Top Countries in Metals and Alloys Research
China ranks first in 2022-now, followed by United States and Germany, out of 6 ranked countries.
Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022-now
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
100.0 | 11.8% | 2.6k | 29k | #1 |
| 2 |  United States |
61.3 | 7.5% | 531 | 3.6k | #2 |
| 3 |  Germany |
38.7 | 7.0% | 209 | 1.8k | #4 |
| 4 |  Japan |
22.6 | 6.7% | 358 | 2.2k | #9 |
| 5 |  South Korea |
10.2 | 8.1% | 211 | 2k | #8 |
| 6 |  India |
0.0 | 7.7% | 482 | 4k | #10 |
countries ranked worldwide in Metals and Alloys (6). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).
Ranked by volume, 2022-now
- 1
China
3.1k works
- 2
United States
603 works
- 3
India
555 works
- 4
Japan
408 works
- 5
South Korea
240 works
- 6
Germany
237 works
- 7
France
210 works
- 8
Russia
188 works
- 9
United Kingdom
187 works
- 10
Brazil
181 works
- 11
Canada
158 works
- 12
Iran
127 works