Subfield · Nature and Landscape Conservation
Top Countries in Nature and Landscape Conservation Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 39 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 | 20.9% | 8.3k | 49k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 81.1 | 30.2% | 5.5k | 44k | #7 |
| 3 | Germany | 70.0 | 22.0% | 3.1k | 14k | #3 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 62.2 | 31.1% | 1.7k | 13k | #2 |
| 5 | France | 56.1 | 27.4% | 1.3k | 9.9k | #6 |
| 6 | Australia | 51.1 | 26.2% | 1.6k | 11k | #4 |
| 7 | Canada | 46.9 | 24.1% | 1.6k | 11k | #5 |
| 8 | Brazil | 43.2 | 12.3% | 4.3k | 14k | #8 |
| 9 | India | 40.0 | 15.1% | 2k | 6.8k | #19 |
| 10 | Spain | 37.1 | 26.4% | 1.2k | 8.1k | #9 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 34.5 | 31.0% | 549 | 4.3k | #11 |
| 12 | Italy | 32.2 | 25.5% | 895 | 5.7k | #17 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 30.0 | 30.8% | 402 | 3k | #10 |
| 14 | Russia | 28.0 | 5.2% | 2.2k | 3.4k | #20 |
| 15 | Sweden | 26.1 | 30.5% | 402 | 3.1k | #12 |
| 16 | Czechia | 24.3 | 25.1% | 466 | 3k | #22 |
| 17 | Norway | 22.7 | 26.9% | 439 | 3.3k | #14 |
| 18 | Japan | 21.1 | 6.6% | 2.4k | 4.5k | #15 |
| 19 | Argentina | 19.6 | 18.0% | 657 | 2.8k | #23 |
| 20 | South Africa | 18.2 | 22.1% | 543 | 2.9k | #13 |
| 21 | Finland | 16.9 | 29.6% | 346 | 2.9k | #16 |
| 22 | Mexico | 15.6 | 11.4% | 892 | 2.8k | #25 |
| 23 | ?? | 14.4 | 21.2% | 426 | 2.7k | #27 |
| 24 | Poland | 13.3 | 18.4% | 570 | 2.6k | #29 |
| 25 | Portugal | 12.1 | 23.7% | 416 | 2.2k | #28 |
| 26 | Austria | 11.1 | 20.1% | 368 | 1.6k | #26 |
| 27 | Denmark | 10.0 | 28.1% | 210 | 1.5k | #24 |
| 28 | Belgium | 9.0 | 27.4% | 272 | 1.8k | #21 |
| 29 | New Zealand | 8.1 | 21.7% | 313 | 1.8k | #18 |
| 30 | Colombia | 7.2 | 8.3% | 566 | 1.1k | #31 |
| 31 | Indonesia | 6.3 | 7.3% | 775 | 1.1k | #39 |
| 32 | Hungary | 5.4 | 22.4% | 241 | 1.2k | #32 |
| 33 | Ukraine | 4.6 | 7.9% | 449 | 755 | #41 |
| 34 | South Korea | 3.7 | 15.1% | 392 | 1.6k | #33 |
| 35 | Chile | 3.0 | 16.8% | 304 | 1.5k | #34 |
| 36 | Türkiye | 2.2 | 8.0% | 567 | 1.2k | #42 |
| 37 | Iran | 143.7 | 14.8% | 244 | 1.1k | #45 |
| 38 | Malaysia | 70.9 | 11.0% | 217 | 684 | #44 |
| 39 | Taiwan | 0.0 | 11.4% | 242 | 783 | #38 |
countries ranked worldwide in Nature and Landscape Conservation (39). 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.