Subfield · Management Science and Operations Research
Top Countries in Management Science and Operations Research Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 65 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 | 21.8% | 18k | 105k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 83.4 | 15.7% | 14k | 75k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 73.7 | 14.1% | 10k | 36k | #4 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 66.8 | 20.3% | 4.1k | 23k | #3 |
| 5 | Germany | 61.4 | 18.5% | 3.2k | 14k | #5 |
| 6 | Türkiye | 57.1 | 18.6% | 3.1k | 15k | #12 |
| 7 | Australia | 53.4 | 22.6% | 2k | 12k | #7 |
| 8 | Canada | 50.2 | 18.3% | 2k | 11k | #6 |
| 9 | Italy | 47.4 | 21.9% | 2k | 9.7k | #11 |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 44.8 | 27.7% | 970 | 7.1k | #30 |
| 11 | Pakistan | 42.6 | 25.6% | 1.2k | 8.1k | #25 |
| 12 | South Korea | 40.5 | 23.0% | 1.1k | 6.7k | #18 |
| 13 | Spain | 38.6 | 22.8% | 1.4k | 8.4k | #10 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 36.8 | 22.4% | 1.2k | 6.8k | #8 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 35.1 | 15.8% | 1.6k | 6.5k | #23 |
| 16 | Indonesia | 33.6 | 5.6% | 5k | 6.6k | #37 |
| 17 | Iran | 32.1 | 17.8% | 1.6k | 8.2k | #14 |
| 18 | Taiwan | 30.8 | 23.6% | 846 | 5.5k | #13 |
| 19 | France | 29.5 | 14.3% | 1.9k | 6.5k | #9 |
| 20 | Greece | 28.2 | 23.5% | 635 | 3.9k | #24 |
| 21 | Jordan | 27.1 | 28.5% | 381 | 2.7k | #44 |
| 22 | Brazil | 26.0 | 9.4% | 2.2k | 5.8k | #20 |
| 23 | South Africa | 24.9 | 17.2% | 1k | 3.8k | #35 |
| 24 | Switzerland | 23.9 | 18.9% | 637 | 3.4k | #15 |
| 25 | Hong Kong | 22.9 | 24.5% | 665 | 4.5k | #19 |
| 26 | Poland | 22.0 | 16.8% | 1k | 4.5k | #27 |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 21.0 | 20.2% | 456 | 2.5k | #51 |
| 28 | ?? | 20.2 | 14.7% | 992 | 4.1k | #38 |
| 29 | Japan | 19.3 | 10.8% | 1.5k | 3.3k | #17 |
| 30 | Norway | 18.5 | 21.5% | 556 | 2.9k | #31 |
| 31 | Russia | 17.7 | 7.4% | 2.6k | 3.7k | #32 |
| 32 | Romania | 17.0 | 17.7% | 515 | 2.4k | #48 |
| 33 | Singapore | 16.2 | 26.6% | 427 | 2.9k | #26 |
| 34 | Portugal | 15.5 | 21.0% | 630 | 3.2k | #33 |
| 35 | Nigeria | 14.8 | 7.0% | 1.5k | 3.2k | #49 |
| 36 | Vietnam | 14.2 | 19.2% | 761 | 3.2k | #50 |
| 37 | Belgium | 13.5 | 22.0% | 497 | 2.7k | #22 |
| 38 | Sweden | 12.9 | 22.5% | 637 | 3.2k | #21 |
| 39 | Serbia | 12.2 | 27.5% | 308 | 2.4k | #41 |
| 40 | Egypt | 11.6 | 16.4% | 677 | 3k | #43 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 11.0 | 21.5% | 416 | 2.1k | #47 |
| 42 | Finland | 10.5 | 23.9% | 407 | 2.6k | #34 |
| 43 | Iraq | 9.9 | 9.6% | 987 | 2.6k | #55 |
| 44 | Denmark | 9.3 | 16.2% | 568 | 2.4k | #28 |
| 45 | Morocco | 8.8 | 20.0% | 486 | 1.8k | #54 |
| 46 | Austria | 8.3 | 20.8% | 448 | 2.1k | #29 |
| 47 | Thailand | 7.8 | 11.1% | 776 | 2.4k | #53 |
| 48 | Ireland | 7.3 | 23.6% | 269 | 1.4k | #39 |
| 49 | Hungary | 6.8 | 18.3% | 374 | 1.6k | #45 |
| 50 | Israel | 6.3 | 13.8% | 398 | 1.3k | #16 |
| 51 | New Zealand | 5.8 | 18.5% | 313 | 1.5k | #40 |
| 52 | Mexico | 5.3 | 11.1% | 476 | 1.4k | #46 |
| 53 | Czechia | 4.9 | 11.9% | 446 | 1.5k | #42 |
| 54 | Colombia | 4.4 | 15.4% | 288 | 1.1k | #59 |
| 55 | Ukraine | 4.0 | 8.2% | 568 | 811 | #61 |
| 56 | Slovakia | 3.6 | 14.7% | 268 | 1.1k | #56 |
| 57 | Chile | 3.1 | 19.3% | 252 | 1.1k | #52 |
| 58 | Philippines | 2.7 | 9.2% | 417 | 812 | #62 |
| 59 | Ghana | 2.3 | 15.0% | 245 | 945 | #60 |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 1.9 | 9.1% | 256 | 505 | #66 |
| 61 | Peru | 1.5 | 10.6% | 236 | 606 | #71 |
| 62 | Nepal | 113.2 | 7.2% | 279 | 484 | #74 |
| 63 | Kenya | 74.9 | 3.5% | 548 | 554 | #68 |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 37.1 | 9.0% | 230 | 587 | #72 |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 9.7% | 208 | 399 | #73 |
countries ranked worldwide in Management Science and Operations Research (65). 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.