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Subfield · Signal Processing

Top Countries in Signal Processing Research

China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 49 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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1China 100.0 17.2% 18k 100k#2
2United States 82.2 17.7% 7.5k 49k#1
3India 71.8 13.2% 9.3k 37k#5
4United Kingdom 64.4 20.4% 2k 14k#3
5Australia 58.6 27.3% 917 9.9k#8
6Saudi Arabia 54.0 36.0% 725 8.3k#18
7Canada 50.0 20.9% 1.2k 9.3k#6
8Germany 46.6 15.6% 2k 10k#4
9Italy 43.5 20.7% 1.3k 7.6k#9
10South Korea 40.8 18.4% 1.5k 10k#12
11France 38.4 12.8% 1.4k 6.6k#7
12Türkiye 36.2 17.0% 790 4.6k#23
13Singapore 34.1 29.0% 451 4.8k#11
14Spain 32.2 19.8% 801 5.1k#14
15Pakistan 30.4 25.1% 454 4.2k#30
16Japan 28.8 8.3% 2.1k 6.8k#10
17?? 27.2 16.0% 780 4.5k#32
18Hong Kong 25.7 24.9% 484 4.7k#13
19Jordan 24.3 35.9% 208 2.4k#37
20United Arab Emirates 23.0 28.0% 279 2.8k#41
21Malaysia 21.8 16.2% 587 3.5k#29
22Bangladesh 20.6 18.4% 383 2.3k#40
23Iran 19.4 18.2% 485 3.4k#26
24Taiwan 18.3 14.3% 735 3.6k#19
25Egypt 17.3 21.3% 338 2.7k#39
26Iraq 16.3 12.7% 593 2.7k#42
27Sweden 15.3 18.5% 320 1.8k#21
28Greece 14.4 21.6% 348 2.2k#22
29Morocco 13.5 23.4% 307 1.9k#45
30Netherlands 12.6 19.3% 428 2.8k#15
31Finland 11.8 20.1% 292 2.2k#20
32Portugal 10.9 21.8% 278 1.7k#33
33Brazil 10.2 10.4% 744 2.5k#27
34Switzerland 9.4 20.7% 293 2.2k#16
35Poland 8.6 15.1% 450 2k#31
36Norway 7.9 22.0% 219 1.7k#38
37Russia 7.2 8.4% 666 1.7k#35
38Denmark 6.5 19.7% 245 1.6k#28
39Austria 5.9 16.4% 327 1.7k#25
40Indonesia 5.2 5.7% 900 1.8k#48
41Vietnam 4.6 14.6% 377 1.4k#49
42Israel 4.0 15.2% 266 1.6k#17
43Nigeria 3.4 10.5% 261 1.1k#52
44Czechia 2.8 16.7% 217 1k#36
45Belgium 2.2 13.2% 309 1.4k#24
46Algeria 1.6 12.1% 277 1.3k#51
47Romania 107.1 11.1% 258 949#47
48Thailand 53.0 10.4% 232 897#50
49Ukraine 0.0 6.9% 207 342#59

countries ranked worldwide in Signal Processing (49). 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.

0 – 5: 9 places5 – 10: 7 places10 – 15: 6 places15 – 20: 5 places20 – 25: 4 places25 – 30: 3 places30 – 35: 3 places35 – 40: 2 places40 – 45: 2 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 2 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 0 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 18k works
  2. 2 India 9.3k works
  3. 3 United States 7.5k works
  4. 4 Japan 2.1k works
  5. 5 Germany 2k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 2k works
  7. 7 South Korea 1.5k works
  8. 8 France 1.4k works
  9. 9 Italy 1.3k works
  10. 10 Canada 1.2k works
  11. 11 Australia 917 works
  12. 12 Indonesia 901 works