Subfield · Ocean Engineering
Top Countries in Ocean Engineering Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 56 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 | China | 100.0 | 19.2% | 39k | 286k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 82.8 | 12.8% | 12k | 54k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 72.7 | 16.8% | 3.2k | 21k | #3 |
| 4 | India | 65.6 | 13.0% | 5k | 21k | #11 |
| 5 | Australia | 60.0 | 19.6% | 1.6k | 13k | #6 |
| 6 | Italy | 55.5 | 17.3% | 2.1k | 12k | #8 |
| 7 | Germany | 51.7 | 15.2% | 2.1k | 12k | #4 |
| 8 | Iran | 48.3 | 21.1% | 1.6k | 14k | #16 |
| 9 | South Korea | 45.4 | 14.1% | 1.9k | 11k | #14 |
| 10 | Russia | 42.8 | 4.1% | 5.4k | 10k | #15 |
| 11 | Canada | 40.4 | 15.2% | 1.9k | 12k | #5 |
| 12 | Norway | 38.3 | 13.8% | 1.5k | 8k | #13 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 36.3 | 16.4% | 1.2k | 7.7k | #24 |
| 14 | France | 34.4 | 10.5% | 2.1k | 9k | #7 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 32.7 | 31.7% | 438 | 4.9k | #21 |
| 16 | Spain | 31.1 | 16.1% | 1.1k | 7.2k | #12 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 29.6 | 18.3% | 912 | 6.3k | #9 |
| 18 | Japan | 28.2 | 8.0% | 2.5k | 7.7k | #10 |
| 19 | Egypt | 26.9 | 16.7% | 721 | 4.8k | #35 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 25.6 | 12.5% | 1.2k | 5.9k | #27 |
| 21 | Singapore | 24.4 | 27.6% | 355 | 3.7k | #18 |
| 22 | ?? | 23.2 | 12.7% | 1.2k | 6k | #28 |
| 23 | Portugal | 22.1 | 20.4% | 566 | 4.1k | #22 |
| 24 | Malaysia | 21.0 | 8.6% | 1.4k | 4.7k | #26 |
| 25 | Indonesia | 20.0 | 3.3% | 4.3k | 4k | #37 |
| 26 | Brazil | 19.1 | 7.3% | 2.1k | 7.1k | #19 |
| 27 | Nigeria | 18.1 | 7.6% | 977 | 2.9k | #44 |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 17.2 | 7.8% | 887 | 3k | #45 |
| 29 | Poland | 16.3 | 11.4% | 833 | 4.1k | #23 |
| 30 | Sweden | 15.5 | 19.5% | 451 | 3.2k | #20 |
| 31 | Greece | 14.7 | 16.7% | 499 | 3k | #32 |
| 32 | Ukraine | 13.9 | 6.7% | 932 | 1.7k | #39 |
| 33 | Finland | 13.1 | 24.5% | 217 | 2.1k | #33 |
| 34 | Pakistan | 12.4 | 14.5% | 472 | 2.8k | #42 |
| 35 | Switzerland | 11.7 | 18.7% | 332 | 2.2k | #17 |
| 36 | Taiwan | 11.0 | 14.6% | 487 | 2.9k | #30 |
| 37 | Belgium | 10.3 | 14.6% | 398 | 2k | #29 |
| 38 | Iraq | 9.6 | 7.0% | 652 | 2.6k | #47 |
| 39 | Denmark | 9.0 | 13.0% | 464 | 2.3k | #31 |
| 40 | South Africa | 8.4 | 13.4% | 348 | 1.7k | #40 |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 7.7 | 8.2% | 465 | 1.6k | #55 |
| 42 | Vietnam | 7.1 | 11.1% | 399 | 1.4k | #48 |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 6.6 | 12.6% | 302 | 1.3k | #56 |
| 44 | Austria | 6.0 | 12.8% | 249 | 1.4k | #34 |
| 45 | Czechia | 5.4 | 10.1% | 310 | 951 | #46 |
| 46 | Mexico | 4.9 | 7.1% | 464 | 1.4k | #43 |
| 47 | Thailand | 4.4 | 8.5% | 340 | 1.2k | #49 |
| 48 | Croatia | 3.8 | 10.8% | 243 | 974 | #54 |
| 49 | Israel | 3.3 | 12.0% | 214 | 1.1k | #36 |
| 50 | Algeria | 2.8 | 10.4% | 214 | 771 | #60 |
| 51 | Colombia | 2.3 | 7.6% | 307 | 986 | #50 |
| 52 | Romania | 1.8 | 6.2% | 327 | 670 | #51 |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 136.8 | 5.5% | 249 | 560 | #71 |
| 54 | Kuwait | 90.3 | 4.5% | 271 | 571 | #62 |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 44.8 | 3.7% | 264 | 320 | #72 |
| 56 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0 | 3.4% | 247 | 514 | #25 |
countries ranked worldwide in Ocean Engineering (56). 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 China 39k works
- 2 United States 12k works
- 3 Russia 5.4k works
- 4 India 5k works
- 5 Indonesia 4.3k works
- 6 United Kingdom 3.2k works
- 7 Japan 2.5k works
- 8 Brazil 2.1k works
- 9 Germany 2.1k works
- 10 France 2.1k works
- 11 Italy 2.1k works
- 12 South Korea 1.9k works