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Top Countries in Genetics (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology) Research

United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 69 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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1United States 100.0 20.4% 38k 283k#1
2China 83.6 24.0% 27k 200k#3
3United Kingdom 74.1 25.4% 8k 75k#2
4Germany 67.3 22.0% 6.1k 44k#4
5France 62.0 20.5% 5.2k 35k#5
6Italy 57.7 22.7% 5k 35k#10
7Australia 54.0 25.6% 3.8k 31k#7
8Canada 50.9 22.4% 4.2k 30k#6
9India 48.1 10.0% 11k 30k#15
10Spain 45.6 19.0% 4.1k 25k#11
11Netherlands 43.4 26.8% 2.2k 20k#8
12Japan 41.3 12.5% 5.6k 25k#9
13Switzerland 39.4 26.8% 1.5k 13k#12
14Sweden 37.7 29.7% 1.4k 13k#13
15Brazil 36.0 9.9% 5.8k 17k#17
16Denmark 34.5 27.5% 1.2k 11k#14
17South Korea 33.1 15.8% 3k 16k#22
18Poland 31.7 17.4% 1.9k 11k#24
19Belgium 30.5 18.4% 1.4k 8k#16
20?? 29.2 19.8% 1.2k 8.5k#23
21Norway 28.1 26.3% 728 5.8k#21
22Iran 27.0 13.2% 2.1k 9.5k#34
23Austria 25.9 22.7% 838 5.8k#20
24Russia 24.9 6.3% 4.3k 10k#26
25Israel 24.0 19.9% 1k 7.3k#18
26Mexico 23.1 10.8% 1.7k 6.1k#28
27Finland 22.2 26.1% 708 8.1k#19
28Türkiye 21.3 8.0% 3.3k 7.5k#36
29Portugal 20.5 17.1% 1.1k 5.5k#30
30Greece 19.7 19.4% 723 4.3k#32
31Ireland 18.9 22.0% 597 3.9k#27
32South Africa 18.1 17.2% 877 4.7k#29
33Saudi Arabia 17.4 15.3% 1.1k 5.4k#39
34Taiwan 16.7 15.9% 1.1k 5.8k#37
35Pakistan 16.0 8.7% 1.4k 4k#42
36New Zealand 15.4 21.3% 608 4.1k#25
37Singapore 14.7 24.5% 442 3.7k#35
38Czechia 14.1 18.2% 845 4.6k#31
39Egypt 13.5 10.2% 1.4k 4.9k#44
40Hungary 12.9 16.9% 712 3.1k#33
41Indonesia 12.3 3.8% 2.1k 2.9k#49
42Hong Kong 11.7 27.8% 366 3.4k#38
43Chile 11.2 14.0% 524 2.4k#43
44Ethiopia 10.6 19.5% 440 2.6k#59
45Romania 10.1 19.8% 471 2.4k#56
46Thailand 9.6 15.2% 693 3.1k#48
47Argentina 9.1 11.4% 837 3k#40
48United Arab Emirates 8.6 20.5% 269 1.6k#60
49Nigeria 8.1 7.3% 869 2.1k#61
50Malaysia 7.6 11.2% 607 2.4k#41
51Slovenia 7.1 22.3% 281 1.7k#45
52Colombia 6.7 7.7% 792 2k#47
53Bangladesh 6.2 10.8% 509 1.6k#58
54Iraq 5.8 4.9% 816 1.5k#69
55Croatia 5.4 12.6% 308 1.2k#55
56Morocco 4.9 8.2% 496 1.1k#53
57Ukraine 4.5 4.0% 797 1.2k#65
58Serbia 4.1 12.1% 311 1.1k#67
59Vietnam 3.7 7.7% 380 1k#66
60Philippines 3.3 10.5% 239 745#52
61Slovakia 2.9 15.3% 223 969#50
62Bulgaria 2.5 10.3% 270 849#62
63Ecuador 2.1 7.4% 338 702#77
64Peru 1.8 8.0% 304 691#68
65Kazakhstan 141.0 10.7% 256 678#73
66Tunisia 105.0 4.2% 394 704#71
67Algeria 69.5 7.1% 200 480#82
68Nepal 34.5 6.0% 247 564#83
69Zambia 0.0 1.0% 273 93

countries ranked worldwide in Genetics (69). 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.

0 – 5: 14 places5 – 10: 10 places10 – 15: 9 places15 – 20: 7 places20 – 25: 6 places25 – 30: 4 places30 – 35: 4 places35 – 40: 3 places40 – 45: 2 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 2 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 38k works
  2. 2 China 27k works
  3. 3 India 11k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 8k works
  5. 5 Germany 6.1k works
  6. 6 Brazil 5.8k works
  7. 7 Japan 5.6k works
  8. 8 France 5.2k works
  9. 9 Italy 5k works
  10. 10 Russia 4.3k works
  11. 11 Canada 4.2k works
  12. 12 Spain 4.1k works