Subfield · Geography, Planning and Development
Top Countries in Geography, Planning and Development Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 29 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 | 19.4% | 4.2k | 9.2k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 79.4 | 32.2% | 1.5k | 6.7k | #5 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 67.4 | 29.4% | 2k | 5.8k | #2 |
| 4 | Australia | 58.8 | 31.5% | 911 | 3.1k | #3 |
| 5 | Germany | 52.2 | 20.7% | 1.1k | 2.5k | #6 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 46.8 | 8.9% | 13k | 12k | #7 |
| 7 | India | 42.2 | 22.7% | 702 | 1.3k | #19 |
| 8 | Hungary | 38.2 | 8.3% | 5.7k | 3.3k | #14 |
| 9 | Spain | 34.7 | 13.5% | 1.2k | 1.4k | #10 |
| 10 | Canada | 31.6 | 20.3% | 740 | 1.6k | #4 |
| 11 | Italy | 28.8 | 20.2% | 636 | 1.2k | #12 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 26.2 | 28.4% | 391 | 1.1k | #9 |
| 13 | France | 23.8 | 10.9% | 1.1k | 1.2k | #11 |
| 14 | Poland | 21.6 | 10.5% | 1.3k | 1.1k | #16 |
| 15 | Sweden | 19.6 | 31.4% | 211 | 630 | #15 |
| 16 | ?? | 17.7 | 13.1% | 530 | 696 | #34 |
| 17 | Finland | 15.9 | 30.5% | 202 | 591 | #25 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 14.2 | 29.9% | 247 | 731 | #8 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 12.6 | 20.1% | 236 | 547 | #13 |
| 20 | Portugal | 11.0 | 18.7% | 292 | 518 | #22 |
| 21 | Türkiye | 9.6 | 18.7% | 375 | 578 | #35 |
| 22 | Brazil | 8.2 | 7.0% | 913 | 642 | #18 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 6.9 | 21.2% | 257 | 592 | #31 |
| 24 | Czechia | 5.6 | 17.5% | 282 | 451 | #33 |
| 25 | Japan | 4.4 | 14.9% | 347 | 556 | #20 |
| 26 | Russia | 3.2 | 11.0% | 478 | 408 | #26 |
| 27 | Mexico | 2.1 | 9.5% | 425 | 279 | #38 |
| 28 | Romania | 104.2 | 8.2% | 298 | 209 | #43 |
| 29 | Croatia | 0.0 | 10.8% | 256 | 173 | #44 |
countries ranked worldwide in Geography, Planning and Development (29). 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.