Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Subfield · Immunology

Top Countries in Immunology Research

China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 56 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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 26.7% 39k 480k#2
2United States 82.8 20.8% 31k 343k#1
3Germany 72.7 21.8% 5.8k 64k#4
4United Kingdom 65.6 23.5% 4.8k 62k#3
5France 60.0 20.6% 4k 43k#5
6Italy 55.5 24.2% 3.8k 43k#9
7Canada 51.7 21.2% 2.8k 28k#8
8Australia 48.3 24.3% 2.2k 27k#7
9Spain 45.4 18.4% 3.1k 27k#13
10India 42.8 12.5% 5.7k 30k#16
11Japan 40.4 13.6% 5.5k 41k#6
12Netherlands 38.3 26.2% 1.9k 26k#10
13Switzerland 36.3 25.7% 1.2k 18k#11
14South Korea 34.4 18.4% 3.1k 28k#17
15Iran 32.7 17.4% 2.1k 16k#26
16?? 31.1 24.5% 1.1k 14k#20
17Belgium 29.6 25.3% 872 13k#14
18Sweden 28.2 21.2% 1.1k 13k#12
19Poland 26.9 18.6% 1.4k 12k#23
20Denmark 25.6 19.7% 858 8.6k#18
21Israel 24.4 21.3% 675 8.2k#15
22Brazil 23.2 9.4% 2.6k 13k#21
23Singapore 22.1 27.9% 456 7.3k#24
24Egypt 21.0 14.0% 1.5k 8.8k#32
25Taiwan 20.0 16.8% 1.3k 11k#28
26Austria 19.1 21.0% 667 6.7k#19
27Russia 18.1 5.2% 2.9k 9.3k#31
28Hong Kong 17.2 28.0% 376 4.9k#36
29Saudi Arabia 16.3 17.2% 754 5.8k#40
30Portugal 15.5 20.2% 590 5.5k#29
31Greece 14.7 20.9% 689 6k#30
32Türkiye 13.9 7.3% 2k 7k#39
33Norway 13.1 22.9% 553 5.9k#22
34Mexico 12.4 11.6% 919 5.2k#34
35Ireland 11.7 23.7% 396 5.2k#25
36Romania 11.0 23.4% 377 3.5k#45
37Thailand 10.3 17.6% 687 5.5k#41
38Czechia 9.6 15.8% 499 4.1k#35
39Finland 9.0 23.1% 339 3.4k#27
40South Africa 8.4 19.0% 327 3k#33
41Malaysia 7.7 15.6% 469 3.3k#42
42Pakistan 7.1 10.2% 659 2.9k#47
43New Zealand 6.6 26.4% 222 2.5k#38
44Hungary 6.0 15.1% 341 3k#37
45Bangladesh 5.4 16.3% 348 2.3k#49
46Argentina 4.9 12.6% 418 2.5k#43
47Chile 4.4 14.4% 330 2.6k#44
48Iraq 3.8 3.6% 852 1.9k#58
49Indonesia 3.3 5.3% 970 2.1k#50
50Vietnam 2.8 8.9% 288 1.1k#51
51Nigeria 2.3 8.7% 372 1.2k#53
52Croatia 1.8 14.1% 205 1.4k#46
53Colombia 136.8 7.9% 344 1.2k#54
54Bulgaria 90.3 9.7% 202 785#59
55Ukraine 44.8 2.2% 539 722#56
56Tunisia 0.0 4.5% 202 542#63

countries ranked worldwide in Immunology (56). 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.

0 – 5: 11 places5 – 10: 8 places10 – 15: 7 places15 – 20: 5 places20 – 25: 5 places25 – 30: 4 places30 – 35: 3 places35 – 40: 2 places40 – 45: 2 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 39k works
  2. 2 United States 31k works
  3. 3 Germany 5.8k works
  4. 4 India 5.7k works
  5. 5 Japan 5.5k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 4.8k works
  7. 7 France 4k works
  8. 8 Italy 3.8k works
  9. 9 South Korea 3.1k works
  10. 10 Spain 3.1k works
  11. 11 Russia 2.9k works
  12. 12 Canada 2.8k works