Subfield · Physiology
Top Countries in Physiology (Medicine) Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 68 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 | 16.0% | 42k | 294k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 83.6 | 25.8% | 26k | 249k | #3 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 74.0 | 19.0% | 8.3k | 65k | #2 |
| 4 | Italy | 67.1 | 24.2% | 5.6k | 52k | #7 |
| 5 | Germany | 61.9 | 17.0% | 5.7k | 43k | #4 |
| 6 | Spain | 57.5 | 18.2% | 5k | 37k | #11 |
| 7 | Australia | 53.9 | 21.9% | 4.3k | 37k | #6 |
| 8 | Canada | 50.7 | 18.1% | 4.7k | 35k | #5 |
| 9 | India | 47.9 | 9.8% | 9.1k | 32k | #15 |
| 10 | France | 45.4 | 14.3% | 4.3k | 27k | #8 |
| 11 | South Korea | 43.2 | 17.9% | 4.6k | 33k | #17 |
| 12 | Japan | 41.1 | 11.9% | 8k | 41k | #9 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 39.2 | 22.9% | 2.3k | 23k | #10 |
| 14 | Poland | 37.5 | 18.4% | 2.3k | 16k | #19 |
| 15 | Sweden | 35.8 | 22.9% | 1.5k | 16k | #12 |
| 16 | Brazil | 34.3 | 7.7% | 6.5k | 22k | #18 |
| 17 | Denmark | 32.9 | 21.4% | 1.4k | 12k | #14 |
| 18 | Iran | 31.5 | 14.7% | 2.9k | 16k | #28 |
| 19 | Switzerland | 30.2 | 20.1% | 1.4k | 15k | #13 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 29.0 | 8.3% | 4.2k | 12k | #29 |
| 21 | Taiwan | 27.8 | 19.1% | 1.8k | 12k | #30 |
| 22 | ?? | 26.7 | 17.0% | 1.3k | 9.6k | #24 |
| 23 | Belgium | 25.7 | 19.3% | 1.1k | 9.8k | #16 |
| 24 | Greece | 24.7 | 20.6% | 1k | 7.7k | #26 |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 23.7 | 15.2% | 1.5k | 8.2k | #37 |
| 26 | Portugal | 22.8 | 15.0% | 1.3k | 7.9k | #31 |
| 27 | Singapore | 21.9 | 22.2% | 710 | 6.5k | #32 |
| 28 | Ireland | 21.0 | 17.5% | 800 | 6.7k | #25 |
| 29 | Romania | 20.2 | 21.5% | 606 | 4.7k | #41 |
| 30 | Hong Kong | 19.4 | 27.4% | 514 | 5.4k | #34 |
| 31 | Finland | 18.6 | 23.0% | 689 | 6.2k | #20 |
| 32 | Norway | 17.9 | 20.9% | 734 | 5.9k | #23 |
| 33 | Russia | 17.1 | 4.4% | 3.6k | 9k | #33 |
| 34 | Egypt | 16.4 | 8.8% | 1.7k | 5.7k | #43 |
| 35 | Austria | 15.7 | 17.6% | 779 | 5.6k | #21 |
| 36 | Malaysia | 15.1 | 13.2% | 883 | 4.4k | #39 |
| 37 | Israel | 14.4 | 17.1% | 769 | 5.1k | #22 |
| 38 | Mexico | 13.8 | 9.8% | 1.3k | 5.7k | #36 |
| 39 | Thailand | 13.2 | 13.7% | 918 | 4.6k | #45 |
| 40 | Pakistan | 12.6 | 6.4% | 1.3k | 3.4k | #44 |
| 41 | Czechia | 12.0 | 14.1% | 605 | 3.9k | #35 |
| 42 | Chile | 11.4 | 16.2% | 622 | 3.5k | #42 |
| 43 | New Zealand | 10.9 | 16.5% | 486 | 3.4k | #27 |
| 44 | Indonesia | 10.3 | 3.4% | 2.2k | 3k | #48 |
| 45 | Hungary | 9.8 | 12.5% | 566 | 2.9k | #40 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 9.3 | 14.9% | 379 | 2.1k | #53 |
| 47 | South Africa | 8.8 | 14.8% | 546 | 2.9k | #38 |
| 48 | Nigeria | 8.3 | 7.4% | 623 | 2k | #50 |
| 49 | Colombia | 7.8 | 8.6% | 664 | 2.1k | #47 |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 7.3 | 12.3% | 404 | 1.8k | #55 |
| 51 | Qatar | 6.8 | 20.9% | 230 | 1.6k | #52 |
| 52 | Iraq | 6.4 | 4.5% | 742 | 1.7k | #63 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 5.9 | 3.4% | 809 | 1.4k | #54 |
| 54 | Jordan | 5.5 | 15.4% | 246 | 1.3k | #64 |
| 55 | Argentina | 5.0 | 7.5% | 508 | 1.5k | #46 |
| 56 | Slovenia | 4.6 | 16.5% | 252 | 1.3k | #56 |
| 57 | Ecuador | 4.2 | 7.5% | 299 | 687 | #67 |
| 58 | Serbia | 3.8 | 10.7% | 303 | 1.3k | #57 |
| 59 | Croatia | 3.4 | 9.5% | 339 | 1.4k | #51 |
| 60 | Ethiopia | 3.0 | 16.0% | 256 | 1.5k | #66 |
| 61 | Slovakia | 2.6 | 11.7% | 235 | 1.2k | #49 |
| 62 | Morocco | 2.2 | 4.4% | 439 | 719 | #65 |
| 63 | Vietnam | 1.8 | 9.6% | 287 | 1k | #59 |
| 64 | Tunisia | 143.7 | 3.4% | 532 | 782 | #62 |
| 65 | Bulgaria | 106.9 | 7.6% | 268 | 761 | #58 |
| 66 | Philippines | 70.8 | 7.1% | 222 | 650 | #70 |
| 67 | Peru | 35.1 | 6.7% | 208 | 439 | #75 |
| 68 | Nepal | 0.0 | 3.2% | 217 | 320 | #77 |
countries ranked worldwide in Physiology (68). 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 42k works
- 2 China 26k works
- 3 India 9.1k works
- 4 United Kingdom 8.3k works
- 5 Japan 8k works
- 6 Brazil 6.5k works
- 7 Germany 5.7k works
- 8 Italy 5.6k works
- 9 Spain 5k works
- 10 Canada 4.7k works
- 11 South Korea 4.6k works
- 12 Australia 4.3k works