Subfield · Geology
Top Countries in Geology Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 21 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 | China | 100.0 | 24.0% | 6.5k | 38k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 77.2 | 14.7% | 2.5k | 9.7k | #1 |
| 3 | Italy | 63.9 | 25.6% | 1.4k | 6.6k | #5 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 54.5 | 24.9% | 748 | 4.6k | #3 |
| 5 | Germany | 47.1 | 18.3% | 827 | 3.8k | #4 |
| 6 | South Korea | 41.1 | 28.0% | 401 | 2.8k | #12 |
| 7 | Australia | 36.1 | 21.8% | 489 | 3.2k | #6 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 31.7 | 4.0% | 3.8k | 4.3k | #16 |
| 9 | Spain | 27.8 | 25.6% | 594 | 2.9k | #9 |
| 10 | France | 24.4 | 13.6% | 623 | 2k | #8 |
| 11 | Canada | 21.2 | 21.5% | 414 | 2.2k | #7 |
| 12 | Russia | 18.4 | 3.4% | 3k | 3.9k | #13 |
| 13 | Türkiye | 15.8 | 20.0% | 433 | 1.6k | #28 |
| 14 | India | 13.3 | 13.7% | 564 | 1.5k | #25 |
| 15 | Japan | 11.1 | 13.4% | 499 | 1.4k | #11 |
| 16 | Greece | 8.9 | 31.9% | 208 | 1.3k | #19 |
| 17 | ?? | 6.9 | 16.8% | 297 | 1.4k | #26 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 5.1 | 11.6% | 407 | 1.1k | #29 |
| 19 | Portugal | 3.3 | 26.5% | 218 | 1.1k | #18 |
| 20 | Poland | 1.6 | 21.5% | 326 | 1.5k | #23 |
| 21 | Brazil | 0.0 | 10.4% | 519 | 1.1k | #30 |
countries ranked worldwide in Geology (21). 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.