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Top Countries in Library and Information Sciences Research

United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 3 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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1United States 100.0 15.2% 1.5k 2.2k#1
2Nigeria 36.9 15.6% 389 407#5
3India 0.0 10.9% 334 273#7

countries ranked worldwide in Library and Information Sciences (3). 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.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 Nigeria 389 works
  3. 3 India 334 works
  4. 4 Canada 179 works
  5. 5 Ghana 131 works
  6. 6 Australia 123 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 120 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 117 works
  9. 9 China 81 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 68 works
  11. 11 Russia 60 works
  12. 12 Iran 56 works