Subfield · Software
Top Countries in Software Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 12 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 | 20.8% | 2.6k | 13k | #4 |
| 2 | United States | 72.1 | 19.6% | 2.1k | 13k | #1 |
| 3 | Germany | 55.8 | 18.4% | 995 | 4.2k | #2 |
| 4 | India | 44.2 | 15.6% | 1.1k | 3.5k | #10 |
| 5 | Canada | 35.2 | 27.4% | 400 | 3.1k | #5 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 27.9 | 20.1% | 491 | 2.4k | #3 |
| 7 | Italy | 21.7 | 24.8% | 406 | 2.1k | #6 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 16.3 | 24.1% | 217 | 1.1k | #8 |
| 9 | Spain | 11.6 | 17.0% | 274 | 1.3k | #14 |
| 10 | France | 7.3 | 12.2% | 363 | 1.1k | #7 |
| 11 | Brazil | 3.5 | 12.6% | 313 | 886 | #19 |
| 12 | Japan | 0.0 | 9.6% | 347 | 830 | #18 |
countries ranked worldwide in Software (12). 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 2.6k works
- 2 United States 2.1k works
- 3 India 1.1k works
- 4 Germany 995 works
- 5 United Kingdom 491 works
- 6 Italy 406 works
- 7 Canada 400 works
- 8 France 363 works
- 9 Japan 347 works
- 10 Brazil 313 works
- 11 Spain 275 works
- 12 Netherlands 217 works