Subfield · History
Top Countries in History Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 38 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 | 11.2% | 11k | 5.6k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 80.9 | 14.4% | 6.6k | 4.1k | #2 |
| 3 | Spain | 69.8 | 15.0% | 6.5k | 2.3k | #6 |
| 4 | Germany | 61.9 | 11.4% | 3.6k | 1.6k | #3 |
| 5 | Brazil | 55.8 | 12.4% | 3.4k | 1.4k | #5 |
| 6 | Türkiye | 50.7 | 14.4% | 3.7k | 1.7k | #11 |
| 7 | France | 46.5 | 7.7% | 7.2k | 1.2k | #8 |
| 8 | Italy | 42.8 | 11.7% | 2.5k | 720 | #10 |
| 9 | Canada | 39.6 | 12.2% | 1.5k | 764 | #4 |
| 10 | Poland | 36.7 | 11.4% | 4.1k | 994 | #17 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 34.1 | 14.3% | 1k | 597 | #9 |
| 12 | Australia | 31.7 | 13.8% | 1.1k | 654 | #7 |
| 13 | Russia | 29.5 | 13.5% | 1.5k | 441 | #14 |
| 14 | Finland | 27.5 | 20.8% | 367 | 271 | #20 |
| 15 | Argentina | 25.6 | 14.2% | 788 | 277 | #26 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 23.8 | 11.5% | 715 | 307 | #12 |
| 17 | Mexico | 22.1 | 11.6% | 946 | 231 | #25 |
| 18 | India | 20.5 | 12.0% | 673 | 285 | #21 |
| 19 | Sweden | 19.1 | 16.9% | 440 | 343 | #13 |
| 20 | Denmark | 17.6 | 14.8% | 509 | 311 | #16 |
| 21 | Belgium | 16.3 | 13.2% | 622 | 282 | #15 |
| 22 | Norway | 15.0 | 17.8% | 390 | 233 | #18 |
| 23 | China | 13.8 | 12.7% | 690 | 395 | #29 |
| 24 | Portugal | 12.6 | 15.5% | 585 | 197 | #27 |
| 25 | Austria | 11.5 | 12.2% | 503 | 254 | #23 |
| 26 | Czechia | 10.4 | 14.5% | 457 | 223 | #32 |
| 27 | Ireland | 9.4 | 13.0% | 437 | 242 | #19 |
| 28 | South Africa | 8.4 | 19.4% | 306 | 247 | #24 |
| 29 | ?? | 7.4 | 9.2% | 610 | 144 | #33 |
| 30 | Ukraine | 6.5 | 12.4% | 454 | 109 | #38 |
| 31 | Japan | 5.6 | 13.2% | 330 | 109 | #34 |
| 32 | Israel | 4.7 | 10.8% | 315 | 144 | #28 |
| 33 | Chile | 3.9 | 13.0% | 327 | 104 | #36 |
| 34 | Greece | 3.1 | 13.7% | 207 | 98 | #31 |
| 35 | Hungary | 2.3 | 12.3% | 402 | 161 | #35 |
| 36 | Colombia | 148.6 | 12.4% | 280 | 119 | #37 |
| 37 | Romania | 73.3 | 8.8% | 271 | 52 | #41 |
| 38 | Indonesia | 0.0 | 11.6% | 205 | 58 | #49 |
countries ranked worldwide in History (38). 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.