Subfield · Polymers and Plastics
Top Countries in Polymers and Plastics Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 48 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 | 23.9% | 29k | 445k | #1 |
| 2 | United States | 82.1 | 16.0% | 5.4k | 60k | #2 |
| 3 | India | 71.6 | 14.2% | 9.2k | 83k | #7 |
| 4 | South Korea | 64.2 | 19.1% | 3.2k | 40k | #5 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 58.4 | 21.0% | 1.3k | 18k | #4 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 53.7 | 39.2% | 417 | 10k | #14 |
| 7 | Australia | 49.7 | 26.1% | 784 | 13k | #9 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 46.3 | 23.7% | 1.3k | 19k | #21 |
| 9 | France | 43.2 | 10.4% | 2.1k | 16k | #8 |
| 10 | Germany | 40.5 | 10.8% | 1.9k | 16k | #3 |
| 11 | Iran | 38.1 | 15.4% | 1.7k | 18k | #20 |
| 12 | Canada | 35.8 | 17.2% | 973 | 12k | #10 |
| 13 | ?? | 33.7 | 19.0% | 942 | 12k | #23 |
| 14 | Japan | 31.8 | 6.8% | 2.5k | 15k | #6 |
| 15 | Italy | 30.0 | 15.1% | 1.2k | 13k | #11 |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 28.4 | 20.8% | 564 | 6.2k | #34 |
| 17 | Türkiye | 26.8 | 8.7% | 2.4k | 15k | #24 |
| 18 | Malaysia | 25.3 | 11.4% | 1.3k | 10k | #19 |
| 19 | Spain | 23.9 | 13.9% | 1.1k | 11k | #16 |
| 20 | Egypt | 22.6 | 16.6% | 1.2k | 13k | #30 |
| 21 | Iraq | 21.4 | 13.3% | 999 | 8.3k | #39 |
| 22 | Singapore | 20.2 | 31.3% | 331 | 6.7k | #12 |
| 23 | Taiwan | 19.0 | 15.9% | 946 | 10k | #15 |
| 24 | Pakistan | 17.9 | 16.5% | 784 | 8k | #37 |
| 25 | Poland | 16.9 | 9.8% | 1.1k | 9.3k | #26 |
| 26 | Russia | 15.8 | 4.0% | 2k | 7.5k | #25 |
| 27 | Thailand | 14.9 | 13.3% | 724 | 6.9k | #38 |
| 28 | Sweden | 13.9 | 20.6% | 327 | 4.5k | #17 |
| 29 | Brazil | 13.0 | 6.1% | 1.4k | 7.9k | #27 |
| 30 | Switzerland | 12.1 | 19.6% | 257 | 3.6k | #18 |
| 31 | Indonesia | 11.3 | 4.5% | 1.3k | 4.4k | #44 |
| 32 | Portugal | 10.5 | 15.7% | 371 | 3.9k | #32 |
| 33 | Belgium | 9.7 | 15.9% | 317 | 3.5k | #22 |
| 34 | Netherlands | 8.9 | 18.4% | 344 | 4.1k | #13 |
| 35 | Nigeria | 8.2 | 9.0% | 497 | 3.1k | #49 |
| 36 | South Africa | 7.4 | 14.4% | 370 | 3.3k | #36 |
| 37 | Czechia | 6.7 | 8.9% | 436 | 3.1k | #33 |
| 38 | Greece | 6.0 | 11.8% | 246 | 2.6k | #31 |
| 39 | Romania | 5.4 | 7.8% | 378 | 2.7k | #47 |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 4.7 | 16.9% | 215 | 2.2k | #58 |
| 41 | Morocco | 4.1 | 15.5% | 270 | 2.3k | #51 |
| 42 | Algeria | 3.4 | 8.3% | 354 | 2.4k | #55 |
| 43 | Mexico | 2.8 | 5.9% | 456 | 2.4k | #48 |
| 44 | Vietnam | 2.2 | 6.6% | 351 | 1.6k | #60 |
| 45 | Austria | 1.7 | 7.8% | 247 | 1.9k | #29 |
| 46 | Ukraine | 109.9 | 4.9% | 334 | 999 | #46 |
| 47 | Hungary | 54.4 | 9.9% | 208 | 1.4k | #41 |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 0.0 | 2.7% | 303 | 569 | #66 |
countries ranked worldwide in Polymers and Plastics (48). 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 China 29k works
- 2 India 9.2k works
- 3 United States 5.4k works
- 4 South Korea 3.2k works
- 5 Japan 2.5k works
- 6 Türkiye 2.4k works
- 7 France 2.1k works
- 8 Russia 2k works
- 9 Germany 1.9k works
- 10 Iran 1.7k works
- 11 Brazil 1.4k works
- 12 United Kingdom 1.3k works