Subfield · Inorganic Chemistry
Top Countries in Inorganic Chemistry Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 34 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 | 20.7% | 20k | 281k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 80.3 | 14.2% | 4.5k | 46k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 68.8 | 12.6% | 4.4k | 37k | #7 |
| 4 | Germany | 60.7 | 11.5% | 2.2k | 21k | #3 |
| 5 | France | 54.4 | 10.6% | 1.5k | 13k | #6 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 49.2 | 23.7% | 579 | 9k | #16 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 44.8 | 15.7% | 1.1k | 12k | #4 |
| 8 | Iran | 41.0 | 17.8% | 1k | 13k | #20 |
| 9 | Australia | 37.7 | 19.3% | 490 | 7.1k | #13 |
| 10 | Spain | 34.7 | 13.6% | 928 | 10k | #9 |
| 11 | South Korea | 32.0 | 18.0% | 979 | 12k | #14 |
| 12 | Japan | 29.5 | 7.1% | 1.9k | 13k | #5 |
| 13 | ?? | 27.3 | 18.0% | 510 | 6.2k | #19 |
| 14 | Canada | 25.2 | 15.8% | 545 | 5.5k | #8 |
| 15 | Russia | 23.2 | 3.8% | 2.4k | 9.3k | #18 |
| 16 | Egypt | 21.4 | 19.3% | 518 | 6k | #29 |
| 17 | Pakistan | 19.7 | 23.0% | 316 | 4.3k | #36 |
| 18 | Italy | 18.0 | 12.2% | 600 | 4.9k | #10 |
| 19 | Poland | 16.5 | 11.7% | 509 | 3.9k | #23 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 15.0 | 10.1% | 582 | 4k | #33 |
| 21 | Indonesia | 13.7 | 3.3% | 1.6k | 2.9k | #37 |
| 22 | Brazil | 12.3 | 7.1% | 711 | 3.3k | #32 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 11.1 | 17.0% | 262 | 3.1k | #12 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 9.9 | 16.4% | 294 | 3.2k | #27 |
| 25 | Iraq | 8.7 | 13.2% | 221 | 1.8k | #46 |
| 26 | Netherlands | 7.6 | 17.6% | 209 | 3k | #11 |
| 27 | Malaysia | 6.5 | 11.6% | 344 | 2.6k | #30 |
| 28 | Belgium | 5.5 | 14.2% | 231 | 2.6k | #21 |
| 29 | South Africa | 4.5 | 11.6% | 224 | 1.7k | #38 |
| 30 | Czechia | 3.5 | 10.3% | 262 | 1.8k | #31 |
| 31 | Thailand | 2.6 | 9.6% | 247 | 1.8k | #47 |
| 32 | Vietnam | 1.7 | 8.7% | 228 | 1.5k | #51 |
| 33 | Mexico | 84.7 | 6.3% | 314 | 1.7k | #43 |
| 34 | Ukraine | 0.0 | 4.3% | 233 | 626 | #45 |
countries ranked worldwide in Inorganic Chemistry (34). 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 20k works
- 2 United States 4.5k works
- 3 India 4.4k works
- 4 Russia 2.4k works
- 5 Germany 2.2k works
- 6 Japan 1.9k works
- 7 Indonesia 1.6k works
- 8 France 1.5k works
- 9 United Kingdom 1.1k works
- 10 Iran 1k works
- 11 South Korea 979 works
- 12 Spain 928 works