Subfield · Paleontology
Top Countries in Paleontology Research
United States 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 | United States | 100.0 | 31.0% | 4.2k | 20k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 78.5 | 34.4% | 1.8k | 8.2k | #2 |
| 3 | China | 65.9 | 33.6% | 2.9k | 16k | #5 |
| 4 | Germany | 56.9 | 33.1% | 1.2k | 5.7k | #4 |
| 5 | France | 50.0 | 31.8% | 1.4k | 5.9k | #3 |
| 6 | Spain | 44.3 | 36.0% | 992 | 4k | #7 |
| 7 | Australia | 39.5 | 35.1% | 685 | 3.4k | #6 |
| 8 | Italy | 35.4 | 34.5% | 605 | 2.4k | #9 |
| 9 | Brazil | 31.7 | 24.3% | 1.2k | 3.5k | #11 |
| 10 | Canada | 28.5 | 33.0% | 583 | 2.8k | #8 |
| 11 | Argentina | 25.5 | 35.7% | 816 | 2.9k | #13 |
| 12 | South Africa | 22.8 | 37.2% | 263 | 1.1k | #10 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 20.3 | 33.6% | 310 | 1.4k | #14 |
| 14 | Israel | 18.0 | 37.0% | 216 | 882 | #12 |
| 15 | Russia | 15.9 | 15.3% | 1.4k | 2.3k | #19 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 13.9 | 31.2% | 242 | 954 | #15 |
| 17 | Japan | 12.0 | 20.5% | 501 | 1.5k | #18 |
| 18 | Poland | 10.2 | 26.6% | 346 | 1.1k | #25 |
| 19 | Belgium | 8.5 | 21.1% | 252 | 693 | #21 |
| 20 | Mexico | 6.9 | 11.7% | 672 | 1.2k | #23 |
| 21 | Czechia | 5.4 | 22.7% | 281 | 859 | #26 |
| 22 | India | 4.0 | 16.8% | 539 | 1.3k | #28 |
| 23 | Türkiye | 2.6 | 16.7% | 246 | 490 | #35 |
| 24 | South Korea | 126.8 | 14.4% | 211 | 487 | #36 |
| 25 | Colombia | 0.0 | 5.8% | 436 | 511 | #34 |
countries ranked worldwide in Paleontology (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.