Subfield · Occupational Therapy
Top Countries in Occupational Therapy Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 27 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 | 18.8% | 4.6k | 17k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 79.0 | 32.4% | 1.1k | 11k | #6 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 66.7 | 24.6% | 1.1k | 6.1k | #2 |
| 4 | Australia | 57.9 | 32.2% | 818 | 5.6k | #3 |
| 5 | Canada | 51.2 | 24.0% | 738 | 3.5k | #4 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 45.6 | 2.7% | 12k | 6.4k | #10 |
| 7 | Brazil | 41.0 | 7.1% | 4k | 5.1k | #5 |
| 8 | Spain | 36.9 | 16.8% | 799 | 2.5k | #8 |
| 9 | Italy | 33.3 | 24.5% | 370 | 1.9k | #12 |
| 10 | India | 30.1 | 12.5% | 814 | 2.2k | #13 |
| 11 | Germany | 27.2 | 23.1% | 362 | 1.8k | #9 |
| 12 | Portugal | 24.6 | 17.5% | 437 | 1.2k | #14 |
| 13 | Türkiye | 22.2 | 16.9% | 473 | 1.3k | #21 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 19.9 | 24.5% | 270 | 1.4k | #7 |
| 15 | South Korea | 17.8 | 21.0% | 268 | 1.1k | #27 |
| 16 | Sweden | 15.9 | 27.0% | 267 | 1.3k | #11 |
| 17 | Iran | 14.0 | 19.6% | 246 | 1.2k | #25 |
| 18 | France | 12.3 | 12.7% | 408 | 1.1k | #15 |
| 19 | Ecuador | 10.7 | 6.4% | 751 | 493 | #33 |
| 20 | Japan | 9.1 | 10.7% | 466 | 1k | #17 |
| 21 | South Africa | 7.6 | 21.5% | 206 | 805 | #28 |
| 22 | ?? | 6.2 | 6.8% | 541 | 737 | #31 |
| 23 | Malaysia | 4.9 | 12.0% | 256 | 541 | #35 |
| 24 | Colombia | 3.6 | 4.1% | 558 | 509 | #30 |
| 25 | Mexico | 2.3 | 3.6% | 593 | 495 | #32 |
| 26 | Chile | 114.5 | 11.8% | 210 | 356 | #36 |
| 27 | Peru | 0.0 | 5.1% | 423 | 332 | #37 |
countries ranked worldwide in Occupational Therapy (27). 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.