Subfield · Gender Studies
Top Countries in Gender Studies Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 50 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 | 22.5% | 19k | 77k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 82.3 | 27.2% | 5.4k | 23k | #2 |
| 3 | Australia | 71.9 | 29.4% | 2.4k | 12k | #3 |
| 4 | China | 64.6 | 24.7% | 2.8k | 9.8k | #7 |
| 5 | Germany | 58.9 | 24.6% | 2.4k | 8.1k | #5 |
| 6 | Canada | 54.2 | 24.8% | 2.5k | 10k | #4 |
| 7 | Spain | 50.3 | 18.5% | 2.7k | 7.2k | #8 |
| 8 | Italy | 46.8 | 26.8% | 1.2k | 4.6k | #10 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 43.8 | 35.0% | 781 | 4.3k | #6 |
| 10 | India | 41.1 | 12.9% | 2.8k | 4.4k | #12 |
| 11 | Sweden | 38.7 | 33.6% | 792 | 4.2k | #9 |
| 12 | Türkiye | 36.5 | 11.8% | 3.6k | 4.9k | #13 |
| 13 | France | 34.4 | 14.1% | 1.3k | 3.1k | #11 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 32.5 | 4.9% | 6k | 5.9k | #24 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 30.8 | 28.5% | 516 | 2.4k | #16 |
| 16 | Norway | 29.1 | 33.6% | 455 | 2.3k | #15 |
| 17 | South Africa | 27.6 | 21.8% | 923 | 2.5k | #20 |
| 18 | Finland | 26.1 | 29.1% | 402 | 2k | #19 |
| 19 | Brazil | 24.7 | 3.9% | 5.5k | 3.4k | #18 |
| 20 | Hong Kong | 23.4 | 35.0% | 284 | 1.4k | #25 |
| 21 | Belgium | 22.2 | 28.1% | 441 | 1.9k | #14 |
| 22 | Denmark | 21.0 | 23.9% | 410 | 1.4k | #17 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 19.8 | 16.9% | 482 | 1.3k | #31 |
| 24 | Austria | 18.8 | 28.7% | 368 | 1.3k | #21 |
| 25 | Japan | 17.7 | 16.3% | 698 | 1.6k | #29 |
| 26 | South Korea | 16.7 | 26.0% | 409 | 1.5k | #28 |
| 27 | Ireland | 15.8 | 27.1% | 370 | 1.3k | #27 |
| 28 | Portugal | 14.8 | 20.2% | 519 | 1.6k | #32 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 13.9 | 27.6% | 249 | 1.1k | #41 |
| 30 | Poland | 13.1 | 12.5% | 1k | 1.5k | #26 |
| 31 | Pakistan | 12.2 | 10.6% | 808 | 1.4k | #39 |
| 32 | New Zealand | 11.4 | 28.3% | 325 | 1.4k | #22 |
| 33 | ?? | 10.6 | 12.4% | 649 | 1.2k | #34 |
| 34 | Israel | 9.9 | 24.6% | 376 | 1.3k | #23 |
| 35 | Greece | 9.1 | 26.9% | 230 | 860 | #36 |
| 36 | Mexico | 8.4 | 6.3% | 1k | 1.1k | #38 |
| 37 | Czechia | 7.7 | 21.2% | 286 | 741 | #37 |
| 38 | Nigeria | 7.0 | 9.8% | 652 | 870 | #40 |
| 39 | Bangladesh | 6.4 | 19.4% | 254 | 656 | #42 |
| 40 | Philippines | 5.7 | 11.7% | 375 | 564 | #45 |
| 41 | Chile | 5.1 | 12.0% | 439 | 719 | #43 |
| 42 | Ghana | 4.5 | 22.3% | 216 | 683 | #46 |
| 43 | Iran | 3.9 | 13.9% | 338 | 623 | #44 |
| 44 | Russia | 3.3 | 8.2% | 480 | 592 | #35 |
| 45 | Hungary | 2.7 | 17.5% | 240 | 498 | #49 |
| 46 | Argentina | 2.1 | 5.3% | 651 | 444 | #48 |
| 47 | Colombia | 1.6 | 8.2% | 389 | 488 | #50 |
| 48 | Romania | 104.4 | 11.1% | 222 | 331 | #53 |
| 49 | Peru | 51.6 | 7.5% | 232 | 235 | #57 |
| 50 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 7.0% | 215 | 204 | #58 |
countries ranked worldwide in Gender Studies (50). 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.