Subfield · Oncology
Top Countries in Oncology Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 67 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 | 15.9% | 58k | 495k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 83.5 | 22.7% | 47k | 449k | #2 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 73.9 | 16.2% | 9.3k | 67k | #3 |
| 4 | Germany | 67.0 | 17.5% | 8.5k | 66k | #4 |
| 5 | Italy | 61.7 | 21.4% | 8.1k | 70k | #6 |
| 6 | France | 57.4 | 17.1% | 5.9k | 60k | #5 |
| 7 | India | 53.7 | 9.8% | 12k | 51k | #15 |
| 8 | Spain | 50.5 | 15.5% | 5.6k | 40k | #11 |
| 9 | Japan | 47.7 | 10.9% | 12k | 62k | #7 |
| 10 | Canada | 45.2 | 17.6% | 4.6k | 36k | #8 |
| 11 | Australia | 43.0 | 19.6% | 4.2k | 37k | #10 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 40.9 | 23.3% | 3.3k | 35k | #9 |
| 13 | South Korea | 39.0 | 15.1% | 5.4k | 38k | #14 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 37.2 | 21.1% | 1.8k | 19k | #12 |
| 15 | ?? | 35.6 | 19.2% | 2.1k | 20k | #17 |
| 16 | Iran | 34.1 | 16.0% | 3.2k | 23k | #22 |
| 17 | Poland | 32.6 | 16.6% | 2.1k | 15k | #21 |
| 18 | Türkiye | 31.3 | 8.3% | 4.9k | 16k | #31 |
| 19 | Sweden | 30.0 | 20.5% | 1.5k | 12k | #13 |
| 20 | Belgium | 28.8 | 18.1% | 1.3k | 12k | #16 |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 27.6 | 17.9% | 1.6k | 11k | #34 |
| 22 | Denmark | 26.5 | 18.9% | 1.5k | 11k | #18 |
| 23 | Singapore | 25.4 | 20.6% | 863 | 9.3k | #23 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 24.4 | 16.1% | 2.2k | 16k | #26 |
| 25 | Brazil | 23.4 | 7.6% | 4.1k | 13k | #24 |
| 26 | Austria | 22.5 | 17.1% | 1k | 7.8k | #20 |
| 27 | Egypt | 21.6 | 12.5% | 2.1k | 10k | #36 |
| 28 | Israel | 20.8 | 15.9% | 1.1k | 8.8k | #19 |
| 29 | Greece | 19.9 | 16.4% | 1.2k | 7.4k | #28 |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 19.1 | 25.3% | 569 | 6.1k | #29 |
| 31 | Romania | 18.3 | 18.5% | 969 | 6k | #41 |
| 32 | Russia | 17.6 | 4.8% | 3.1k | 9.4k | #32 |
| 33 | Pakistan | 16.8 | 8.4% | 1.6k | 5.4k | #42 |
| 34 | Ireland | 16.1 | 13.8% | 865 | 5.1k | #30 |
| 35 | Norway | 15.4 | 18.7% | 731 | 5.3k | #27 |
| 36 | Portugal | 14.8 | 13.2% | 1.2k | 7k | #35 |
| 37 | New Zealand | 14.1 | 18.5% | 408 | 3.8k | #33 |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 13.5 | 21.1% | 440 | 3.9k | #45 |
| 39 | Hungary | 12.9 | 14.7% | 580 | 3.8k | #40 |
| 40 | Czechia | 12.3 | 13.1% | 681 | 4.1k | #37 |
| 41 | Malaysia | 11.7 | 12.7% | 784 | 4.3k | #38 |
| 42 | Finland | 11.1 | 19.6% | 565 | 4.4k | #25 |
| 43 | Mexico | 10.5 | 8.0% | 1.2k | 4.3k | #43 |
| 44 | South Africa | 10.0 | 13.6% | 634 | 3.8k | #39 |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 9.5 | 10.8% | 615 | 2.7k | #46 |
| 46 | Thailand | 8.9 | 12.7% | 798 | 4.2k | #44 |
| 47 | Indonesia | 8.4 | 3.5% | 1.9k | 2.9k | #52 |
| 48 | Iraq | 7.9 | 4.7% | 1k | 2.6k | #54 |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 7.4 | 16.8% | 299 | 1.9k | #58 |
| 50 | Jordan | 7.0 | 15.2% | 376 | 2k | #60 |
| 51 | Qatar | 6.5 | 17.6% | 206 | 1.9k | #48 |
| 52 | Nigeria | 6.0 | 7.0% | 661 | 1.9k | #59 |
| 53 | Serbia | 5.6 | 11.4% | 378 | 1.9k | #53 |
| 54 | Argentina | 5.1 | 8.4% | 474 | 1.8k | #47 |
| 55 | Chile | 4.7 | 10.2% | 394 | 1.7k | #49 |
| 56 | Vietnam | 4.3 | 8.4% | 404 | 1.5k | #56 |
| 57 | Colombia | 3.8 | 5.3% | 606 | 1.5k | #62 |
| 58 | Morocco | 3.4 | 5.8% | 714 | 1.6k | #63 |
| 59 | Lebanon | 3.0 | 13.3% | 220 | 1.4k | #61 |
| 60 | Croatia | 2.6 | 9.9% | 338 | 1.3k | #55 |
| 61 | Ukraine | 2.2 | 3.0% | 536 | 991 | #51 |
| 62 | Slovenia | 1.8 | 10.2% | 221 | 1.1k | #57 |
| 63 | Tunisia | 146.4 | 2.9% | 487 | 715 | #64 |
| 64 | Nepal | 108.9 | 5.5% | 285 | 653 | #70 |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 72.1 | 5.4% | 279 | 751 | #65 |
| 66 | Peru | 35.8 | 6.6% | 230 | 733 | #71 |
| 67 | Philippines | 0.0 | 6.3% | 235 | 562 | #68 |
countries ranked worldwide in Oncology (67). 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 58k works
- 2 China 47k works
- 3 Japan 12k works
- 4 India 12k works
- 5 United Kingdom 9.3k works
- 6 Germany 8.5k works
- 7 Italy 8.1k works
- 8 France 5.9k works
- 9 Spain 5.6k works
- 10 South Korea 5.4k works
- 11 Türkiye 4.9k works
- 12 Canada 4.6k works