Subfield · Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Top Countries in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 47 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 | 20.8% | 39k | 612k | #1 |
| 2 | United States | 82.0 | 13.7% | 6.9k | 73k | #2 |
| 3 | India | 71.5 | 11.6% | 11k | 95k | #8 |
| 4 | South Korea | 64.0 | 17.2% | 3.4k | 44k | #7 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 58.2 | 16.1% | 1.7k | 20k | #6 |
| 6 | Germany | 53.5 | 10.7% | 2.5k | 22k | #4 |
| 7 | Japan | 49.5 | 6.4% | 4.1k | 24k | #3 |
| 8 | Australia | 46.0 | 23.4% | 818 | 14k | #12 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 42.9 | 21.9% | 1.4k | 20k | #21 |
| 10 | ?? | 40.2 | 16.6% | 1.1k | 14k | #17 |
| 11 | Singapore | 37.7 | 26.6% | 460 | 9.7k | #9 |
| 12 | France | 35.5 | 8.4% | 2.3k | 17k | #5 |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 33.4 | 28.8% | 484 | 9.8k | #16 |
| 14 | Pakistan | 31.5 | 19.9% | 1.1k | 16k | #29 |
| 15 | Canada | 29.7 | 16.3% | 869 | 9.9k | #11 |
| 16 | Spain | 28.0 | 12.6% | 1.2k | 12k | #10 |
| 17 | Iran | 26.4 | 15.0% | 1.3k | 14k | #19 |
| 18 | Italy | 24.9 | 11.6% | 1.2k | 10k | #13 |
| 19 | Russia | 23.5 | 3.3% | 3.3k | 14k | #18 |
| 20 | Malaysia | 22.2 | 16.0% | 598 | 7k | #23 |
| 21 | Egypt | 20.9 | 20.5% | 654 | 9.8k | #34 |
| 22 | Türkiye | 19.7 | 10.3% | 1.1k | 9.2k | #27 |
| 23 | Poland | 18.6 | 8.1% | 1k | 7.6k | #24 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 17.5 | 11.2% | 1.2k | 11k | #20 |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 16.4 | 20.6% | 405 | 4.7k | #38 |
| 26 | Switzerland | 15.4 | 15.3% | 356 | 4.2k | #14 |
| 27 | Sweden | 14.4 | 16.2% | 377 | 4.2k | #22 |
| 28 | Czechia | 13.5 | 10.8% | 474 | 5k | #30 |
| 29 | Brazil | 12.5 | 6.7% | 845 | 5.5k | #32 |
| 30 | South Africa | 11.7 | 14.7% | 276 | 3.2k | #43 |
| 31 | Algeria | 10.8 | 9.7% | 448 | 3.4k | #52 |
| 32 | Morocco | 10.0 | 13.1% | 408 | 3.5k | #55 |
| 33 | Thailand | 9.2 | 12.5% | 345 | 3.2k | #44 |
| 34 | Iraq | 8.4 | 10.7% | 410 | 3.1k | #50 |
| 35 | Netherlands | 7.7 | 13.3% | 294 | 2.9k | #15 |
| 36 | Portugal | 6.9 | 11.5% | 283 | 3k | #36 |
| 37 | Belgium | 6.2 | 12.7% | 303 | 2.7k | #25 |
| 38 | Finland | 5.5 | 14.8% | 212 | 2.5k | #31 |
| 39 | Denmark | 4.8 | 13.6% | 204 | 2.2k | #26 |
| 40 | Mexico | 4.2 | 5.8% | 485 | 3k | #40 |
| 41 | Israel | 3.5 | 13.9% | 222 | 2.2k | #28 |
| 42 | Vietnam | 2.9 | 7.3% | 408 | 2.8k | #51 |
| 43 | Romania | 2.3 | 7.3% | 286 | 2.1k | #41 |
| 44 | Indonesia | 1.7 | 5.4% | 519 | 2.6k | #53 |
| 45 | Austria | 112.9 | 7.6% | 266 | 1.8k | #35 |
| 46 | Ukraine | 55.9 | 3.2% | 459 | 1.5k | #39 |
| 47 | Tunisia | 0.0 | 7.7% | 268 | 2.1k | #57 |
countries ranked worldwide in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (47). 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.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 39k works
- 2 India 11k works
- 3 United States 6.9k works
- 4 Japan 4.1k works
- 5 South Korea 3.4k works
- 6 Russia 3.3k works
- 7 Germany 2.5k works
- 8 France 2.3k works
- 9 United Kingdom 1.7k works
- 10 Saudi Arabia 1.4k works
- 11 Iran 1.3k works
- 12 Italy 1.2k works