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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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 24.7% 186k 2.2M#2
2United States 84.5 20.1% 120k 1.3M#1
3United Kingdom 75.4 23.5% 19k 248k#3
4Germany 69.0 21.1% 23k 256k#4
5India 64.0 13.9% 40k 242k#13
6Italy 59.9 21.5% 16k 160k#9
7France 56.4 18.6% 16k 144k#5
8Canada 53.4 20.8% 11k 124k#7
9Australia 50.8 24.6% 8.3k 104k#11
10Spain 48.4 20.5% 12k 115k#12
11South Korea 46.3 18.2% 15k 142k#16
12Japan 44.4 12.1% 24k 167k#6
13Switzerland 42.6 26.3% 4.8k 70k#8
14Netherlands 40.9 25.8% 5.8k 75k#10
15?? 39.4 23.0% 5.2k 67k#20
16Iran 37.9 17.8% 9.4k 80k#27
17Poland 36.6 17.8% 6.6k 57k#22
18Sweden 35.3 24.3% 3.9k 49k#14
19Denmark 34.1 24.7% 3.4k 48k#18
20Belgium 32.9 22.5% 3.1k 37k#15
21Singapore 31.8 26.2% 2.2k 31k#21
22Saudi Arabia 30.8 21.9% 4.1k 41k#35
23Brazil 29.8 11.1% 11k 60k#25
24Austria 28.8 21.1% 2.8k 31k#19
25Israel 27.9 20.9% 3k 36k#17
26Russia 27.0 6.6% 13k 53k#23
27Egypt 26.2 17.3% 5.3k 41k#41
28Portugal 25.4 20.7% 3.1k 32k#30
29Türkiye 24.6 9.8% 8.9k 41k#36
30Hong Kong 23.8 27.9% 1.9k 27k#33
31Taiwan 23.1 16.1% 5.2k 45k#29
32Mexico 22.4 12.0% 4.4k 27k#34
33Pakistan 21.7 14.2% 3.9k 25k#42
34Greece 21.0 19.5% 2.3k 20k#40
35Ireland 20.4 23.4% 1.5k 18k#26
36Czechia 19.8 17.5% 2.9k 24k#31
37Malaysia 19.1 14.7% 2.9k 21k#38
38Finland 18.5 22.2% 1.7k 22k#24
39Romania 18.0 21.1% 1.5k 15k#45
40South Africa 17.4 17.9% 1.8k 15k#39
41Norway 16.8 20.5% 1.6k 16k#28
42New Zealand 16.3 21.7% 1.3k 13k#32
43Indonesia 15.8 4.5% 7.4k 16k#48
44Thailand 15.3 15.0% 3k 22k#44
45Hungary 14.8 14.3% 1.7k 14k#37
46Bangladesh 14.3 16.4% 1.6k 11k#50
47United Arab Emirates 13.8 21.8% 866 8.1k#56
48Nigeria 13.3 9.4% 2.1k 8.6k#54
49Iraq 12.9 6.6% 2.5k 8.9k#61
50Chile 12.4 15.8% 1.3k 9.9k#46
51Argentina 12.0 12.0% 1.9k 11k#43
52Macau 11.5 32.1% 511 7.2k#58
53Ethiopia 11.1 20.5% 616 5.7k#65
54Qatar 10.7 24.6% 444 5.1k#63
55Vietnam 10.3 8.9% 1.8k 7.7k#60
56Colombia 9.9 11.5% 1.2k 5.6k#62
57Serbia 9.5 14.1% 818 4.8k#64
58Slovenia 9.1 19.1% 739 6.3k#57
59Ukraine 8.7 5.3% 1.5k 4.4k#55
60Slovakia 8.3 14.1% 757 6k#49
61Croatia 7.9 14.0% 766 5.3k#52
62Morocco 7.6 12.0% 980 5k#51
63Bulgaria 7.2 10.9% 884 4.4k#53
64Jordan 6.9 17.4% 549 4.7k#71
65Estonia 6.5 19.2% 306 5k#59
66Kazakhstan 6.2 12.1% 565 2.7k#80
67Ecuador 5.8 11.2% 479 2.2k#82
68Lithuania 5.5 15.5% 428 3.4k#72
69Tunisia 5.2 10.5% 704 3.2k#66
70Cyprus 4.9 17.5% 296 2.4k#75
71Puerto Rico 4.6 16.0% 344 4.1k#70
72Philippines 4.2 8.0% 680 2.5k#69
73Kenya 3.9 15.6% 303 2k#74
74Nepal 3.6 9.9% 440 2k#79
75Algeria 3.3 8.6% 542 2.1k#84
76Lebanon 3.0 18.2% 281 2.2k#76
77Ghana 2.7 15.2% 297 1.9k#86
78Sri Lanka 2.4 10.5% 366 1.7k#83
79Uruguay 2.2 11.7% 276 1.7k#78
80Peru 1.9 8.3% 434 1.6k#90
81Cameroon 1.6 11.8% 269 1.3k#73
82Uzbekistan 132.5 6.6% 375 1.1k#91
83Belarus 105.4 6.3% 359 1.2k#81
84Latvia 78.6 11.4% 253 1.6k#95
85Armenia 52.1 8.4% 229 2.5k#87
86Georgia 25.9 4.8% 231 425
87Azerbaijan 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.

0 – 5: 18 places5 – 10: 14 places10 – 15: 11 places15 – 20: 9 places20 – 25: 7 places25 – 30: 6 places30 – 35: 4 places35 – 40: 4 places40 – 45: 3 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 2 places55 – 60: 2 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 1 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 186k works
  2. 2 United States 120k works
  3. 3 India 40k works
  4. 4 Japan 24k works
  5. 5 Germany 23k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 19k works
  7. 7 Italy 16k works
  8. 8 France 16k works
  9. 9 South Korea 15k works
  10. 10 Russia 13k works
  11. 11 Spain 12k works
  12. 12 Canada 11k works