Subfield · Hardware and Architecture
Top Countries in Hardware and Architecture Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 18 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 | 14.2% | 4.8k | 21k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 76.0 | 11.0% | 5k | 16k | #4 |
| 3 | India | 62.0 | 7.3% | 2.6k | 5.6k | #11 |
| 4 | South Korea | 52.0 | 13.0% | 755 | 3.2k | #13 |
| 5 | Germany | 44.3 | 11.0% | 1.5k | 4.7k | #3 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 38.0 | 15.6% | 665 | 2.7k | #2 |
| 7 | Italy | 32.7 | 16.4% | 670 | 2.6k | #7 |
| 8 | Japan | 28.1 | 7.6% | 789 | 1.8k | #9 |
| 9 | Canada | 24.0 | 12.6% | 471 | 1.7k | #6 |
| 10 | France | 20.3 | 8.1% | 786 | 6k | #5 |
| 11 | Spain | 17.0 | 12.0% | 452 | 1.8k | #12 |
| 12 | Taiwan | 14.0 | 7.6% | 370 | 1k | #18 |
| 13 | ?? | 11.3 | 10.6% | 218 | 853 | #28 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 8.7 | 15.9% | 254 | 1k | #8 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 6.3 | 16.3% | 237 | 949 | #10 |
| 16 | Sweden | 4.1 | 13.1% | 209 | 830 | #14 |
| 17 | Russia | 2.0 | 4.6% | 281 | 413 | #27 |
| 18 | Brazil | 0.0 | 4.6% | 370 | 700 | #23 |
countries ranked worldwide in Hardware and Architecture (18). 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.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 5k works
- 2 United States 4.8k works
- 3 India 2.6k works
- 4 Germany 1.5k works
- 5 Japan 789 works
- 6 France 786 works
- 7 South Korea 755 works
- 8 Italy 670 works
- 9 United Kingdom 665 works
- 10 Canada 471 works
- 11 Spain 452 works
- 12 Taiwan 371 works