Subfield · Rheumatology
Top Countries in Rheumatology Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 52 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 | 21.3% | 15k | 108k | #3 |
| 2 | United States | 82.5 | 13.5% | 18k | 93k | #1 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 72.2 | 15.7% | 4.2k | 25k | #2 |
| 4 | Italy | 64.9 | 20.2% | 3.6k | 24k | #6 |
| 5 | Germany | 59.3 | 15.5% | 3.4k | 18k | #4 |
| 6 | France | 54.7 | 14.0% | 3.1k | 15k | #5 |
| 7 | Japan | 50.8 | 9.7% | 4.9k | 19k | #9 |
| 8 | Australia | 47.4 | 18.7% | 1.5k | 11k | #10 |
| 9 | Spain | 44.4 | 12.7% | 2.7k | 12k | #11 |
| 10 | Canada | 41.7 | 16.8% | 1.9k | 11k | #8 |
| 11 | India | 39.3 | 5.0% | 6.2k | 12k | #17 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 37.1 | 20.2% | 1.5k | 11k | #7 |
| 13 | South Korea | 35.1 | 13.1% | 2k | 10k | #16 |
| 14 | Poland | 33.2 | 15.2% | 986 | 5.1k | #22 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 31.5 | 16.7% | 923 | 5.4k | #13 |
| 16 | Sweden | 29.8 | 21.4% | 781 | 5.5k | #12 |
| 17 | Denmark | 28.3 | 18.6% | 741 | 4.7k | #15 |
| 18 | Brazil | 26.8 | 6.0% | 2.5k | 5.5k | #21 |
| 19 | Greece | 25.5 | 17.7% | 657 | 3.6k | #24 |
| 20 | Türkiye | 24.2 | 6.4% | 2.9k | 6.5k | #26 |
| 21 | Belgium | 22.9 | 16.5% | 645 | 3.8k | #14 |
| 22 | Iran | 21.8 | 10.7% | 1.3k | 5k | #31 |
| 23 | ?? | 20.6 | 15.8% | 576 | 3.3k | #25 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 19.6 | 15.9% | 916 | 5k | #27 |
| 25 | Austria | 18.5 | 14.7% | 474 | 2.5k | #18 |
| 26 | Romania | 17.5 | 19.5% | 393 | 2.1k | #41 |
| 27 | Egypt | 16.6 | 5.8% | 1.3k | 2.9k | #38 |
| 28 | Norway | 15.7 | 21.2% | 356 | 2.3k | #19 |
| 29 | Finland | 14.8 | 20.7% | 261 | 1.7k | #23 |
| 30 | Israel | 13.9 | 15.2% | 484 | 2.4k | #20 |
| 31 | Portugal | 13.1 | 8.4% | 755 | 2.6k | #29 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 12.3 | 8.0% | 826 | 2.8k | #40 |
| 33 | Russia | 11.5 | 3.2% | 1.7k | 2.8k | #34 |
| 34 | Hong Kong | 10.8 | 23.0% | 220 | 1.6k | #35 |
| 35 | Mexico | 10.0 | 6.0% | 784 | 2k | #32 |
| 36 | Ireland | 9.3 | 14.4% | 335 | 1.6k | #28 |
| 37 | Pakistan | 8.6 | 4.5% | 871 | 1.6k | #45 |
| 38 | Singapore | 7.9 | 14.4% | 320 | 1.5k | #33 |
| 39 | Thailand | 7.3 | 12.8% | 379 | 1.7k | #44 |
| 40 | Indonesia | 6.6 | 3.2% | 960 | 1.2k | #48 |
| 41 | Czechia | 6.0 | 10.8% | 283 | 1.1k | #36 |
| 42 | Malaysia | 5.4 | 6.2% | 366 | 978 | #43 |
| 43 | Chile | 4.8 | 8.4% | 211 | 620 | #46 |
| 44 | Colombia | 4.2 | 4.8% | 483 | 933 | #47 |
| 45 | Argentina | 3.7 | 6.2% | 321 | 786 | #42 |
| 46 | Ukraine | 3.1 | 3.0% | 423 | 464 | #54 |
| 47 | Iraq | 2.6 | 2.8% | 464 | 753 | #59 |
| 48 | Morocco | 2.0 | 1.0% | 751 | 564 | #51 |
| 49 | Tunisia | 1.5 | 1.8% | 655 | 684 | #52 |
| 50 | Bangladesh | 99.3 | 3.8% | 243 | 362 | #58 |
| 51 | Nigeria | 49.1 | 3.4% | 240 | 386 | #56 |
| 52 | Nepal | 0.0 | 1.7% | 216 | 291 | #64 |
countries ranked worldwide in Rheumatology (52). 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 18k works
- 2 China 15k works
- 3 India 6.2k works
- 4 Japan 4.9k works
- 5 United Kingdom 4.2k works
- 6 Italy 3.6k works
- 7 Germany 3.4k works
- 8 France 3.1k works
- 9 Türkiye 2.9k works
- 10 Spain 2.7k works
- 11 Brazil 2.5k works
- 12 South Korea 2k works