Subfield · Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Top Countries in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 45 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 | 22.7% | 6.4k | 44k | #3 |
| 2 | United States | 81.8 | 12.6% | 9.8k | 43k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 71.1 | 21.0% | 2.8k | 18k | #2 |
| 4 | Australia | 63.6 | 21.2% | 1.6k | 10k | #4 |
| 5 | Spain | 57.7 | 18.5% | 2.3k | 13k | #9 |
| 6 | Italy | 52.9 | 22.3% | 1.6k | 9.9k | #7 |
| 7 | Germany | 48.9 | 18.0% | 1.8k | 9.4k | #6 |
| 8 | Canada | 45.4 | 17.2% | 1.2k | 7.1k | #5 |
| 9 | Japan | 42.3 | 9.3% | 2.4k | 8.6k | #14 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 39.5 | 18.1% | 634 | 3.4k | #11 |
| 11 | Portugal | 37.0 | 19.9% | 742 | 4.5k | #18 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 34.7 | 21.9% | 614 | 4.4k | #10 |
| 13 | India | 32.6 | 6.3% | 2.4k | 4.6k | #22 |
| 14 | France | 30.7 | 12.5% | 1.4k | 5.2k | #8 |
| 15 | South Korea | 28.9 | 12.1% | 1.4k | 5.5k | #21 |
| 16 | Türkiye | 27.2 | 6.2% | 2.3k | 4.9k | #24 |
| 17 | Brazil | 25.6 | 7.5% | 2.1k | 5.9k | #15 |
| 18 | Poland | 24.1 | 16.6% | 849 | 4.1k | #27 |
| 19 | Sweden | 22.7 | 23.6% | 405 | 2.8k | #12 |
| 20 | Greece | 21.3 | 19.9% | 421 | 2.3k | #25 |
| 21 | Iran | 20.0 | 10.8% | 826 | 3k | #29 |
| 22 | Norway | 18.8 | 25.1% | 341 | 2.6k | #17 |
| 23 | Taiwan | 17.6 | 18.2% | 496 | 3.1k | #28 |
| 24 | Denmark | 16.5 | 20.4% | 382 | 2.5k | #13 |
| 25 | Austria | 15.4 | 21.2% | 317 | 2.1k | #23 |
| 26 | Belgium | 14.4 | 16.3% | 374 | 2.1k | #16 |
| 27 | Malaysia | 13.4 | 12.3% | 407 | 1.3k | #32 |
| 28 | Romania | 12.5 | 13.5% | 351 | 1.2k | #40 |
| 29 | Ireland | 11.5 | 17.4% | 309 | 1.7k | #26 |
| 30 | New Zealand | 10.7 | 16.2% | 257 | 1.5k | #19 |
| 31 | Indonesia | 9.8 | 6.3% | 1k | 1.4k | #44 |
| 32 | Chile | 9.0 | 14.1% | 308 | 1.3k | #37 |
| 33 | ?? | 8.1 | 12.4% | 308 | 1.4k | #31 |
| 34 | Saudi Arabia | 7.4 | 12.3% | 353 | 1.5k | #45 |
| 35 | Egypt | 6.6 | 5.4% | 497 | 1.1k | #47 |
| 36 | Czechia | 5.9 | 13.0% | 216 | 939 | #39 |
| 37 | Hungary | 5.1 | 14.1% | 204 | 792 | #42 |
| 38 | Russia | 4.4 | 3.3% | 584 | 923 | #38 |
| 39 | Thailand | 3.8 | 10.6% | 309 | 995 | #49 |
| 40 | South Africa | 3.1 | 11.1% | 212 | 761 | #30 |
| 41 | Mexico | 2.4 | 6.3% | 266 | 558 | #48 |
| 42 | Iraq | 1.8 | 3.3% | 392 | 376 | #55 |
| 43 | Ukraine | 119.4 | 7.4% | 255 | 419 | #53 |
| 44 | Pakistan | 59.0 | 3.5% | 415 | 537 | #54 |
| 45 | Colombia | 0.0 | 7.1% | 221 | 425 | #52 |
countries ranked worldwide in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (45). 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 9.8k works
- 2 China 6.4k works
- 3 United Kingdom 2.8k works
- 4 Japan 2.4k works
- 5 India 2.4k works
- 6 Türkiye 2.3k works
- 7 Spain 2.3k works
- 8 Brazil 2.1k works
- 9 Germany 1.8k works
- 10 Italy 1.6k works
- 11 Australia 1.6k works
- 12 South Korea 1.4k works