Subfield · Materials Chemistry
Top Countries in Materials Chemistry Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 74 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 | 20.5% | 158k | 2.3M | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 83.9 | 15.3% | 33k | 359k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 74.5 | 14.0% | 38k | 362k | #7 |
| 4 | South Korea | 67.8 | 16.8% | 12k | 151k | #8 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 62.6 | 17.9% | 7.4k | 91k | #5 |
| 6 | Germany | 58.4 | 13.0% | 12k | 115k | #3 |
| 7 | Australia | 54.8 | 24.2% | 3.8k | 67k | #9 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 51.7 | 22.4% | 5.8k | 88k | #22 |
| 9 | Japan | 49.0 | 8.1% | 15k | 108k | #4 |
| 10 | France | 46.5 | 10.8% | 9.8k | 79k | #6 |
| 11 | Iran | 44.3 | 16.0% | 7.7k | 86k | #17 |
| 12 | ?? | 42.3 | 17.8% | 4.7k | 62k | #20 |
| 13 | Canada | 40.4 | 17.7% | 3.9k | 47k | #10 |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 38.7 | 31.4% | 1.9k | 40k | #19 |
| 15 | Singapore | 37.1 | 28.4% | 1.7k | 36k | #14 |
| 16 | Egypt | 35.6 | 22.1% | 4k | 57k | #29 |
| 17 | Italy | 34.2 | 14.3% | 5.8k | 57k | #11 |
| 18 | Pakistan | 32.8 | 20.7% | 3.5k | 50k | #34 |
| 19 | Spain | 31.6 | 14.1% | 5.1k | 55k | #13 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 30.4 | 12.5% | 6k | 49k | #24 |
| 21 | Russia | 29.3 | 4.1% | 17k | 65k | #16 |
| 22 | Poland | 28.2 | 11.1% | 4.6k | 39k | #25 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 27.2 | 20.3% | 1.8k | 25k | #12 |
| 24 | Bangladesh | 26.2 | 24.2% | 1.4k | 21k | #42 |
| 25 | Malaysia | 25.2 | 15.2% | 2.7k | 29k | #32 |
| 26 | Sweden | 24.3 | 16.9% | 1.8k | 22k | #18 |
| 27 | Taiwan | 23.4 | 12.9% | 3.8k | 40k | #21 |
| 28 | Iraq | 22.6 | 11.2% | 3k | 23k | #43 |
| 29 | Netherlands | 21.8 | 18.5% | 1.7k | 21k | #15 |
| 30 | Brazil | 21.0 | 8.5% | 4.8k | 33k | #26 |
| 31 | Portugal | 20.2 | 15.5% | 1.4k | 16k | #36 |
| 32 | Belgium | 19.5 | 15.1% | 1.5k | 16k | #23 |
| 33 | South Africa | 18.8 | 15.3% | 1.5k | 17k | #39 |
| 34 | Czechia | 18.1 | 11.2% | 2.2k | 19k | #31 |
| 35 | United Arab Emirates | 17.4 | 22.9% | 785 | 12k | #55 |
| 36 | Indonesia | 16.7 | 4.5% | 4.6k | 15k | #44 |
| 37 | Nigeria | 16.1 | 12.0% | 1.4k | 11k | #51 |
| 38 | Austria | 15.5 | 13.5% | 1.3k | 12k | #27 |
| 39 | Morocco | 14.9 | 19.1% | 1.5k | 16k | #56 |
| 40 | Mexico | 14.3 | 7.3% | 2.8k | 18k | #38 |
| 41 | Algeria | 13.7 | 11.1% | 1.5k | 12k | #54 |
| 42 | Ukraine | 13.2 | 4.5% | 2.9k | 8.6k | #41 |
| 43 | Denmark | 12.6 | 15.7% | 992 | 12k | #30 |
| 44 | Finland | 12.1 | 16.3% | 878 | 11k | #35 |
| 45 | Norway | 11.6 | 14.0% | 724 | 7.8k | #33 |
| 46 | Israel | 11.0 | 13.5% | 1k | 10k | #28 |
| 47 | Thailand | 10.5 | 11.7% | 1.8k | 15k | #47 |
| 48 | Romania | 10.1 | 10.4% | 1.3k | 9.8k | #48 |
| 49 | Vietnam | 9.6 | 8.6% | 2.1k | 15k | #53 |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 9.1 | 24.4% | 423 | 6k | #62 |
| 51 | Greece | 8.6 | 13.6% | 873 | 8.5k | #40 |
| 52 | Macau | 8.2 | 31.4% | 313 | 6.7k | #61 |
| 53 | Ireland | 7.8 | 17.5% | 503 | 6.6k | #37 |
| 54 | New Zealand | 7.3 | 19.3% | 328 | 4.9k | #46 |
| 55 | Jordan | 6.9 | 17.5% | 486 | 5.6k | #66 |
| 56 | Chile | 6.5 | 13.0% | 602 | 5.5k | #58 |
| 57 | Hungary | 6.1 | 10.7% | 755 | 5.2k | #45 |
| 58 | Slovakia | 5.7 | 10.3% | 658 | 4.6k | #52 |
| 59 | Slovenia | 5.3 | 11.2% | 524 | 4.6k | #50 |
| 60 | Tunisia | 4.9 | 10.7% | 720 | 6k | #64 |
| 61 | Kazakhstan | 4.5 | 7.6% | 807 | 3.7k | #69 |
| 62 | Qatar | 4.1 | 20.5% | 262 | 4k | #59 |
| 63 | Uzbekistan | 3.7 | 7.4% | 618 | 2.4k | #75 |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 3.4 | 5.7% | 614 | 2.9k | #57 |
| 65 | Argentina | 3.0 | 6.9% | 770 | 4.5k | #49 |
| 66 | Serbia | 2.7 | 8.5% | 526 | 3.4k | #60 |
| 67 | Colombia | 2.3 | 6.8% | 518 | 3.4k | #63 |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 2.0 | 7.9% | 461 | 2k | #78 |
| 69 | Nepal | 1.6 | 11.0% | 256 | 1.8k | #76 |
| 70 | Belarus | 129.1 | 4.2% | 567 | 2k | #68 |
| 71 | Lithuania | 96.2 | 8.5% | 324 | 2.5k | #67 |
| 72 | Croatia | 63.7 | 8.0% | 349 | 2.3k | #65 |
| 73 | Philippines | 31.6 | 8.6% | 228 | 1.2k | #81 |
| 74 | Latvia | 0.0 | 6.8% | 220 | 1.5k | #73 |
countries ranked worldwide in Materials Chemistry (74). 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 158k works
- 2 India 38k works
- 3 United States 33k works
- 4 Russia 17k works
- 5 Japan 15k works
- 6 South Korea 12k works
- 7 Germany 12k works
- 8 France 9.8k works
- 9 Iran 7.7k works
- 10 United Kingdom 7.4k works
- 11 Türkiye 6k works
- 12 Italy 5.8k works