Subfield · Communication
Top Countries in Communication Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 53 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 | 27.9% | 8.3k | 39k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 82.5 | 29.5% | 3.3k | 14k | #4 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 72.3 | 30.5% | 2.2k | 12k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 65.1 | 27.4% | 2.5k | 10k | #3 |
| 5 | Australia | 59.5 | 30.9% | 1.2k | 6.5k | #5 |
| 6 | Spain | 54.9 | 17.3% | 3.9k | 11k | #8 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 51.0 | 45.3% | 667 | 4.9k | #6 |
| 8 | Italy | 47.6 | 28.8% | 808 | 3.6k | #9 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 44.7 | 8.8% | 4.4k | 3.7k | #26 |
| 10 | Canada | 42.0 | 25.9% | 928 | 3.8k | #7 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 39.6 | 46.8% | 355 | 2.6k | #11 |
| 12 | Sweden | 37.4 | 33.1% | 484 | 2.4k | #10 |
| 13 | India | 35.4 | 17.5% | 1.3k | 3.4k | #24 |
| 14 | Austria | 33.5 | 34.7% | 390 | 2.2k | #17 |
| 15 | Türkiye | 31.8 | 14.1% | 1.7k | 2.9k | #25 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 30.2 | 33.2% | 403 | 2.3k | #12 |
| 17 | Norway | 28.6 | 36.2% | 420 | 2.1k | #14 |
| 18 | Russia | 27.2 | 10.1% | 3.4k | 2.4k | #18 |
| 19 | Denmark | 25.8 | 28.2% | 485 | 1.8k | #13 |
| 20 | Finland | 24.5 | 35.9% | 412 | 2.2k | #21 |
| 21 | Belgium | 23.3 | 39.6% | 326 | 1.9k | #22 |
| 22 | France | 22.1 | 17.4% | 705 | 2k | #20 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 21.0 | 19.8% | 651 | 2.1k | #28 |
| 24 | Pakistan | 20.0 | 18.2% | 594 | 1.8k | #32 |
| 25 | Brazil | 18.9 | 6.7% | 2.7k | 2.5k | #27 |
| 26 | Portugal | 17.9 | 21.0% | 542 | 1.7k | #29 |
| 27 | South Korea | 17.0 | 31.4% | 359 | 1.7k | #15 |
| 28 | Israel | 16.1 | 35.7% | 286 | 1.5k | #16 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 15.2 | 26.1% | 256 | 1.1k | #39 |
| 30 | South Africa | 14.3 | 21.1% | 589 | 1.5k | #34 |
| 31 | Japan | 13.5 | 19.1% | 510 | 1.3k | #33 |
| 32 | Greece | 12.7 | 28.0% | 216 | 740 | #31 |
| 33 | Taiwan | 11.9 | 34.7% | 225 | 1.3k | #19 |
| 34 | Mexico | 11.2 | 6.9% | 1.3k | 1.3k | #36 |
| 35 | Poland | 10.5 | 14.1% | 574 | 1.1k | #38 |
| 36 | United Arab Emirates | 9.7 | 28.0% | 206 | 904 | #37 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 9.1 | 13.0% | 663 | 1k | #45 |
| 38 | Czechia | 8.4 | 26.6% | 214 | 644 | #46 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 7.7 | 7.2% | 1k | 634 | #50 |
| 40 | Colombia | 7.1 | 8.2% | 600 | 908 | #43 |
| 41 | ?? | 6.5 | 13.2% | 461 | 948 | #42 |
| 42 | Romania | 5.9 | 15.6% | 339 | 700 | #47 |
| 43 | Philippines | 5.3 | 14.6% | 340 | 472 | #52 |
| 44 | Iran | 4.7 | 15.3% | 317 | 841 | #40 |
| 45 | Chile | 4.1 | 13.0% | 386 | 809 | #41 |
| 46 | Ecuador | 3.6 | 6.9% | 834 | 845 | #54 |
| 47 | Hungary | 3.0 | 21.2% | 218 | 526 | #48 |
| 48 | Peru | 2.5 | 7.8% | 549 | 723 | #53 |
| 49 | Thailand | 2.0 | 17.6% | 214 | 567 | #44 |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 146.8 | 12.0% | 295 | 286 | #56 |
| 51 | Argentina | 96.9 | 5.3% | 626 | 562 | #51 |
| 52 | Iraq | 48.0 | 7.7% | 240 | 206 | #59 |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 0.0 | 4.4% | 370 | 135 | #58 |
countries ranked worldwide in Communication (53). 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.