Top Countries in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 30 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 | 24.4% | 2.2k | 11k | #6 |
| 2 | United States | 79.6 | 18.9% | 3.9k | 16k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 67.7 | 27.9% | 863 | 5.1k | #2 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 59.2 | 4.9% | 12k | 9.8k | #10 |
| 5 | Australia | 52.7 | 31.8% | 669 | 4.4k | #3 |
| 6 | Spain | 47.3 | 26.1% | 800 | 3.9k | #9 |
| 7 | Germany | 42.8 | 9.8% | 2.3k | 3.9k | #4 |
| 8 | Italy | 38.9 | 29.5% | 509 | 3.2k | #7 |
| 9 | Canada | 35.4 | 25.2% | 702 | 4k | #5 |
| 10 | Türkiye | 32.3 | 11.6% | 964 | 2k | #18 |
| 11 | South Korea | 29.5 | 20.2% | 530 | 2.3k | #17 |
| 12 | Japan | 26.9 | 14.2% | 1k | 3.2k | #13 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 24.6 | 31.3% | 268 | 1.9k | #8 |
| 14 | Brazil | 22.4 | 11.3% | 993 | 2.2k | #12 |
| 15 | Ukraine | 20.4 | 9.3% | 957 | 1.2k | #19 |
| 16 | France | 18.5 | 16.4% | 437 | 1.5k | #11 |
| 17 | India | 16.7 | 6.8% | 984 | 1.5k | #29 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 15.0 | 13.2% | 460 | 1.1k | #32 |
| 19 | Portugal | 13.4 | 24.7% | 234 | 1.1k | #27 |
| 20 | Romania | 11.9 | 11.9% | 290 | 535 | #36 |
| 21 | Taiwan | 10.5 | 27.6% | 219 | 1.3k | #21 |
| 22 | Switzerland | 9.1 | 16.4% | 277 | 996 | #16 |
| 23 | Poland | 7.8 | 15.9% | 299 | 935 | #30 |
| 24 | Iran | 6.6 | 14.3% | 378 | 1.2k | #34 |
| 25 | Philippines | 5.4 | 10.0% | 407 | 569 | #39 |
| 26 | ?? | 4.2 | 5.5% | 639 | 751 | #33 |
| 27 | Russia | 3.1 | 3.0% | 1k | 531 | #35 |
| 28 | Thailand | 2.0 | 13.4% | 263 | 597 | #38 |
| 29 | Iraq | 99.7 | 3.8% | 664 | 364 | #42 |
| 30 | Pakistan | 0.0 | 7.6% | 215 | 334 | — |
countries ranked worldwide in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (30). 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.