
- 9 France 4.8k works
- 10 Australia 3.9k works
- 11 Spain 3.4k works
- 12 Netherlands 3.1k works