Subfield · Mechanical Engineering
Top Countries in Mechanical Engineering Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 76 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 | 18.9% | 144k | 1.4M | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 84.0 | 13.0% | 29k | 208k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 74.6 | 12.1% | 32k | 205k | #6 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 68.0 | 17.9% | 8.7k | 82k | #3 |
| 5 | Australia | 62.8 | 23.0% | 4k | 51k | #9 |
| 6 | Germany | 58.6 | 9.3% | 14k | 72k | #4 |
| 7 | Iran | 55.1 | 18.6% | 6.9k | 70k | #12 |
| 8 | Canada | 52.0 | 17.1% | 5.5k | 47k | #8 |
| 9 | South Korea | 49.3 | 15.9% | 8.1k | 72k | #11 |
| 10 | Türkiye | 46.8 | 11.9% | 7.2k | 46k | #16 |
| 11 | Italy | 44.6 | 15.0% | 6.7k | 49k | #10 |
| 12 | France | 42.6 | 10.6% | 6.7k | 41k | #7 |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 40.8 | 31.4% | 1.5k | 24k | #25 |
| 14 | Singapore | 39.1 | 29.1% | 1.5k | 24k | #19 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 37.5 | 21.3% | 3.4k | 40k | #28 |
| 16 | Russia | 36.0 | 3.5% | 18k | 41k | #15 |
| 17 | Japan | 34.6 | 6.6% | 11k | 48k | #5 |
| 18 | ?? | 33.3 | 13.6% | 4.1k | 32k | #26 |
| 19 | Malaysia | 32.0 | 11.7% | 3.7k | 24k | #21 |
| 20 | Poland | 30.8 | 9.4% | 5.8k | 33k | #18 |
| 21 | Spain | 29.7 | 13.7% | 4.1k | 32k | #13 |
| 22 | Egypt | 28.6 | 17.8% | 2.6k | 26k | #32 |
| 23 | Netherlands | 27.6 | 17.1% | 1.8k | 16k | #14 |
| 24 | Sweden | 26.6 | 16.7% | 2k | 17k | #20 |
| 25 | Pakistan | 25.7 | 19.4% | 2.2k | 26k | #34 |
| 26 | Portugal | 24.8 | 15.3% | 1.7k | 14k | #31 |
| 27 | Taiwan | 23.9 | 11.6% | 2.7k | 21k | #23 |
| 28 | Ukraine | 23.1 | 5.6% | 4.5k | 9k | #33 |
| 29 | Switzerland | 22.2 | 17.4% | 1.3k | 13k | #17 |
| 30 | Brazil | 21.5 | 7.2% | 4.8k | 22k | #27 |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 20.7 | 17.3% | 1k | 8.9k | #51 |
| 32 | United Arab Emirates | 20.0 | 19.5% | 1.1k | 11k | #47 |
| 33 | Norway | 19.3 | 14.4% | 1.5k | 10k | #24 |
| 34 | Finland | 18.6 | 17.1% | 1.1k | 9.9k | #37 |
| 35 | South Africa | 17.9 | 10.7% | 1.7k | 11k | #39 |
| 36 | Iraq | 17.3 | 9.2% | 2.8k | 15k | #44 |
| 37 | Belgium | 16.6 | 13.7% | 1.5k | 11k | #22 |
| 38 | Denmark | 16.0 | 15.4% | 1.2k | 8.6k | #30 |
| 39 | Austria | 15.4 | 10.7% | 1.7k | 11k | #29 |
| 40 | Indonesia | 14.8 | 2.6% | 7k | 12k | #49 |
| 41 | Nigeria | 14.3 | 6.8% | 1.9k | 8.5k | #53 |
| 42 | Greece | 13.7 | 15.6% | 1.1k | 8.9k | #36 |
| 43 | Czechia | 13.2 | 8.6% | 2.1k | 10k | #35 |
| 44 | Romania | 12.6 | 7.2% | 1.8k | 7.1k | #42 |
| 45 | Algeria | 12.1 | 9.1% | 1.3k | 6.9k | #54 |
| 46 | Vietnam | 11.6 | 10.2% | 1.8k | 7.6k | #50 |
| 47 | Morocco | 11.1 | 14.8% | 850 | 5.8k | #61 |
| 48 | Thailand | 10.6 | 11.2% | 1.4k | 9.5k | #43 |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 10.1 | 7.0% | 1.3k | 4k | #59 |
| 50 | Mexico | 9.7 | 6.0% | 2k | 8k | #40 |
| 51 | Kazakhstan | 9.2 | 6.0% | 1.5k | 4.3k | #66 |
| 52 | Ireland | 8.8 | 18.2% | 511 | 4.6k | #41 |
| 53 | Hungary | 8.3 | 7.5% | 1.1k | 5.1k | #46 |
| 54 | New Zealand | 7.9 | 16.8% | 445 | 3.7k | #45 |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 7.5 | 14.7% | 505 | 4.4k | #69 |
| 56 | Qatar | 7.1 | 20.9% | 291 | 3.5k | #57 |
| 57 | Israel | 6.6 | 11.7% | 512 | 3.4k | #38 |
| 58 | Chile | 6.2 | 12.6% | 570 | 4.1k | #60 |
| 59 | Serbia | 5.8 | 6.8% | 656 | 2.6k | #58 |
| 60 | Jordan | 5.5 | 16.2% | 370 | 3k | #67 |
| 61 | Slovenia | 5.1 | 10.8% | 580 | 3.3k | #52 |
| 62 | Slovakia | 4.7 | 6.3% | 1k | 3.9k | #48 |
| 63 | Tunisia | 4.3 | 10.7% | 603 | 3.1k | #63 |
| 64 | Colombia | 4.0 | 7.3% | 620 | 2.5k | #62 |
| 65 | Kuwait | 3.6 | 12.6% | 334 | 2.5k | #68 |
| 66 | Croatia | 3.3 | 6.7% | 454 | 1.9k | #64 |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 2.9 | 2.9% | 777 | 1.7k | #65 |
| 68 | Ecuador | 2.6 | 8.7% | 297 | 1.1k | #78 |
| 69 | Oman | 2.2 | 11.6% | 216 | 1.4k | #72 |
| 70 | Argentina | 1.9 | 6.4% | 422 | 1.8k | #56 |
| 71 | Belarus | 1.6 | 3.9% | 549 | 946 | #70 |
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 124.8 | 4.8% | 452 | 701 | #83 |
| 73 | Philippines | 93.0 | 5.5% | 383 | 1k | #77 |
| 74 | Nepal | 61.6 | 5.1% | 326 | 720 | #80 |
| 75 | Lithuania | 30.6 | 8.5% | 270 | 1.5k | #75 |
| 76 | Peru | 0.0 | 5.3% | 246 | 526 | #89 |
countries ranked worldwide in Mechanical Engineering (76). 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 144k works
- 2 India 32k works
- 3 United States 29k works
- 4 Russia 18k works
- 5 Germany 14k works
- 6 Japan 11k works
- 7 United Kingdom 8.7k works
- 8 South Korea 8.1k works
- 9 Türkiye 7.2k works
- 10 Indonesia 7k works
- 11 Iran 6.9k works
- 12 France 6.7k works