Subfield · Earth-Surface Processes
Top Countries in Earth-Surface Processes Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 22 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 | 23.6% | 5.3k | 38k | #5 |
| 2 | United States | 77.6 | 15.1% | 3.1k | 16k | #1 |
| 3 | Italy | 64.5 | 29.9% | 1.3k | 7.8k | #3 |
| 4 | France | 55.2 | 17.3% | 1.2k | 6.1k | #4 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 47.9 | 22.7% | 891 | 6.3k | #2 |
| 6 | India | 42.0 | 16.0% | 1k | 4.9k | #14 |
| 7 | Spain | 37.0 | 21.0% | 822 | 4.5k | #6 |
| 8 | Australia | 32.7 | 25.4% | 480 | 3.9k | #7 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 28.9 | 27.9% | 386 | 3.1k | #9 |
| 10 | Germany | 25.5 | 20.4% | 667 | 4.2k | #8 |
| 11 | Brazil | 22.4 | 12.2% | 728 | 2.7k | #18 |
| 12 | Canada | 19.6 | 17.1% | 438 | 2.3k | #10 |
| 13 | Russia | 17.0 | 3.0% | 1.6k | 2.2k | #17 |
| 14 | Portugal | 14.6 | 24.0% | 342 | 2.2k | #13 |
| 15 | Egypt | 12.4 | 22.1% | 276 | 1.4k | #29 |
| 16 | Iran | 10.3 | 18.1% | 310 | 1.7k | #28 |
| 17 | Japan | 8.3 | 12.0% | 496 | 2k | #12 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 6.5 | 15.1% | 432 | 1.8k | #25 |
| 19 | Poland | 4.7 | 15.2% | 305 | 1.4k | #22 |
| 20 | South Korea | 3.1 | 12.9% | 300 | 1.5k | #33 |
| 21 | ?? | 1.5 | 18.1% | 224 | 1.4k | #24 |
| 22 | Indonesia | 0.0 | 11.3% | 306 | 723 | #38 |
countries ranked worldwide in Earth-Surface Processes (22). 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.