Subfield · General Social Sciences
Top Countries in General Social Sciences Research
United States 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 | United States | 100.0 | 23.8% | 1.7k | 6.8k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 77.6 | 22.8% | 884 | 2.3k | #6 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 64.5 | 24.5% | 423 | 1.4k | #3 |
| 4 | Spain | 55.2 | 10.7% | 3k | 1.8k | #2 |
| 5 | Germany | 47.9 | 25.2% | 440 | 1k | #5 |
| 6 | Poland | 42.0 | 9.3% | 2.1k | 1.2k | #4 |
| 7 | India | 37.0 | 17.6% | 466 | 835 | #18 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 32.7 | 6.9% | 1.7k | 816 | #14 |
| 9 | Canada | 28.9 | 21.3% | 208 | 577 | #9 |
| 10 | Russia | 25.5 | 10.9% | 1.5k | 915 | #10 |
| 11 | Italy | 22.4 | 18.6% | 317 | 401 | #19 |
| 12 | Brazil | 19.6 | 6.7% | 908 | 349 | #16 |
| 13 | Mexico | 17.0 | 6.6% | 1.4k | 521 | #7 |
| 14 | Nigeria | 14.6 | 14.1% | 503 | 380 | #21 |
| 15 | France | 12.4 | 10.4% | 353 | 357 | #17 |
| 16 | Ecuador | 10.3 | 12.0% | 604 | 351 | #23 |
| 17 | Chile | 8.3 | 11.1% | 781 | 429 | #12 |
| 18 | Argentina | 6.5 | 6.3% | 922 | 245 | #15 |
| 19 | Colombia | 4.7 | 6.7% | 729 | 363 | #13 |
| 20 | ?? | 3.1 | 12.2% | 214 | 275 | #25 |
| 21 | Peru | 1.5 | 7.9% | 461 | 291 | #24 |
| 22 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 10.7% | 245 | 166 | #27 |
countries ranked worldwide in General Social Sciences (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.