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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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 19.2% 2k 14k#6
2United States 78.5 16.8% 1.9k 11k#1
3Italy 65.9 27.8% 748 7.2k#4
4Saudi Arabia 56.9 17.6% 909 5.9k#15
5Brazil 50.0 9.2% 2.5k 9.2k#2
6Türkiye 44.3 12.5% 1.7k 5.8k#11
7Germany 39.5 23.0% 652 5.1k#3
8India 35.4 6.1% 2.9k 7.9k#12
9Egypt 31.7 12.9% 1.1k 4.5k#20
10United Kingdom 28.5 16.9% 524 3.1k#5
11Spain 25.5 24.2% 410 3.2k#16
12Poland 22.8 27.0% 271 2.3k#23
13South Korea 20.3 14.1% 598 3.2k#13
14Romania 18.0 21.9% 306 2k#28
15Switzerland 15.9 29.8% 268 2.5k#8
16Australia 13.9 29.7% 209 2k#14
17Iran 12.0 10.2% 725 3.2k#21
18Thailand 10.2 17.0% 281 1.7k#29
19Japan 8.5 9.3% 617 2.5k#7
20France 6.9 17.4% 244 1.6k#19
21?? 5.4 14.2% 240 1.4k#33
22Russia 4.0 4.2% 324 776#35
23Iraq 2.6 4.5% 426 1.2k#37
24Pakistan 126.8 6.0% 240 641#39
25Indonesia 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.

0 – 5: 4 places5 – 10: 3 places10 – 15: 3 places15 – 20: 2 places20 – 25: 2 places25 – 30: 2 places30 – 35: 1 places35 – 40: 2 places40 – 45: 1 places45 – 50: 0 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 0 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 1 places80 – 85: 0 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 2.9k works
  2. 2 Brazil 2.5k works
  3. 3 China 2k works
  4. 4 United States 1.9k works
  5. 5 Türkiye 1.7k works
  6. 6 Egypt 1.1k works
  7. 7 Saudi Arabia 909 works
  8. 8 Italy 748 works
  9. 9 Iran 725 works
  10. 10 Germany 652 works
  11. 11 Japan 617 works
  12. 12 South Korea 598 works