Subfield · Law
Top Countries in Law Research
Indonesia ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 48 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 | Indonesia | 100.0 | 13.7% | 50k | 34k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 82.1 | 13.6% | 8.5k | 9.4k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 71.6 | 17.7% | 3.4k | 4.8k | #3 |
| 4 | Germany | 64.2 | 12.1% | 4.4k | 3.1k | #4 |
| 5 | South Africa | 58.4 | 25.0% | 1.5k | 2.4k | #7 |
| 6 | Brazil | 53.7 | 6.3% | 10k | 4.2k | #9 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 49.7 | 21.0% | 1.1k | 2.1k | #8 |
| 8 | Australia | 46.3 | 16.4% | 1.6k | 2k | #5 |
| 9 | Russia | 43.2 | 11.1% | 5.2k | 3.1k | #11 |
| 10 | Italy | 40.5 | 19.5% | 1.3k | 1.7k | #10 |
| 11 | China | 38.1 | 14.4% | 1.6k | 1.9k | #13 |
| 12 | Poland | 35.8 | 9.8% | 3.6k | 2.1k | #12 |
| 13 | Spain | 33.7 | 12.7% | 3.3k | 2.3k | #14 |
| 14 | Canada | 31.8 | 16.6% | 1.1k | 1.4k | #6 |
| 15 | Ecuador | 30.0 | 16.4% | 2.7k | 1.9k | #27 |
| 16 | ?? | 28.4 | 11.7% | 2.1k | 1.2k | #26 |
| 17 | India | 26.8 | 12.8% | 1.5k | 1.1k | #22 |
| 18 | France | 25.3 | 7.9% | 1.7k | 800 | #16 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 23.9 | 15.8% | 529 | 717 | #17 |
| 20 | Colombia | 22.6 | 14.4% | 1.3k | 1.1k | #24 |
| 21 | Sweden | 21.4 | 27.4% | 284 | 703 | #18 |
| 22 | Belgium | 20.2 | 18.0% | 544 | 1.1k | #15 |
| 23 | Austria | 19.0 | 8.7% | 807 | 419 | #20 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 17.9 | 13.7% | 929 | 700 | #38 |
| 25 | Finland | 16.9 | 22.7% | 232 | 475 | #28 |
| 26 | Portugal | 15.8 | 10.0% | 889 | 464 | #32 |
| 27 | Türkiye | 14.9 | 15.4% | 736 | 665 | #36 |
| 28 | Mexico | 13.9 | 8.8% | 1.5k | 736 | #30 |
| 29 | Norway | 13.0 | 24.8% | 220 | 380 | #19 |
| 30 | Peru | 12.1 | 9.3% | 1.3k | 751 | #43 |
| 31 | Malaysia | 11.3 | 17.7% | 557 | 580 | #44 |
| 32 | Denmark | 10.5 | 21.6% | 240 | 356 | #21 |
| 33 | Romania | 9.7 | 8.3% | 479 | 337 | #45 |
| 34 | Chile | 8.9 | 14.3% | 974 | 709 | #31 |
| 35 | Czechia | 8.2 | 17.2% | 328 | 360 | #42 |
| 36 | Hungary | 7.4 | 17.1% | 428 | 469 | #35 |
| 37 | Israel | 6.7 | 15.2% | 284 | 391 | #25 |
| 38 | Hong Kong | 6.0 | 16.1% | 231 | 400 | #23 |
| 39 | Nigeria | 5.4 | 10.7% | 449 | 259 | #46 |
| 40 | Argentina | 4.7 | 7.9% | 987 | 376 | #39 |
| 41 | Japan | 4.1 | 11.6% | 351 | 231 | #41 |
| 42 | Ireland | 3.4 | 14.0% | 206 | 193 | #33 |
| 43 | Pakistan | 2.8 | 10.2% | 321 | 201 | #56 |
| 44 | Latvia | 2.2 | 7.9% | 229 | 120 | #37 |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 1.7 | 13.7% | 208 | 143 | #62 |
| 46 | Iraq | 109.9 | 7.9% | 299 | 50 | #68 |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 54.4 | 10.5% | 217 | 106 | #61 |
| 48 | Iran | 0.0 | 8.1% | 258 | 116 | #57 |
countries ranked worldwide in Law (48). 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.