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Top Countries in Genetics (Medicine) Research

United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 39 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 13.7% 15k 84k#1
2China 81.1 20.1% 8k 59k#4
3Germany 70.0 17.9% 2.4k 19k#3
4Italy 62.2 20.1% 2.5k 17k#5
5United Kingdom 56.1 15.5% 2.2k 13k#2
6France 51.1 15.0% 1.9k 11k#6
7Canada 46.9 15.8% 1.3k 7.4k#7
8Australia 43.2 19.8% 883 6.6k#10
9Spain 40.0 13.2% 1.3k 6.8k#12
10India 37.1 6.2% 3.1k 7k#15
11Netherlands 34.5 20.6% 724 5.9k#9
12Japan 32.2 8.8% 2.5k 9.2k#8
13Iran 30.0 16.3% 856 5k#20
14Poland 28.0 15.4% 571 3.6k#18
15Switzerland 26.1 16.6% 518 3.4k#11
16South Korea 24.3 13.8% 970 5.2k#16
17?? 22.7 17.0% 418 3.3k#17
18Brazil 21.1 4.4% 1.8k 2.9k#22
19Belgium 19.6 18.8% 314 2.2k#14
20Sweden 18.2 18.1% 345 2.5k#13
21Türkiye 16.9 5.7% 1.1k 2.5k#26
22Saudi Arabia 15.6 9.4% 523 1.9k#35
23Taiwan 14.4 14.8% 414 2.4k#24
24Egypt 13.3 7.2% 668 1.6k#36
25Austria 12.1 16.2% 282 1.5k#19
26Denmark 11.1 18.2% 311 1.9k#23
27Russia 10.0 5.6% 823 1.9k#29
28Portugal 9.0 11.7% 313 1.3k#31
29Greece 8.1 14.0% 303 1.3k#27
30Israel 7.2 12.0% 287 1.3k#21
31Pakistan 6.3 3.9% 631 1.1k#43
32Czechia 5.4 11.2% 209 924#32
33Mexico 4.6 7.3% 304 875#39
34Thailand 3.7 11.4% 246 966#38
35Indonesia 3.0 4.3% 512 876#47
36Nigeria 2.2 6.1% 295 704#45
37Malaysia 143.7 10.6% 216 884#41
38Iraq 70.9 3.1% 293 438#53
39Morocco 0.0 3.3% 230 329#51

countries ranked worldwide in Genetics (39). 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: 7 places5 – 10: 5 places10 – 15: 5 places15 – 20: 4 places20 – 25: 3 places25 – 30: 3 places30 – 35: 2 places35 – 40: 1 places40 – 45: 2 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 0 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 15k works
  2. 2 China 8k works
  3. 3 India 3.1k works
  4. 4 Italy 2.5k works
  5. 5 Japan 2.5k works
  6. 6 Germany 2.4k works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 2.2k works
  8. 8 France 1.9k works
  9. 9 Brazil 1.8k works
  10. 10 Spain 1.3k works
  11. 11 Canada 1.3k works
  12. 12 Türkiye 1.1k works