Subfield · Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Top Countries in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 38 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 | 21.0% | 19k | 135k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 80.9 | 14.9% | 5.6k | 29k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 69.8 | 12.9% | 3.9k | 14k | #9 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 61.9 | 20.8% | 1.2k | 8.6k | #3 |
| 5 | Australia | 55.8 | 25.4% | 807 | 7.3k | #6 |
| 6 | Germany | 50.7 | 15.9% | 1.3k | 6.3k | #5 |
| 7 | Canada | 46.5 | 19.7% | 929 | 6.4k | #4 |
| 8 | South Korea | 42.8 | 16.1% | 1k | 6k | #11 |
| 9 | Italy | 39.6 | 21.8% | 787 | 4.7k | #10 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 36.7 | 38.3% | 267 | 3.2k | #19 |
| 11 | Türkiye | 34.1 | 12.7% | 789 | 3.7k | #20 |
| 12 | France | 31.7 | 14.7% | 874 | 4.2k | #7 |
| 13 | Iran | 29.5 | 15.2% | 764 | 4.7k | #15 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 27.5 | 25.4% | 327 | 3k | #12 |
| 15 | Spain | 25.6 | 19.9% | 503 | 3.4k | #16 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 23.8 | 24.6% | 330 | 2.5k | #31 |
| 17 | Japan | 22.1 | 10.2% | 1k | 3k | #8 |
| 18 | ?? | 20.5 | 12.9% | 600 | 2.9k | #22 |
| 19 | Sweden | 19.1 | 19.6% | 357 | 2.3k | #14 |
| 20 | Russia | 17.6 | 5.5% | 1.2k | 2k | #13 |
| 21 | Poland | 16.3 | 12.3% | 598 | 2.6k | #23 |
| 22 | Malaysia | 15.0 | 12.2% | 469 | 2k | #30 |
| 23 | Egypt | 13.8 | 16.3% | 301 | 1.8k | #35 |
| 24 | Brazil | 12.6 | 8.8% | 696 | 2.1k | #24 |
| 25 | Taiwan | 11.5 | 15.7% | 357 | 2k | #17 |
| 26 | Greece | 10.4 | 16.8% | 248 | 1.6k | #26 |
| 27 | Indonesia | 9.4 | 4.1% | 1k | 1.4k | #39 |
| 28 | Portugal | 8.4 | 18.8% | 264 | 1.7k | #32 |
| 29 | Vietnam | 7.4 | 14.2% | 266 | 1.7k | #37 |
| 30 | Norway | 6.5 | 17.4% | 252 | 1.4k | #18 |
| 31 | Bangladesh | 5.6 | 16.6% | 253 | 1.2k | #47 |
| 32 | Ukraine | 4.7 | 7.1% | 391 | 638 | #43 |
| 33 | Iraq | 3.9 | 9.2% | 352 | 1.2k | #50 |
| 34 | Pakistan | 3.1 | 15.0% | 214 | 1.2k | #44 |
| 35 | Thailand | 2.3 | 17.8% | 228 | 1.3k | #41 |
| 36 | Nigeria | 148.6 | 5.7% | 394 | 989 | #46 |
| 37 | South Africa | 73.3 | 12.1% | 218 | 860 | #38 |
| 38 | Romania | 0.0 | 8.5% | 256 | 545 | #45 |
countries ranked worldwide in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (38). 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 19k works
- 2 United States 5.6k works
- 3 India 3.9k works
- 4 Germany 1.3k works
- 5 United Kingdom 1.2k works
- 6 Russia 1.2k works
- 7 Indonesia 1k works
- 8 Japan 1k works
- 9 South Korea 1k works
- 10 Canada 929 works
- 11 France 874 works
- 12 Australia 807 works