Subfield · Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Top Countries in Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 | 36.6% | 12k | 105k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 81.1 | 41.7% | 10k | 71k | #8 |
| 3 | Germany | 70.0 | 39.1% | 4.9k | 37k | #2 |
| 4 | Italy | 62.2 | 36.0% | 4.2k | 31k | #4 |
| 5 | France | 56.1 | 39.0% | 3.3k | 28k | #3 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 51.1 | 43.5% | 2.5k | 24k | #5 |
| 7 | Japan | 46.9 | 35.5% | 3.1k | 20k | #7 |
| 8 | Spain | 43.2 | 42.9% | 1.8k | 16k | #9 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 40.0 | 41.1% | 1.4k | 12k | #6 |
| 10 | India | 37.1 | 31.2% | 4.6k | 21k | #12 |
| 11 | Canada | 34.5 | 40.3% | 997 | 8.7k | #11 |
| 12 | Russia | 32.2 | 18.7% | 4k | 12k | #10 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 30.0 | 44.0% | 497 | 5.6k | #13 |
| 14 | Poland | 28.0 | 30.1% | 1.1k | 5.8k | #14 |
| 15 | South Korea | 26.1 | 40.4% | 1.1k | 6.7k | #16 |
| 16 | Sweden | 24.3 | 44.7% | 496 | 4.8k | #15 |
| 17 | Belgium | 22.7 | 42.0% | 440 | 3.7k | #18 |
| 18 | Australia | 21.1 | 41.2% | 507 | 4.7k | #20 |
| 19 | Brazil | 19.6 | 31.6% | 1.1k | 5.5k | #22 |
| 20 | Iran | 18.2 | 25.1% | 806 | 3.7k | #32 |
| 21 | Czechia | 16.9 | 32.1% | 531 | 3k | #27 |
| 22 | Portugal | 15.6 | 38.2% | 380 | 2.9k | #24 |
| 23 | Pakistan | 14.4 | 33.5% | 417 | 3.2k | #45 |
| 24 | ?? | 13.3 | 40.1% | 387 | 3k | #28 |
| 25 | Denmark | 12.1 | 46.1% | 209 | 2.2k | #19 |
| 26 | Taiwan | 11.1 | 41.1% | 332 | 2.6k | #25 |
| 27 | Finland | 10.0 | 45.9% | 289 | 2.6k | #21 |
| 28 | Türkiye | 9.0 | 29.3% | 551 | 2.5k | #33 |
| 29 | Austria | 8.1 | 36.9% | 299 | 2.3k | #23 |
| 30 | Israel | 7.2 | 38.7% | 390 | 3.1k | #17 |
| 31 | Mexico | 6.3 | 28.2% | 501 | 2.4k | #30 |
| 32 | Greece | 5.4 | 32.2% | 318 | 2.6k | #26 |
| 33 | Chile | 4.6 | 36.9% | 357 | 2.3k | #34 |
| 34 | Argentina | 3.7 | 33.8% | 279 | 1.6k | #29 |
| 35 | South Africa | 3.0 | 34.3% | 260 | 2.1k | #39 |
| 36 | Hungary | 2.2 | 33.3% | 260 | 1.4k | #31 |
| 37 | Romania | 143.7 | 26.2% | 252 | 1.1k | #44 |
| 38 | Ukraine | 70.9 | 18.7% | 247 | 823 | #41 |
| 39 | Egypt | 0.0 | 21.7% | 230 | 839 | #49 |
countries ranked worldwide in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (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.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 12k works
- 2 China 10k works
- 3 Germany 4.9k works
- 4 India 4.6k works
- 5 Italy 4.2k works
- 6 Russia 4k works
- 7 France 3.3k works
- 8 Japan 3.1k works
- 9 United Kingdom 2.5k works
- 10 Spain 1.8k works
- 11 Switzerland 1.4k works
- 12 South Korea 1.1k works