Subfield · Safety Research
Top Countries in Safety Research Research
United States 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 | United States | 100.0 | 21.5% | 14k | 72k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 82.5 | 28.2% | 3.3k | 25k | #2 |
| 3 | China | 72.2 | 26.7% | 3.2k | 18k | #5 |
| 4 | Germany | 64.9 | 27.6% | 2k | 14k | #3 |
| 5 | Australia | 59.3 | 31.3% | 1.7k | 13k | #4 |
| 6 | India | 54.7 | 13.8% | 3k | 8.7k | #11 |
| 7 | Canada | 50.8 | 23.6% | 1.8k | 9.9k | #6 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 47.4 | 33.9% | 954 | 8k | #7 |
| 9 | Spain | 44.4 | 18.6% | 1.7k | 6.4k | #10 |
| 10 | Italy | 41.7 | 23.9% | 1.2k | 6.4k | #9 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 39.3 | 38.5% | 316 | 3.6k | #16 |
| 12 | South Africa | 37.1 | 22.2% | 1k | 4k | #12 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 35.1 | 28.8% | 504 | 3.4k | #8 |
| 14 | Türkiye | 33.2 | 15.1% | 1.2k | 3.4k | #27 |
| 15 | France | 31.5 | 14.7% | 1k | 3.6k | #14 |
| 16 | Norway | 29.8 | 32.2% | 414 | 3.4k | #15 |
| 17 | Sweden | 28.3 | 31.3% | 499 | 3.2k | #13 |
| 18 | Poland | 26.8 | 9.5% | 1.9k | 2.1k | #18 |
| 19 | South Korea | 25.5 | 18.1% | 642 | 2.7k | #24 |
| 20 | Finland | 24.2 | 31.2% | 313 | 2.9k | #23 |
| 21 | Ireland | 22.9 | 30.4% | 308 | 2.8k | #26 |
| 22 | Brazil | 21.8 | 7.9% | 1.6k | 2.3k | #25 |
| 23 | Indonesia | 20.6 | 8.7% | 1.4k | 1.8k | #34 |
| 24 | Austria | 19.6 | 30.8% | 273 | 2.1k | #20 |
| 25 | Japan | 18.5 | 11.5% | 869 | 2.1k | #21 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 17.5 | 33.0% | 258 | 1.8k | #37 |
| 27 | Portugal | 16.6 | 23.2% | 438 | 1.6k | #31 |
| 28 | Malaysia | 15.7 | 16.4% | 477 | 1.6k | #33 |
| 29 | Belgium | 14.8 | 22.4% | 346 | 1.5k | #17 |
| 30 | Denmark | 13.9 | 22.5% | 356 | 1.7k | #19 |
| 31 | Greece | 13.1 | 27.8% | 236 | 1.1k | #36 |
| 32 | ?? | 12.3 | 13.5% | 480 | 1.6k | #35 |
| 33 | Pakistan | 11.5 | 11.2% | 592 | 1.5k | #43 |
| 34 | Israel | 10.8 | 23.6% | 364 | 1.9k | #22 |
| 35 | Russia | 10.0 | 7.6% | 915 | 1.2k | #32 |
| 36 | Ghana | 9.3 | 21.0% | 310 | 1.2k | #44 |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 8.6 | 21.7% | 258 | 1.1k | #47 |
| 38 | Nigeria | 7.9 | 8.8% | 696 | 1.2k | #46 |
| 39 | Philippines | 7.3 | 10.4% | 425 | 839 | #52 |
| 40 | Mexico | 6.6 | 7.9% | 732 | 942 | #29 |
| 41 | Ethiopia | 6.0 | 22.1% | 309 | 1.5k | #49 |
| 42 | Romania | 5.4 | 15.1% | 253 | 655 | #51 |
| 43 | Ecuador | 4.8 | 8.3% | 494 | 540 | #54 |
| 44 | Chile | 4.2 | 15.4% | 370 | 836 | #39 |
| 45 | Peru | 3.7 | 10.4% | 446 | 666 | #53 |
| 46 | Colombia | 3.1 | 10.8% | 417 | 609 | #48 |
| 47 | Iran | 2.6 | 15.6% | 264 | 921 | #50 |
| 48 | Kenya | 2.0 | 6.7% | 538 | 779 | #38 |
| 49 | Czechia | 1.5 | 17.3% | 208 | 758 | #45 |
| 50 | Tanzania | 99.3 | 13.5% | 250 | 490 | #57 |
| 51 | Ukraine | 49.1 | 7.3% | 327 | 514 | #60 |
| 52 | Argentina | 0.0 | 6.6% | 318 | 277 | #55 |
countries ranked worldwide in Safety Research (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.