Subfield · Molecular Biology
Top Countries in Molecular Biology Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 87 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 | 24.7% | 186k | 2.2M | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 84.5 | 20.1% | 120k | 1.3M | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 75.4 | 23.5% | 19k | 248k | #3 |
| 4 | Germany | 69.0 | 21.1% | 23k | 256k | #4 |
| 5 | India | 64.0 | 13.9% | 40k | 242k | #13 |
| 6 | Italy | 59.9 | 21.5% | 16k | 160k | #9 |
| 7 | France | 56.4 | 18.6% | 16k | 144k | #5 |
| 8 | Canada | 53.4 | 20.8% | 11k | 124k | #7 |
| 9 | Australia | 50.8 | 24.6% | 8.3k | 104k | #11 |
| 10 | Spain | 48.4 | 20.5% | 12k | 115k | #12 |
| 11 | South Korea | 46.3 | 18.2% | 15k | 142k | #16 |
| 12 | Japan | 44.4 | 12.1% | 24k | 167k | #6 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 42.6 | 26.3% | 4.8k | 70k | #8 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 40.9 | 25.8% | 5.8k | 75k | #10 |
| 15 | ?? | 39.4 | 23.0% | 5.2k | 67k | #20 |
| 16 | Iran | 37.9 | 17.8% | 9.4k | 80k | #27 |
| 17 | Poland | 36.6 | 17.8% | 6.6k | 57k | #22 |
| 18 | Sweden | 35.3 | 24.3% | 3.9k | 49k | #14 |
| 19 | Denmark | 34.1 | 24.7% | 3.4k | 48k | #18 |
| 20 | Belgium | 32.9 | 22.5% | 3.1k | 37k | #15 |
| 21 | Singapore | 31.8 | 26.2% | 2.2k | 31k | #21 |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 30.8 | 21.9% | 4.1k | 41k | #35 |
| 23 | Brazil | 29.8 | 11.1% | 11k | 60k | #25 |
| 24 | Austria | 28.8 | 21.1% | 2.8k | 31k | #19 |
| 25 | Israel | 27.9 | 20.9% | 3k | 36k | #17 |
| 26 | Russia | 27.0 | 6.6% | 13k | 53k | #23 |
| 27 | Egypt | 26.2 | 17.3% | 5.3k | 41k | #41 |
| 28 | Portugal | 25.4 | 20.7% | 3.1k | 32k | #30 |
| 29 | Türkiye | 24.6 | 9.8% | 8.9k | 41k | #36 |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 23.8 | 27.9% | 1.9k | 27k | #33 |
| 31 | Taiwan | 23.1 | 16.1% | 5.2k | 45k | #29 |
| 32 | Mexico | 22.4 | 12.0% | 4.4k | 27k | #34 |
| 33 | Pakistan | 21.7 | 14.2% | 3.9k | 25k | #42 |
| 34 | Greece | 21.0 | 19.5% | 2.3k | 20k | #40 |
| 35 | Ireland | 20.4 | 23.4% | 1.5k | 18k | #26 |
| 36 | Czechia | 19.8 | 17.5% | 2.9k | 24k | #31 |
| 37 | Malaysia | 19.1 | 14.7% | 2.9k | 21k | #38 |
| 38 | Finland | 18.5 | 22.2% | 1.7k | 22k | #24 |
| 39 | Romania | 18.0 | 21.1% | 1.5k | 15k | #45 |
| 40 | South Africa | 17.4 | 17.9% | 1.8k | 15k | #39 |
| 41 | Norway | 16.8 | 20.5% | 1.6k | 16k | #28 |
| 42 | New Zealand | 16.3 | 21.7% | 1.3k | 13k | #32 |
| 43 | Indonesia | 15.8 | 4.5% | 7.4k | 16k | #48 |
| 44 | Thailand | 15.3 | 15.0% | 3k | 22k | #44 |
| 45 | Hungary | 14.8 | 14.3% | 1.7k | 14k | #37 |
