Subfield · Instrumentation
Top Countries in Instrumentation Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 13 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 | 21.0% | 2.2k | 19k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 73.0 | 16.9% | 2.8k | 14k | #6 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 57.2 | 27.2% | 536 | 5.8k | #2 |
| 4 | France | 46.0 | 24.0% | 534 | 6.1k | #4 |
| 5 | Germany | 37.3 | 22.6% | 532 | 4k | #3 |
| 6 | Italy | 30.1 | 24.2% | 410 | 3.7k | #5 |
| 7 | Spain | 24.1 | 25.7% | 287 | 3k | #10 |
| 8 | Japan | 18.9 | 16.2% | 370 | 2.4k | #7 |
| 9 | Australia | 14.3 | 24.9% | 233 | 2.5k | #9 |
| 10 | Canada | 10.2 | 23.4% | 212 | 1.8k | #8 |
| 11 | South Korea | 6.5 | 18.4% | 223 | 1.1k | #16 |
| 12 | India | 3.1 | 10.1% | 296 | 1k | #20 |
| 13 | Russia | 0.0 | 6.9% | 261 | 628 | #13 |
countries ranked worldwide in Instrumentation (13). 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 2.8k works
- 2 United States 2.2k works
- 3 United Kingdom 536 works
- 4 France 534 works
- 5 Germany 532 works
- 6 Italy 410 works
- 7 Japan 370 works
- 8 India 296 works
- 9 Spain 287 works
- 10 Russia 261 works
- 11 Australia 233 works
- 12 South Korea 223 works