Subfield · Mechanics of Materials
Top Countries in Mechanics of Materials Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 64 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 | 18.6% | 59k | 478k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 83.3 | 11.6% | 12k | 63k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 73.6 | 12.7% | 9k | 51k | #9 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 66.7 | 15.8% | 3.3k | 24k | #3 |
| 5 | Germany | 61.3 | 11.5% | 4.9k | 27k | #4 |
| 6 | Australia | 56.9 | 21.4% | 1.6k | 16k | #10 |
| 7 | France | 53.2 | 10.6% | 3.8k | 19k | #5 |
| 8 | Iran | 50.0 | 16.2% | 2.9k | 22k | #11 |
| 9 | Italy | 47.2 | 15.6% | 2.8k | 18k | #7 |
| 10 | Canada | 44.6 | 14.8% | 2.2k | 14k | #8 |
| 11 | Türkiye | 42.3 | 11.7% | 2.4k | 13k | #20 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 40.3 | 18.9% | 1.2k | 10k | #31 |
| 13 | Russia | 38.3 | 3.1% | 9.9k | 18k | #12 |
| 14 | South Korea | 36.5 | 12.1% | 2.3k | 15k | #13 |
| 15 | ?? | 34.9 | 14.2% | 1.4k | 9.5k | #26 |
| 16 | Japan | 33.3 | 6.4% | 4.4k | 16k | #6 |
| 17 | Poland | 31.9 | 10.1% | 2.1k | 12k | #16 |
| 18 | Egypt | 30.5 | 16.6% | 1.1k | 8k | #32 |
| 19 | Ukraine | 29.2 | 5.3% | 2k | 3.7k | #34 |
| 20 | Hong Kong | 28.0 | 26.4% | 488 | 5k | #25 |
| 21 | Brazil | 26.8 | 7.4% | 2k | 8.5k | #27 |
| 22 | Malaysia | 25.7 | 10.8% | 977 | 4.9k | #33 |
| 23 | Singapore | 24.6 | 24.4% | 382 | 4.1k | #19 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 23.6 | 15.1% | 720 | 5.2k | #14 |
| 25 | Portugal | 22.6 | 13.9% | 751 | 5.3k | #21 |
| 26 | Austria | 21.7 | 11.5% | 707 | 4.5k | #28 |
| 27 | Spain | 20.8 | 11.5% | 1.4k | 7.7k | #15 |
| 28 | Vietnam | 19.9 | 13.5% | 891 | 5.6k | #35 |
| 29 | Iraq | 19.0 | 6.4% | 861 | 3.2k | #47 |
| 30 | Switzerland | 18.2 | 15.4% | 527 | 3.4k | #17 |
| 31 | Sweden | 17.4 | 13.8% | 703 | 4.8k | #18 |
| 32 | Belgium | 16.7 | 15.0% | 564 | 3.9k | #23 |
| 33 | Taiwan | 15.9 | 9.8% | 791 | 4.4k | #30 |
| 34 | Pakistan | 15.2 | 14.0% | 533 | 3.3k | #43 |
| 35 | Norway | 14.5 | 14.5% | 564 | 3.7k | #24 |
| 36 | Romania | 13.8 | 9.4% | 648 | 2.6k | #39 |
| 37 | Indonesia | 13.2 | 3.4% | 1.7k | 2.6k | #51 |
| 38 | Denmark | 12.5 | 14.9% | 408 | 2.6k | #22 |
| 39 | Algeria | 11.9 | 9.9% | 611 | 3.1k | #41 |
| 40 | Czechia | 11.3 | 8.3% | 857 | 3.6k | #36 |
| 41 | United Arab Emirates | 10.7 | 17.4% | 318 | 2.3k | #53 |
| 42 | South Africa | 10.1 | 10.6% | 364 | 2k | #40 |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 9.6 | 7.1% | 596 | 1.6k | #61 |
| 44 | Greece | 9.0 | 11.2% | 431 | 2.2k | #37 |
| 45 | Hungary | 8.5 | 9.1% | 417 | 1.8k | #45 |
| 46 | Morocco | 7.9 | 11.8% | 353 | 1.4k | #58 |
| 47 | Mexico | 7.4 | 6.1% | 605 | 2.2k | #44 |
| 48 | Nigeria | 6.9 | 6.0% | 584 | 1.9k | #60 |
| 49 | Thailand | 6.4 | 10.8% | 398 | 2.2k | #50 |
| 50 | Finland | 5.9 | 12.5% | 340 | 2.1k | #38 |
| 51 | Israel | 5.5 | 12.2% | 298 | 1.7k | #29 |
| 52 | Bangladesh | 5.0 | 14.2% | 236 | 1.3k | #65 |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 4.5 | 5.9% | 561 | 1.3k | #63 |
| 54 | Slovenia | 4.1 | 10.6% | 246 | 1.5k | #48 |
| 55 | Chile | 3.6 | 10.8% | 205 | 1.3k | #55 |
| 56 | Slovakia | 3.2 | 6.4% | 331 | 1.5k | #49 |
| 57 | Serbia | 2.8 | 5.2% | 287 | 1k | #54 |
| 58 | Argentina | 2.4 | 8.1% | 231 | 842 | #52 |
| 59 | Tunisia | 2.0 | 7.6% | 217 | 831 | #57 |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 1.6 | 5.0% | 269 | 475 | #69 |
| 61 | Colombia | 115.4 | 7.0% | 230 | 865 | #56 |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 76.3 | 4.2% | 311 | 629 | #59 |
| 63 | Croatia | 37.9 | 3.7% | 220 | 801 | #64 |
| 64 | Belarus | 0.0 | 2.5% | 262 | 362 | #67 |
countries ranked worldwide in Mechanics of Materials (64). 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 59k works
- 2 United States 12k works
- 3 Russia 9.9k works
- 4 India 9k works
- 5 Germany 4.9k works
- 6 Japan 4.4k works
- 7 France 3.8k works
- 8 United Kingdom 3.3k works
- 9 Iran 2.9k works
- 10 Italy 2.8k works
- 11 Türkiye 2.4k works
- 12 South Korea 2.3k works