Subfield · Conservation
Top Countries in Conservation Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 17 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 | 33.7% | 900 | 4k | #5 |
| 2 | Italy | 75.5 | 34.5% | 933 | 4.1k | #3 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 61.2 | 29.8% | 1k | 3.5k | #2 |
| 4 | United States | 51.1 | 16.7% | 2.1k | 3.8k | #1 |
| 5 | Spain | 43.2 | 13.0% | 1.8k | 1.8k | #4 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 36.8 | 5.4% | 6.4k | 2.4k | #10 |
| 7 | Australia | 31.3 | 28.7% | 375 | 1.3k | #6 |
| 8 | Canada | 26.6 | 19.6% | 424 | 944 | #8 |
| 9 | Germany | 22.4 | 21.9% | 269 | 760 | #11 |
| 10 | France | 18.7 | 18.6% | 345 | 651 | #7 |
| 11 | Türkiye | 15.4 | 20.2% | 345 | 665 | #20 |
| 12 | Portugal | 12.3 | 25.4% | 227 | 671 | #14 |
| 13 | India | 9.5 | 16.9% | 320 | 568 | #22 |
| 14 | Malaysia | 6.9 | 24.8% | 252 | 435 | #23 |
| 15 | Brazil | 4.4 | 12.1% | 344 | 356 | #21 |
| 16 | ?? | 2.1 | 9.1% | 219 | 211 | #26 |
| 17 | Mexico | 0.0 | 9.5% | 223 | 120 | #27 |
countries ranked worldwide in Conservation (17). 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.