Subfield · Food Science
Top Countries in Food Science Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 73 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 | 37.7% | 24k | 321k | #2 |
| 2 | India | 83.8 | 16.8% | 12k | 72k | #4 |
| 3 | United States | 74.4 | 18.1% | 9.5k | 69k | #1 |
| 4 | Italy | 67.7 | 27.5% | 3.3k | 33k | #6 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 62.5 | 22.7% | 2.4k | 20k | #3 |
| 6 | Australia | 58.2 | 29.0% | 1.5k | 17k | #10 |
| 7 | Iran | 54.6 | 24.3% | 2.8k | 26k | #13 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 51.5 | 2.0% | 26k | 26k | #22 |
| 9 | Brazil | 48.8 | 12.5% | 6.9k | 34k | #11 |
| 10 | Spain | 46.3 | 21.9% | 3.2k | 26k | #7 |
| 11 | Canada | 44.1 | 24.7% | 1.6k | 16k | #9 |
| 12 | Poland | 42.1 | 20.9% | 2.1k | 19k | #14 |
| 13 | Türkiye | 40.2 | 12.8% | 4.9k | 23k | #19 |
| 14 | France | 38.5 | 15.4% | 2.8k | 17k | #5 |
| 15 | Germany | 36.9 | 18.5% | 2.3k | 16k | #8 |
| 16 | Egypt | 35.4 | 16.1% | 2.6k | 16k | #28 |
| 17 | Portugal | 34.0 | 27.2% | 1.3k | 13k | #18 |
| 18 | Pakistan | 32.6 | 18.1% | 1.6k | 10k | #33 |
| 19 | South Korea | 31.4 | 19.2% | 2.5k | 19k | #20 |
| 20 | Malaysia | 30.2 | 15.4% | 1.7k | 11k | #25 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 29.0 | 26.2% | 1.2k | 12k | #34 |
| 22 | Netherlands | 28.0 | 29.3% | 939 | 10k | #12 |
| 23 | Mexico | 26.9 | 8.2% | 3.7k | 13k | #27 |
| 24 | Nigeria | 25.9 | 6.6% | 2.5k | 6.5k | #39 |
| 25 | Greece | 25.0 | 28.7% | 784 | 7.9k | #30 |
| 26 | Russia | 24.1 | 3.2% | 6.2k | 11k | #29 |
| 27 | Romania | 23.2 | 22.6% | 862 | 7.6k | #37 |
| 28 | South Africa | 22.3 | 22.3% | 805 | 6k | #31 |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 21.5 | 21.1% | 853 | 5.9k | #41 |
| 30 | ?? | 20.7 | 11.1% | 1.7k | 7.4k | #36 |
| 31 | Thailand | 20.0 | 19.4% | 1.4k | 9.9k | #35 |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 19.2 | 20.1% | 758 | 5.4k | #47 |
| 33 | New Zealand | 18.5 | 29.4% | 467 | 6.1k | #26 |
| 34 | Ireland | 17.8 | 34.4% | 492 | 6.6k | #15 |
| 35 | Japan | 17.1 | 10.0% | 2.1k | 8.5k | #17 |
| 36 | Denmark | 16.5 | 25.6% | 638 | 6.1k | #24 |
| 37 | Switzerland | 15.8 | 26.9% | 462 | 4.5k | #21 |
| 38 | Belgium | 15.2 | 25.0% | 669 | 6k | #16 |
| 39 | Iraq | 14.6 | 6.9% | 1.2k | 3.1k | #59 |
| 40 | Sweden | 14.0 | 28.4% | 444 | 4.7k | #23 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 13.4 | 30.2% | 306 | 3.2k | #54 |
| 42 | Singapore | 12.9 | 32.9% | 264 | 3.4k | #45 |
| 43 | Morocco | 12.3 | 21.3% | 637 | 4.7k | #51 |
| 44 | Hungary | 11.8 | 15.3% | 599 | 3.2k | #53 |
| 45 | Taiwan | 11.3 | 19.8% | 658 | 5.1k | #43 |
| 46 | Serbia | 10.8 | 19.1% | 618 | 4.3k | #49 |
| 47 | Colombia | 10.3 | 9.7% | 1.3k | 4.5k | #50 |
| 48 | Finland | 9.8 | 27.0% | 316 | 3.6k | #32 |
| 49 | Argentina | 9.3 | 11.1% | 1k | 4.6k | #40 |
| 50 | Czechia | 8.8 | 14.2% | 556 | 3.3k | #46 |
| 51 | Chile | 8.4 | 17.5% | 531 | 3.2k | #48 |
| 52 | Ghana | 7.9 | 21.4% | 317 | 2k | #61 |
| 53 | Peru | 7.5 | 7.8% | 966 | 2.6k | #62 |
| 54 | Norway | 7.0 | 20.8% | 335 | 2.6k | #38 |
| 55 | Ecuador | 6.6 | 6.4% | 1k | 2k | #67 |
| 56 | Vietnam | 6.2 | 10.4% | 845 | 3k | #58 |
| 57 | Austria | 5.8 | 21.4% | 276 | 2.5k | #42 |
| 58 | Ukraine | 5.4 | 3.4% | 1.6k | 2.3k | #56 |
| 59 | Croatia | 5.0 | 16.0% | 368 | 2.6k | #57 |
| 60 | Israel | 4.6 | 24.3% | 229 | 2k | #44 |
| 61 | Tunisia | 4.2 | 17.6% | 438 | 2.9k | #55 |
| 62 | Algeria | 3.8 | 11.2% | 589 | 2.6k | #65 |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 3.4 | 11.1% | 473 | 2k | #64 |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 3.1 | 13.4% | 261 | 1.3k | #71 |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 2.7 | 5.1% | 758 | 1.5k | #75 |
| 66 | Slovakia | 2.3 | 13.3% | 275 | 1.5k | #60 |
| 67 | Kenya | 2.0 | 12.0% | 339 | 1.5k | #63 |
| 68 | Slovenia | 1.7 | 16.2% | 209 | 1.5k | #66 |
| 69 | Uzbekistan | 131.3 | 4.6% | 485 | 743 | #73 |
| 70 | Philippines | 97.8 | 4.3% | 544 | 1k | #76 |
| 71 | Cameroon | 64.7 | 9.2% | 244 | 896 | #77 |
| 72 | Nepal | 32.1 | 7.5% | 286 | 849 | #68 |
| 73 | Belarus | 0.0 | 2.1% | 201 | 220 | #85 |
countries ranked worldwide in Food Science (73). 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.