Subfield · Cultural Studies
Top Countries in Cultural Studies Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 49 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 | 14.3% | 8.9k | 10k | #1 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 82.2 | 14.8% | 24k | 16k | #3 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 71.8 | 19.4% | 2.6k | 3.7k | #2 |
| 4 | China | 64.4 | 14.9% | 3.1k | 3.2k | #9 |
| 5 | Germany | 58.6 | 12.3% | 2.4k | 2.5k | #4 |
| 6 | Australia | 54.0 | 21.4% | 951 | 1.4k | #5 |
| 7 | South Korea | 50.0 | 20.3% | 1k | 2.5k | #13 |
| 8 | Spain | 46.6 | 14.5% | 3.8k | 2.5k | #7 |
| 9 | Canada | 43.5 | 16.5% | 1.3k | 1.4k | #6 |
| 10 | France | 40.8 | 6.7% | 4.9k | 1.4k | #8 |
| 11 | Russia | 38.4 | 10.0% | 5.7k | 2.4k | #15 |
| 12 | India | 36.2 | 14.2% | 1k | 969 | #21 |
| 13 | Japan | 34.1 | 12.1% | 1.4k | 829 | #10 |
| 14 | Italy | 32.2 | 14.1% | 822 | 757 | #12 |
| 15 | Türkiye | 30.4 | 14.7% | 2k | 1.2k | #28 |
| 16 | Chile | 28.8 | 21.4% | 1.3k | 1.3k | #14 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 27.2 | 23.2% | 390 | 739 | #11 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 25.7 | 19.2% | 720 | 728 | #35 |
| 19 | Mexico | 24.3 | 11.9% | 2k | 899 | #16 |
| 20 | ?? | 23.0 | 13.4% | 1.2k | 750 | #27 |
| 21 | Brazil | 21.8 | 8.9% | 2k | 718 | #18 |
| 22 | Thailand | 20.6 | 29.9% | 265 | 345 | #41 |
| 23 | Colombia | 19.4 | 13.6% | 827 | 631 | #31 |
| 24 | Denmark | 18.3 | 23.8% | 202 | 385 | #20 |
| 25 | Switzerland | 17.3 | 15.3% | 426 | 408 | #19 |
| 26 | Hong Kong | 16.3 | 23.7% | 262 | 447 | #25 |
| 27 | Poland | 15.3 | 8.0% | 1.5k | 534 | #30 |
| 28 | Sweden | 14.4 | 23.9% | 248 | 456 | #17 |
| 29 | Argentina | 13.5 | 10.5% | 1.9k | 733 | #22 |
| 30 | Philippines | 12.6 | 17.0% | 311 | 259 | #48 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 11.8 | 8.3% | 995 | 385 | #40 |
| 32 | Finland | 10.9 | 25.9% | 202 | 334 | #29 |
| 33 | Peru | 10.2 | 14.5% | 641 | 349 | #39 |
| 34 | Portugal | 9.4 | 15.7% | 316 | 296 | #36 |
| 35 | Ecuador | 8.6 | 15.0% | 471 | 290 | #43 |
| 36 | Austria | 7.9 | 13.1% | 390 | 274 | #26 |
| 37 | Serbia | 7.2 | 15.9% | 260 | 136 | #47 |
| 38 | Czechia | 6.5 | 11.3% | 272 | 184 | #42 |
| 39 | Hungary | 5.9 | 15.4% | 261 | 151 | #49 |
| 40 | Belgium | 5.2 | 11.6% | 340 | 282 | #24 |
| 41 | Taiwan | 4.6 | 15.9% | 208 | 206 | #38 |
| 42 | Pakistan | 4.0 | 15.7% | 244 | 186 | #56 |
| 43 | Nigeria | 3.4 | 16.5% | 207 | 119 | #55 |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 2.8 | 11.5% | 231 | 117 | #61 |
| 45 | Romania | 2.2 | 7.5% | 270 | 93 | #54 |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 1.6 | 6.4% | 393 | 60 | #57 |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 107.1 | 9.0% | 201 | 53 | — |
| 48 | Croatia | 53.0 | 7.6% | 252 | 77 | #50 |
| 49 | Armenia | 0.0 | 7.1% | 223 | 37 | — |
countries ranked worldwide in Cultural Studies (49). 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.