Subfield · Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Top Countries in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Engineering) Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 62 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 | 17.1% | 29k | 173k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 83.2 | 13.4% | 8.3k | 40k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 73.4 | 14.4% | 7k | 32k | #6 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 66.4 | 22.2% | 2.6k | 23k | #4 |
| 5 | Italy | 61.0 | 24.7% | 2.9k | 23k | #5 |
| 6 | Germany | 56.6 | 11.6% | 7.6k | 30k | #3 |
| 7 | Australia | 52.9 | 26.6% | 913 | 10k | #12 |
| 8 | Spain | 49.6 | 20.8% | 1.7k | 12k | #10 |
| 9 | France | 46.8 | 14.2% | 2.8k | 14k | #8 |
| 10 | Canada | 44.2 | 19.5% | 1.4k | 10k | #7 |
| 11 | Türkiye | 41.9 | 13.7% | 2.4k | 10k | #11 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 39.8 | 33.3% | 608 | 7.7k | #14 |
| 13 | Sweden | 37.9 | 27.3% | 844 | 8.7k | #16 |
| 14 | Greece | 36.1 | 25.8% | 735 | 7.3k | #19 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 34.4 | 13.0% | 1.2k | 5.9k | #29 |
| 16 | Poland | 32.8 | 14.1% | 1.5k | 7.3k | #17 |
| 17 | Portugal | 31.4 | 21.5% | 1.1k | 8.5k | #23 |
| 18 | South Korea | 30.0 | 17.1% | 1.7k | 10k | #24 |
| 19 | Brazil | 28.7 | 12.3% | 2k | 8.2k | #18 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 27.4 | 23.1% | 816 | 6.2k | #9 |
| 21 | Russia | 26.2 | 2.9% | 5.5k | 6.8k | #26 |
| 22 | Norway | 25.1 | 26.4% | 521 | 4.9k | #30 |
| 23 | Iran | 24.0 | 19.1% | 913 | 6.5k | #15 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 23.0 | 16.7% | 1.2k | 7k | #13 |
| 25 | Singapore | 22.0 | 26.0% | 472 | 4.8k | #20 |
| 26 | ?? | 21.1 | 12.0% | 1.1k | 5k | #33 |
| 27 | Saudi Arabia | 20.1 | 23.7% | 517 | 4.1k | #38 |
| 28 | Finland | 19.3 | 28.2% | 399 | 4.3k | #31 |
| 29 | Denmark | 18.4 | 22.5% | 518 | 3.8k | #22 |
| 30 | Japan | 17.6 | 5.5% | 2.2k | 4.7k | #21 |
| 31 | Indonesia | 16.8 | 3.2% | 3.8k | 4.5k | #43 |
| 32 | Romania | 16.0 | 12.5% | 835 | 3.3k | #36 |
| 33 | Vietnam | 15.3 | 14.5% | 703 | 2.7k | #46 |
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 14.6 | 24.2% | 339 | 2.6k | #48 |
| 35 | Austria | 13.9 | 12.6% | 830 | 3.8k | #27 |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 13.2 | 17.6% | 352 | 2.1k | #54 |
| 37 | Morocco | 12.5 | 14.5% | 670 | 3k | #51 |
| 38 | Egypt | 11.9 | 13.2% | 519 | 2.6k | #44 |
| 39 | Pakistan | 11.2 | 20.5% | 408 | 2.5k | #47 |
| 40 | Ukraine | 10.6 | 6.1% | 1.8k | 2.5k | #35 |
| 41 | South Africa | 10.0 | 16.6% | 527 | 2.6k | #42 |
| 42 | Mexico | 9.4 | 12.5% | 657 | 2.7k | #41 |
| 43 | Ireland | 8.9 | 28.2% | 228 | 2.4k | #40 |
| 44 | Switzerland | 8.3 | 14.2% | 503 | 2.2k | #28 |
| 45 | Hungary | 7.8 | 10.3% | 623 | 2.8k | #34 |
| 46 | Slovakia | 7.2 | 10.5% | 635 | 2.7k | #45 |
| 47 | Belgium | 6.7 | 17.2% | 488 | 2.6k | #25 |
| 48 | Thailand | 6.2 | 10.0% | 590 | 1.8k | #49 |
| 49 | Czechia | 5.7 | 9.0% | 614 | 2.3k | #37 |
| 50 | Croatia | 5.2 | 14.0% | 312 | 2k | #56 |
| 51 | Colombia | 4.7 | 15.0% | 343 | 1.6k | #52 |
| 52 | Serbia | 4.3 | 13.4% | 379 | 1.5k | #50 |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 3.8 | 7.4% | 535 | 1.3k | #59 |
| 54 | Iraq | 3.3 | 8.0% | 403 | 1.2k | #63 |
| 55 | Slovenia | 2.9 | 17.0% | 242 | 1.3k | #55 |
| 56 | Tunisia | 2.5 | 11.9% | 304 | 1.1k | #57 |
| 57 | Nigeria | 2.0 | 7.8% | 338 | 736 | #64 |
| 58 | Algeria | 1.6 | 9.1% | 258 | 827 | #62 |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 120.2 | 6.0% | 306 | 649 | #67 |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 79.4 | 4.1% | 429 | 645 | #66 |
| 61 | Philippines | 39.4 | 6.5% | 273 | 638 | #68 |
| 62 | Peru | 0.0 | 6.5% | 272 | 530 | #69 |
countries ranked worldwide in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (62). 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.