Subfield · Geophysics
Top Countries in Geophysics Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 47 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 | 18.7% | 18k | 111k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 82.0 | 12.5% | 15k | 60k | #1 |
| 3 | France | 71.5 | 21.7% | 3.1k | 21k | #4 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 64.0 | 23.1% | 2k | 15k | #3 |
| 5 | Japan | 58.2 | 17.9% | 2.6k | 15k | #7 |
| 6 | Germany | 53.5 | 23.2% | 2.2k | 16k | #6 |
| 7 | Italy | 49.5 | 24.9% | 2.4k | 17k | #8 |
| 8 | Australia | 46.0 | 24.0% | 1.3k | 10k | #5 |
| 9 | Türkiye | 42.9 | 16.5% | 983 | 5.3k | #18 |
| 10 | Canada | 40.2 | 18.2% | 1.5k | 9.3k | #9 |
| 11 | India | 37.7 | 12.6% | 3k | 12k | #17 |
| 12 | Spain | 35.5 | 16.5% | 1.3k | 6.5k | #14 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 33.4 | 31.4% | 606 | 5.6k | #10 |
| 14 | ?? | 31.5 | 18.7% | 746 | 4.7k | #16 |
| 15 | Russia | 29.7 | 5.0% | 4.2k | 10k | #11 |
| 16 | Iran | 28.0 | 14.8% | 687 | 3.2k | #29 |
| 17 | Egypt | 26.4 | 24.2% | 588 | 3.8k | #38 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 24.9 | 19.9% | 510 | 2.9k | #31 |
| 19 | New Zealand | 23.5 | 24.3% | 310 | 2.5k | #15 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 22.2 | 16.2% | 468 | 2.5k | #12 |
| 21 | Brazil | 20.9 | 8.6% | 1.2k | 3.6k | #28 |
| 22 | Norway | 19.7 | 15.6% | 506 | 2.8k | #13 |
| 23 | Hong Kong | 18.6 | 18.1% | 274 | 1.4k | #19 |
| 24 | South Korea | 17.5 | 12.2% | 588 | 2.8k | #32 |
| 25 | Nigeria | 16.4 | 10.3% | 614 | 2.1k | #47 |
| 26 | Indonesia | 15.4 | 6.2% | 1.2k | 2.1k | #30 |
| 27 | Mexico | 14.4 | 8.8% | 672 | 1.9k | #26 |
| 28 | Poland | 13.5 | 11.3% | 585 | 2.2k | #27 |
| 29 | Taiwan | 12.5 | 17.0% | 403 | 2.1k | #20 |
| 30 | Greece | 11.7 | 16.8% | 346 | 1.9k | #34 |
| 31 | Sweden | 10.8 | 18.3% | 261 | 1.6k | #21 |
| 32 | Morocco | 10.0 | 18.8% | 414 | 1.7k | #48 |
| 33 | Czechia | 9.2 | 14.1% | 425 | 1.9k | #33 |
| 34 | Chile | 8.4 | 14.6% | 332 | 1.7k | #39 |
| 35 | Austria | 7.7 | 18.2% | 252 | 1.4k | #24 |
| 36 | Belgium | 6.9 | 17.6% | 217 | 1.2k | #35 |
| 37 | Portugal | 6.2 | 14.8% | 260 | 1.3k | #42 |
| 38 | South Africa | 5.5 | 14.7% | 296 | 1.5k | #23 |
| 39 | Argentina | 4.8 | 9.4% | 386 | 1.5k | #36 |
| 40 | Malaysia | 4.2 | 10.8% | 287 | 941 | #45 |
| 41 | Pakistan | 3.5 | 17.2% | 246 | 1.3k | #52 |
| 42 | Denmark | 2.9 | 16.6% | 209 | 1.1k | #22 |
| 43 | Hungary | 2.3 | 13.6% | 226 | 905 | #44 |
| 44 | Colombia | 1.7 | 6.3% | 366 | 938 | #50 |
| 45 | Algeria | 112.9 | 9.6% | 268 | 798 | #56 |
| 46 | Ukraine | 55.9 | 4.2% | 253 | 500 | #49 |
| 47 | Iraq | 0.0 | 3.7% | 214 | 434 | #66 |
countries ranked worldwide in Geophysics (47). 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.