Subfield · Music
Top Countries in Music Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 19 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 | United States | 100.0 | 16.3% | 3.9k | 3.7k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 76.5 | 23.1% | 1.2k | 2k | #5 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 62.7 | 16.4% | 1.7k | 1.7k | #2 |
| 4 | Australia | 52.9 | 21.7% | 602 | 960 | #3 |
| 5 | Spain | 45.3 | 26.0% | 464 | 753 | #7 |
| 6 | Germany | 39.1 | 13.6% | 659 | 628 | #6 |
| 7 | Canada | 33.9 | 16.3% | 534 | 660 | #4 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 29.4 | 26.5% | 224 | 237 | — |
| 9 | South Africa | 25.4 | 25.9% | 226 | 244 | #15 |
| 10 | Türkiye | 21.8 | 12.9% | 685 | 426 | #16 |
| 11 | Brazil | 18.6 | 10.9% | 655 | 281 | #14 |
| 12 | Italy | 15.6 | 13.9% | 285 | 216 | #13 |
| 13 | Ukraine | 12.9 | 15.9% | 253 | 96 | #30 |
| 14 | India | 10.4 | 11.0% | 371 | 296 | #25 |
| 15 | France | 8.0 | 6.5% | 553 | 224 | #12 |
| 16 | Russia | 5.8 | 9.9% | 535 | 142 | #17 |
| 17 | Indonesia | 3.8 | 18.8% | 276 | 139 | #32 |
| 18 | Poland | 1.8 | 13.4% | 231 | 118 | #31 |
| 19 | Romania | 0.0 | 6.3% | 213 | 35 | #34 |
countries ranked worldwide in Music (19). 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.