Subfield · Philosophy
Top Countries in Philosophy Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 49 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 | 16.2% | 15k | 18k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 82.2 | 21.4% | 5.1k | 9.7k | #2 |
| 3 | Türkiye | 71.8 | 26.0% | 7.3k | 9k | #5 |
| 4 | Germany | 64.4 | 14.1% | 5.3k | 4.7k | #3 |
| 5 | China | 58.6 | 15.6% | 1.8k | 3.9k | #15 |
| 6 | Canada | 54.0 | 17.2% | 2k | 2.7k | #4 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 50.0 | 23.0% | 1.1k | 2.3k | #7 |
| 8 | Australia | 46.6 | 14.6% | 1.7k | 2.3k | #6 |
| 9 | India | 43.5 | 13.3% | 4.7k | 1.7k | #16 |
| 10 | France | 40.8 | 9.0% | 6.1k | 2k | #8 |
| 11 | Italy | 38.4 | 14.8% | 2.1k | 3.8k | #9 |
| 12 | Spain | 36.2 | 14.9% | 3.2k | 1.9k | #14 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 34.1 | 17.1% | 994 | 2.1k | #13 |
| 14 | Sweden | 32.2 | 27.0% | 552 | 1.1k | #10 |
| 15 | Brazil | 30.4 | 7.7% | 9.9k | 2.8k | #11 |
| 16 | Poland | 28.8 | 10.9% | 3.1k | 1.3k | #22 |
| 17 | Denmark | 27.2 | 22.0% | 504 | 999 | #12 |
| 18 | South Africa | 25.7 | 26.4% | 490 | 653 | #20 |
| 19 | Indonesia | 24.3 | 10.6% | 2k | 746 | #30 |
| 20 | Israel | 23.0 | 20.4% | 570 | 775 | #18 |
| 21 | Russia | 21.8 | 13.2% | 1.5k | 741 | #23 |
| 22 | Austria | 20.6 | 18.5% | 724 | 759 | #24 |
| 23 | Norway | 19.4 | 21.5% | 519 | 835 | #19 |
| 24 | Belgium | 18.3 | 17.0% | 731 | 757 | #17 |
| 25 | Finland | 17.3 | 22.7% | 425 | 559 | #21 |
| 26 | ?? | 16.3 | 15.0% | 805 | 577 | #27 |
| 27 | Japan | 15.3 | 15.8% | 640 | 519 | #26 |
| 28 | Greece | 14.4 | 18.4% | 291 | 334 | #33 |
| 29 | Portugal | 13.5 | 12.3% | 777 | 422 | #28 |
| 30 | Ukraine | 12.6 | 17.5% | 475 | 227 | #44 |
| 31 | Chile | 11.8 | 13.2% | 660 | 290 | #37 |
| 32 | Pakistan | 10.9 | 13.6% | 628 | 271 | #41 |
| 33 | Hong Kong | 10.2 | 27.6% | 203 | 474 | #32 |
| 34 | Argentina | 9.4 | 12.1% | 988 | 294 | #39 |
| 35 | Hungary | 8.6 | 16.4% | 389 | 302 | #38 |
| 36 | Czechia | 7.9 | 17.5% | 490 | 342 | #35 |
| 37 | Ireland | 7.2 | 15.7% | 332 | 350 | #29 |
| 38 | Mexico | 6.5 | 11.3% | 809 | 317 | #34 |
| 39 | Iran | 5.9 | 15.1% | 444 | 369 | #31 |
| 40 | Nigeria | 5.2 | 20.5% | 276 | 233 | #45 |
| 41 | Romania | 4.6 | 10.9% | 512 | 194 | #46 |
| 42 | South Korea | 4.0 | 18.1% | 258 | 240 | #36 |
| 43 | Malaysia | 3.4 | 20.0% | 235 | 234 | #43 |
| 44 | Philippines | 2.8 | 22.1% | 210 | 163 | #52 |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 2.2 | 7.1% | 585 | 77 | #57 |
| 46 | Colombia | 1.6 | 12.4% | 357 | 136 | #48 |
| 47 | Iraq | 107.1 | 10.4% | 331 | 88 | #62 |
| 48 | Croatia | 53.0 | 11.2% | 272 | 106 | #49 |
| 49 | Peru | 0.0 | 13.5% | 213 | 77 | #53 |
countries ranked worldwide in Philosophy (49). 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.