| 46 | Bangladesh | 14.3 | 16.4% | 1.6k | 11k | #50 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 13.8 | 21.8% | 866 | 8.1k | #56 |
| 48 | Nigeria | 13.3 | 9.4% | 2.1k | 8.6k | #54 |
| 49 | Iraq | 12.9 | 6.6% | 2.5k | 8.9k | #61 |
| 50 | Chile | 12.4 | 15.8% | 1.3k | 9.9k | #46 |
| 51 | Argentina | 12.0 | 12.0% | 1.9k | 11k | #43 |
| 52 | Macau | 11.5 | 32.1% | 511 | 7.2k | #58 |
| 53 | Ethiopia | 11.1 | 20.5% | 616 | 5.7k | #65 |
| 54 | Qatar | 10.7 | 24.6% | 444 | 5.1k | #63 |
| 55 | Vietnam | 10.3 | 8.9% | 1.8k | 7.7k | #60 |
| 56 | Colombia | 9.9 | 11.5% | 1.2k | 5.6k | #62 |
| 57 | Serbia | 9.5 | 14.1% | 818 | 4.8k | #64 |
| 58 | Slovenia | 9.1 | 19.1% | 739 | 6.3k | #57 |
| 59 | Ukraine | 8.7 | 5.3% | 1.5k | 4.4k | #55 |
| 60 | Slovakia | 8.3 | 14.1% | 757 | 6k | #49 |
| 61 | Croatia | 7.9 | 14.0% | 766 | 5.3k | #52 |
| 62 | Morocco | 7.6 | 12.0% | 980 | 5k | #51 |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 7.2 | 10.9% | 884 | 4.4k | #53 |
| 64 | Jordan | 6.9 | 17.4% | 549 | 4.7k | #71 |
| 65 | Estonia | 6.5 | 19.2% | 306 | 5k | #59 |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 6.2 | 12.1% | 565 | 2.7k | #80 |
| 67 | Ecuador | 5.8 | 11.2% | 479 | 2.2k | #82 |
| 68 | Lithuania | 5.5 | 15.5% | 428 | 3.4k | #72 |
| 69 | Tunisia | 5.2 | 10.5% | 704 | 3.2k | #66 |
| 70 | Cyprus | 4.9 | 17.5% | 296 | 2.4k | #75 |
| 71 | Puerto Rico | 4.6 | 16.0% | 344 | 4.1k | #70 |
| 72 | Philippines | 4.2 | 8.0% | 680 | 2.5k | #69 |
| 73 | Kenya | 3.9 | 15.6% | 303 | 2k | #74 |
| 74 | Nepal | 3.6 | 9.9% | 440 | 2k | #79 |
| 75 | Algeria | 3.3 | 8.6% | 542 | 2.1k | #84 |
| 76 | Lebanon | 3.0 | 18.2% | 281 | 2.2k | #76 |
| 77 | Ghana | 2.7 | 15.2% | 297 | 1.9k | #86 |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 2.4 | 10.5% | 366 | 1.7k | #83 |
| 79 | Uruguay | 2.2 | 11.7% | 276 | 1.7k | #78 |
| 80 | Peru | 1.9 | 8.3% | 434 | 1.6k | #90 |
| 81 | Cameroon | 1.6 | 11.8% | 269 | 1.3k | #73 |
| 82 | Uzbekistan | 132.5 | 6.6% | 375 | 1.1k | #91 |
| 83 | Belarus | 105.4 | 6.3% | 359 | 1.2k | #81 |
| 84 | Latvia | 78.6 | 11.4% | 253 | 1.6k | #95 |
| 85 | Armenia | 52.1 | 8.4% | 229 | 2.5k | #87 |
| 86 | Georgia | 25.9 | 4.8% | 231 | 425 | — |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0.0 | 4.6% | 204 | 372 | #99 |
countries ranked worldwide in Molecular Biology (87). 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 186k works
- 2 United States 120k works
- 3 India 40k works
- 4 Japan 24k works
- 5 Germany 23k works
- 6 United Kingdom 19k works
- 7 Italy 16k works
- 8 France 16k works
- 9 South Korea 15k works
- 10 Russia 13k works
- 11 Spain 12k works
- 12 Canada 11k works