Subfield · Soil Science
Top Countries in Soil Science Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 43 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 | 33.9% | 12k | 141k | #2 |
| 2 | United States | 81.6 | 20.7% | 4.4k | 35k | #1 |
| 3 | India | 70.8 | 11.0% | 7.7k | 25k | #5 |
| 4 | Australia | 63.1 | 28.6% | 785 | 8.4k | #6 |
| 5 | Germany | 57.2 | 29.6% | 975 | 10k | #4 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 52.4 | 24.8% | 851 | 7.4k | #3 |
| 7 | Italy | 48.3 | 26.5% | 836 | 7.9k | #10 |
| 8 | France | 44.7 | 21.1% | 850 | 6.8k | #7 |
| 9 | Indonesia | 41.6 | 1.4% | 12k | 6.8k | #16 |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 38.8 | 24.2% | 916 | 5.9k | #18 |
| 11 | Pakistan | 36.2 | 20.1% | 664 | 4.4k | #22 |
| 12 | Canada | 33.9 | 20.6% | 664 | 5.5k | #9 |
| 13 | Brazil | 31.8 | 7.0% | 3.6k | 11k | #12 |
| 14 | Spain | 29.8 | 22.7% | 764 | 6.5k | #11 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 28.0 | 34.4% | 309 | 4k | #8 |
| 16 | South Africa | 26.3 | 23.7% | 500 | 2.9k | #17 |
| 17 | Russia | 24.7 | 3.5% | 2.4k | 4.7k | #21 |
| 18 | Iran | 23.2 | 14.6% | 782 | 4.2k | #19 |
| 19 | Japan | 21.7 | 15.1% | 636 | 3.1k | #20 |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 20.4 | 14.7% | 610 | 2.5k | #31 |
| 21 | ?? | 19.1 | 11.9% | 636 | 3.1k | #27 |
| 22 | Egypt | 17.8 | 10.7% | 619 | 3k | #32 |
| 23 | Nigeria | 16.6 | 7.0% | 962 | 2k | #30 |
| 24 | Switzerland | 15.5 | 33.1% | 213 | 2.9k | #13 |
| 25 | Ghana | 14.4 | 25.2% | 270 | 1.7k | #34 |
| 26 | South Korea | 13.4 | 20.1% | 307 | 2.2k | #36 |
| 27 | Poland | 12.4 | 17.3% | 473 | 3.5k | #29 |
| 28 | Türkiye | 11.4 | 9.6% | 750 | 2.9k | #37 |
| 29 | Morocco | 10.5 | 22.3% | 254 | 1.9k | #41 |
| 30 | Kenya | 9.6 | 20.0% | 270 | 1.4k | #23 |
| 31 | Belgium | 8.7 | 25.7% | 201 | 1.9k | #15 |
| 32 | Iraq | 7.9 | 7.0% | 550 | 972 | #55 |
| 33 | Czechia | 7.0 | 18.4% | 264 | 1.9k | #40 |
| 34 | Malaysia | 6.2 | 11.3% | 307 | 1.2k | #43 |
| 35 | Mexico | 5.5 | 8.6% | 411 | 1.2k | #35 |
| 36 | Vietnam | 4.7 | 13.2% | 242 | 1.1k | #50 |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 4.0 | 8.7% | 312 | 720 | #52 |
| 38 | Argentina | 3.3 | 12.3% | 223 | 1.3k | #39 |
| 39 | Hungary | 2.6 | 15.5% | 227 | 1.2k | #47 |
| 40 | Colombia | 1.9 | 8.7% | 224 | 719 | #46 |
| 41 | Ukraine | 126.6 | 6.8% | 359 | 672 | #61 |
| 42 | Nepal | 62.6 | 8.5% | 218 | 691 | #60 |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 0.0 | 7.0% | 210 | 496 | #66 |
countries ranked worldwide in Soil Science (43). 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.