Subfield · History and Philosophy of Science
Top Countries in History and Philosophy of Science Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 25 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 | 12.3% | 8.3k | 6.3k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 78.5 | 14.5% | 3.1k | 3.4k | #2 |
| 3 | Germany | 65.9 | 12.4% | 2.9k | 2.4k | #3 |
| 4 | France | 56.9 | 7.1% | 4.6k | 1.2k | #5 |
| 5 | Canada | 50.0 | 10.8% | 1.5k | 1.2k | #4 |
| 6 | Italy | 44.3 | 15.8% | 1.1k | 710 | #8 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 39.5 | 18.8% | 532 | 669 | #7 |
| 8 | Australia | 35.4 | 17.5% | 643 | 995 | #6 |
| 9 | Spain | 31.7 | 14.5% | 831 | 527 | #10 |
| 10 | China | 28.5 | 12.2% | 571 | 496 | #15 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 25.5 | 15.0% | 516 | 461 | #9 |
| 12 | India | 22.8 | 13.4% | 514 | 390 | #16 |
| 13 | Austria | 20.3 | 17.4% | 406 | 337 | #13 |
| 14 | Sweden | 18.0 | 21.4% | 216 | 398 | #12 |
| 15 | Brazil | 15.9 | 11.8% | 752 | 430 | #20 |
| 16 | Russia | 13.9 | 10.1% | 883 | 251 | #19 |
| 17 | Poland | 12.0 | 14.2% | 312 | 203 | #24 |
| 18 | Belgium | 10.2 | 14.0% | 364 | 227 | #11 |
| 19 | Japan | 8.5 | 13.1% | 281 | 208 | #23 |
| 20 | Indonesia | 6.9 | 13.6% | 383 | 125 | #38 |
| 21 | Denmark | 5.4 | 17.8% | 221 | 305 | #18 |
| 22 | Mexico | 4.0 | 16.0% | 215 | 150 | #26 |
| 23 | Ukraine | 2.6 | 11.8% | 241 | 130 | #34 |
| 24 | Türkiye | 126.8 | 14.6% | 204 | 173 | #32 |
| 25 | ?? | 0.0 | 7.6% | 305 | 110 | #27 |
countries ranked worldwide in History and Philosophy of Science (25). 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 United States 8.3k works
- 2 France 4.6k works
- 3 United Kingdom 3.1k works
- 4 Germany 2.9k works
- 5 Canada 1.5k works
- 6 Italy 1.1k works
- 7 Russia 883 works
- 8 Spain 831 works
- 9 Brazil 752 works
- 10 Australia 643 works
- 11 China 571 works
- 12 Netherlands 532 works