Subfield · Insect Science
Top Countries in Insect Science Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 52 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 | 30.0% | 9k | 82k | #3 |
| 2 | United States | 82.5 | 22.1% | 6.8k | 43k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 72.2 | 11.8% | 5k | 19k | #12 |
| 4 | Italy | 64.9 | 33.7% | 1.5k | 14k | #7 |
| 5 | Germany | 59.3 | 30.6% | 1.4k | 13k | #4 |
| 6 | France | 54.7 | 23.2% | 1.6k | 11k | #5 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 50.8 | 26.5% | 1.3k | 9.6k | #2 |
| 8 | Spain | 47.4 | 27.1% | 1.2k | 10k | #11 |
| 9 | Brazil | 44.4 | 13.0% | 3.7k | 15k | #8 |
| 10 | Poland | 41.7 | 26.6% | 923 | 7.5k | #16 |
| 11 | Australia | 39.3 | 24.5% | 972 | 7.2k | #6 |
| 12 | Canada | 37.1 | 23.0% | 980 | 6.6k | #9 |
| 13 | Egypt | 35.1 | 17.2% | 1.2k | 6.5k | #26 |
| 14 | Türkiye | 33.2 | 10.3% | 1.9k | 6.6k | #30 |
| 15 | Iran | 31.5 | 16.3% | 970 | 5.1k | #29 |
| 16 | Switzerland | 29.8 | 32.7% | 400 | 4k | #13 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 28.3 | 32.8% | 415 | 4.1k | #10 |
| 18 | Portugal | 26.8 | 27.2% | 425 | 3.9k | #23 |
| 19 | Belgium | 25.5 | 13.9% | 860 | 3.2k | #17 |
| 20 | South Korea | 24.2 | 17.3% | 1k | 5.8k | #19 |
| 21 | Mexico | 22.9 | 11.3% | 1.2k | 4.4k | #20 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 21.8 | 26.7% | 432 | 3.4k | #37 |
| 23 | Thailand | 20.6 | 22.1% | 520 | 3.8k | #38 |
| 24 | Japan | 19.6 | 12.5% | 1.4k | 5.7k | #14 |
| 25 | Romania | 18.5 | 26.7% | 311 | 2.5k | #42 |
| 26 | Sweden | 17.5 | 32.9% | 286 | 2.8k | #15 |
| 27 | Indonesia | 16.6 | 4.5% | 1.8k | 3.1k | #44 |
| 28 | Pakistan | 15.7 | 16.2% | 657 | 3.3k | #39 |
| 29 | Greece | 14.8 | 28.0% | 371 | 3k | #28 |
| 30 | South Africa | 13.9 | 21.3% | 450 | 2.9k | #27 |
| 31 | Denmark | 13.1 | 33.1% | 207 | 2k | #24 |
| 32 | ?? | 12.3 | 18.1% | 447 | 2.7k | #33 |
| 33 | Malaysia | 11.5 | 17.7% | 478 | 3.2k | #34 |
| 34 | Czechia | 10.8 | 19.5% | 581 | 3.3k | #18 |
| 35 | Russia | 10.0 | 5.6% | 1.5k | 3.4k | #35 |
| 36 | Argentina | 9.3 | 14.3% | 644 | 2.8k | #31 |
| 37 | New Zealand | 8.6 | 19.3% | 284 | 1.9k | #21 |
| 38 | Austria | 7.9 | 26.6% | 219 | 1.7k | #22 |
| 39 | Hungary | 7.3 | 17.6% | 333 | 1.6k | #41 |
| 40 | Finland | 6.6 | 25.3% | 212 | 1.6k | #25 |
| 41 | Kenya | 6.0 | 21.1% | 259 | 1.7k | #45 |
| 42 | Nigeria | 5.4 | 8.4% | 431 | 1.1k | #48 |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 4.8 | 18.5% | 223 | 1.2k | #54 |
| 44 | Taiwan | 4.2 | 20.1% | 272 | 1.8k | #46 |
| 45 | Colombia | 3.7 | 9.8% | 456 | 1.4k | #43 |
| 46 | Chile | 3.1 | 16.2% | 222 | 1.1k | #47 |
| 47 | Serbia | 2.6 | 18.8% | 232 | 1.3k | #52 |
| 48 | Bangladesh | 2.0 | 13.1% | 218 | 1.1k | #55 |
| 49 | Ukraine | 1.5 | 5.9% | 322 | 728 | #56 |
| 50 | Iraq | 99.3 | 5.2% | 380 | 623 | #65 |
| 51 | Vietnam | 49.1 | 10.2% | 210 | 611 | #58 |
| 52 | Zambia | 0.0 | 0.4% | 445 | 88 | #68 |
countries ranked worldwide in Insect Science (52). 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.