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Top Countries in Condensed Matter Physics Research

China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 24 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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 17.5% 8.6k 75k#4
2United States 78.2 19.8% 5.2k 48k#1
3Germany 65.4 18.3% 2k 17k#3
4Japan 56.4 11.0% 2.8k 16k#2
5France 49.4 15.2% 1.5k 9.8k#5
6United Kingdom 43.6 17.6% 1k 8.6k#6
7Switzerland 38.8 24.7% 437 5.2k#7
8India 34.6 9.8% 2.1k 10k#14
9Italy 30.9 17.5% 791 5.8k#10
10South Korea 27.5 14.0% 788 5.9k#13
11Spain 24.5 19.4% 486 4.2k#12
12Hong Kong 21.8 29.1% 233 3.1k#19
13Canada 19.3 17.5% 444 3.7k#8
14Netherlands 17.0 21.7% 282 3k#9
15Russia 14.8 4.1% 1.6k 4.8k#11
16?? 12.8 19.7% 308 2.6k#23
17Australia 10.9 19.2% 244 2.2k#16
18Sweden 9.1 15.0% 263 1.9k#17
19Taiwan 7.4 10.3% 452 2.6k#24
20Poland 5.7 9.5% 411 2.1k#21
21Türkiye 4.2 9.5% 315 1.7k#30
22Brazil 2.7 8.4% 424 1.7k#27
23Iran 133.9 9.3% 209 1.1k#35
24Ukraine 0.0 4.3% 245 585#31

countries ranked worldwide in Condensed Matter Physics (24). 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.

0 – 5: 4 places5 – 10: 3 places10 – 15: 3 places15 – 20: 2 places20 – 25: 2 places25 – 30: 1 places30 – 35: 2 places35 – 40: 1 places40 – 45: 1 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 0 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 0 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 1 places80 – 85: 0 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 8.6k works
  2. 2 United States 5.2k works
  3. 3 Japan 2.8k works
  4. 4 India 2.1k works
  5. 5 Germany 2k works
  6. 6 Russia 1.6k works
  7. 7 France 1.5k works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 1k works
  9. 9 Italy 791 works
  10. 10 South Korea 788 works
  11. 11 Spain 486 works
  12. 12 Taiwan 452 works