Subfield · Orthodontics
Top Countries in Orthodontics Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 25 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% | 2k | 14k | #6 |
| 2 | United States | 78.5 | 16.8% | 1.9k | 11k | #1 |
| 3 | Italy | 65.9 | 27.8% | 748 | 7.2k | #4 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 56.9 | 17.6% | 909 | 5.9k | #15 |
| 5 | Brazil | 50.0 | 9.2% | 2.5k | 9.2k | #2 |
| 6 | Türkiye | 44.3 | 12.5% | 1.7k | 5.8k | #11 |
| 7 | Germany | 39.5 | 23.0% | 652 | 5.1k | #3 |
| 8 | India | 35.4 | 6.1% | 2.9k | 7.9k | #12 |
| 9 | Egypt | 31.7 | 12.9% | 1.1k | 4.5k | #20 |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 28.5 | 16.9% | 524 | 3.1k | #5 |
| 11 | Spain | 25.5 | 24.2% | 410 | 3.2k | #16 |
| 12 | Poland | 22.8 | 27.0% | 271 | 2.3k | #23 |
| 13 | South Korea | 20.3 | 14.1% | 598 | 3.2k | #13 |
| 14 | Romania | 18.0 | 21.9% | 306 | 2k | #28 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 15.9 | 29.8% | 268 | 2.5k | #8 |
| 16 | Australia | 13.9 | 29.7% | 209 | 2k | #14 |
| 17 | Iran | 12.0 | 10.2% | 725 | 3.2k | #21 |
| 18 | Thailand | 10.2 | 17.0% | 281 | 1.7k | #29 |
| 19 | Japan | 8.5 | 9.3% | 617 | 2.5k | #7 |
| 20 | France | 6.9 | 17.4% | 244 | 1.6k | #19 |
| 21 | ?? | 5.4 | 14.2% | 240 | 1.4k | #33 |
| 22 | Russia | 4.0 | 4.2% | 324 | 776 | #35 |
| 23 | Iraq | 2.6 | 4.5% | 426 | 1.2k | #37 |
| 24 | Pakistan | 126.8 | 6.0% | 240 | 641 | #39 |
| 25 | Indonesia | 0.0 | 3.4% | 394 | 582 | #38 |
countries ranked worldwide in Orthodontics (25). 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 India 2.9k works
- 2 Brazil 2.5k works
- 3 China 2k works
- 4 United States 1.9k works
- 5 Türkiye 1.7k works
- 6 Egypt 1.1k works
- 7 Saudi Arabia 909 works
- 8 Italy 748 works
- 9 Iran 725 works
- 10 Germany 652 works
- 11 Japan 617 works
- 12 South Korea 598 works