Subfield · Oceanography
Top Countries in Oceanography Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 43 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 | 23.8% | 13k | 98k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 81.6 | 13.4% | 12k | 62k | #1 |
| 3 | France | 70.8 | 21.1% | 2.4k | 16k | #5 |
| 4 | Germany | 63.1 | 26.5% | 1.8k | 14k | #4 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 57.2 | 23.6% | 1.9k | 14k | #3 |
| 6 | Australia | 52.4 | 27.9% | 1.4k | 13k | #6 |
| 7 | India | 48.3 | 14.5% | 2.2k | 9.8k | #16 |
| 8 | Italy | 44.7 | 21.7% | 1.5k | 9.5k | #8 |
| 9 | Spain | 41.6 | 19.1% | 1.4k | 8.6k | #10 |
| 10 | Canada | 38.8 | 20.7% | 1.1k | 9.5k | #7 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 36.2 | 26.3% | 515 | 4.2k | #9 |
| 12 | Japan | 33.9 | 10.8% | 1.7k | 7.1k | #11 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 31.8 | 31.4% | 274 | 2.7k | #13 |
| 14 | Russia | 29.8 | 4.4% | 3.5k | 6.9k | #17 |
| 15 | South Korea | 28.0 | 14.9% | 992 | 5.5k | #21 |
| 16 | Norway | 26.3 | 22.9% | 554 | 4.1k | #14 |
| 17 | Brazil | 24.7 | 12.7% | 1.1k | 4.9k | #22 |
| 18 | ?? | 23.2 | 19.9% | 546 | 3.6k | #24 |
| 19 | Sweden | 21.7 | 26.4% | 334 | 3.1k | #12 |
| 20 | Portugal | 20.4 | 21.6% | 426 | 3.1k | #23 |
| 21 | Denmark | 19.1 | 24.4% | 313 | 2.4k | #15 |
| 22 | Belgium | 17.8 | 22.6% | 290 | 2k | #20 |
| 23 | Poland | 16.6 | 16.9% | 503 | 2.4k | #18 |
| 24 | Türkiye | 15.5 | 13.7% | 646 | 2.1k | #27 |
| 25 | South Africa | 14.4 | 18.4% | 293 | 1.9k | #30 |
| 26 | Hong Kong | 13.4 | 30.2% | 224 | 2.1k | #34 |
| 27 | Iran | 12.4 | 16.2% | 392 | 2k | #31 |
| 28 | New Zealand | 11.4 | 23.7% | 301 | 2.2k | #19 |
| 29 | Egypt | 10.5 | 16.9% | 314 | 1.6k | #41 |
| 30 | Greece | 9.6 | 21.8% | 287 | 1.5k | #28 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 8.7 | 26.9% | 209 | 1.4k | #37 |
| 32 | Mexico | 7.9 | 9.3% | 568 | 2.2k | #33 |
| 33 | Indonesia | 7.0 | 8.5% | 792 | 1.7k | #35 |
| 34 | Romania | 6.2 | 13.8% | 313 | 959 | #44 |
| 35 | Chile | 5.5 | 16.3% | 347 | 2k | #36 |
| 36 | Israel | 4.7 | 16.6% | 278 | 1.6k | #26 |
| 37 | Malaysia | 4.0 | 14.0% | 266 | 1.3k | #42 |
| 38 | Taiwan | 3.3 | 13.2% | 359 | 1.8k | #29 |
| 39 | Argentina | 2.6 | 13.2% | 299 | 1.3k | #40 |
| 40 | Ukraine | 1.9 | 5.6% | 388 | 587 | #47 |
| 41 | Croatia | 126.6 | 15.5% | 200 | 867 | #45 |
| 42 | Hungary | 62.6 | 8.3% | 230 | 630 | #48 |
| 43 | Iraq | 0.0 | 4.7% | 257 | 404 | #60 |
countries ranked worldwide in Oceanography (43). 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.