Top Countries in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 29 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 | 14.9% | 7.3k | 43k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 79.4 | 21.9% | 4.2k | 30k | #5 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 67.4 | 18.1% | 1.5k | 11k | #2 |
| 4 | Canada | 58.8 | 21.2% | 895 | 7.3k | #4 |
| 5 | France | 52.2 | 21.0% | 847 | 6.6k | #3 |
| 6 | Italy | 46.8 | 22.8% | 1k | 8.2k | #7 |
| 7 | Germany | 42.2 | 17.4% | 1.2k | 7.3k | #6 |
| 8 | Australia | 38.2 | 20.7% | 845 | 6.4k | #8 |
| 9 | Spain | 34.7 | 14.3% | 914 | 5.4k | #10 |
| 10 | Japan | 31.6 | 12.0% | 1.2k | 5.2k | #12 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 28.8 | 24.8% | 463 | 4k | #9 |
| 12 | India | 26.2 | 6.2% | 1.5k | 3.7k | #17 |
| 13 | South Korea | 23.8 | 15.4% | 595 | 3.5k | #19 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 21.6 | 22.5% | 299 | 2.3k | #11 |
| 15 | Brazil | 19.6 | 9.3% | 831 | 3k | #16 |
| 16 | Denmark | 17.7 | 19.3% | 274 | 2.3k | #14 |
| 17 | Sweden | 15.9 | 22.1% | 246 | 1.8k | #15 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 14.2 | 7.4% | 868 | 2.2k | #23 |
| 19 | Taiwan | 12.6 | 20.6% | 319 | 2k | #22 |
| 20 | Iran | 11.0 | 10.6% | 446 | 1.7k | #26 |
| 21 | Israel | 9.6 | 15.3% | 219 | 1.4k | #20 |
| 22 | ?? | 8.2 | 18.0% | 204 | 1.3k | #25 |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 6.9 | 12.5% | 291 | 1.3k | #29 |
| 24 | Egypt | 5.6 | 5.3% | 495 | 963 | #35 |
| 25 | Poland | 4.4 | 13.2% | 215 | 1k | #31 |
| 26 | Russia | 3.2 | 3.7% | 460 | 903 | #37 |
| 27 | Mexico | 2.1 | 6.8% | 206 | 574 | #39 |
| 28 | Pakistan | 104.2 | 3.9% | 290 | 437 | #41 |
| 29 | Indonesia | 0.0 | 2.9% | 312 | 364 | #42 |
countries ranked worldwide in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine (29). 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.