Subfield · Urban Studies
Top Countries in Urban Studies Research
China ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 42 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 | 23.4% | 4.8k | 17k | #3 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 81.5 | 31.7% | 2.3k | 8.1k | #1 |
| 3 | United States | 70.6 | 18.9% | 3.9k | 8k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 62.9 | 26.8% | 1.1k | 2.6k | #6 |
| 5 | Italy | 56.9 | 23.6% | 1.1k | 2.5k | #10 |
| 6 | Australia | 52.1 | 31.6% | 878 | 3.1k | #4 |
| 7 | Canada | 47.9 | 16.7% | 1.5k | 2.5k | #5 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 44.4 | 37.9% | 521 | 2.1k | #7 |
| 9 | France | 41.2 | 5.0% | 5.8k | 2.4k | #9 |
| 10 | South Africa | 38.4 | 31.8% | 626 | 1.7k | #8 |
| 11 | India | 35.8 | 18.2% | 1.4k | 2.9k | #15 |
| 12 | Spain | 33.5 | 17.1% | 1.6k | 2.1k | #12 |
| 13 | Brazil | 31.4 | 4.8% | 12k | 4.5k | #11 |
| 14 | Türkiye | 29.4 | 14.8% | 2.6k | 2.7k | #21 |
| 15 | Poland | 27.5 | 14.2% | 1.7k | 1.9k | #16 |
| 16 | Japan | 25.8 | 21.1% | 572 | 1.2k | #20 |
| 17 | Nigeria | 24.2 | 16.8% | 866 | 1.2k | #26 |
| 18 | Sweden | 22.7 | 40.4% | 293 | 1.2k | #13 |
| 19 | Ghana | 21.2 | 40.7% | 251 | 1.1k | #27 |
| 20 | Switzerland | 19.9 | 21.4% | 349 | 769 | #19 |
| 21 | Indonesia | 18.5 | 15.9% | 1k | 1.1k | #35 |
| 22 | Malaysia | 17.3 | 22.3% | 474 | 842 | #33 |
| 23 | Portugal | 16.1 | 14.2% | 831 | 1k | #23 |
| 24 | South Korea | 15.0 | 29.1% | 277 | 892 | #34 |
| 25 | ?? | 13.9 | 8.7% | 757 | 674 | #37 |
| 26 | Romania | 12.8 | 21.2% | 306 | 534 | #42 |
| 27 | Finland | 11.8 | 33.7% | 222 | 714 | #22 |
| 28 | Denmark | 10.8 | 23.3% | 290 | 672 | #18 |
| 29 | Belgium | 9.9 | 16.6% | 423 | 602 | #14 |
| 30 | Russia | 9.0 | 10.9% | 837 | 532 | #25 |
| 31 | Iran | 8.1 | 21.9% | 244 | 705 | #45 |
| 32 | Hungary | 7.3 | 20.3% | 278 | 430 | #41 |
| 33 | Mexico | 6.5 | 8.8% | 985 | 563 | #43 |
| 34 | Colombia | 5.7 | 11.9% | 451 | 438 | #44 |
| 35 | Czechia | 4.9 | 23.7% | 240 | 389 | #31 |
| 36 | Argentina | 4.1 | 8.3% | 834 | 478 | #46 |
| 37 | Chile | 3.4 | 15.4% | 473 | 516 | #38 |
| 38 | Egypt | 2.7 | 18.7% | 254 | 454 | #50 |
| 39 | Ukraine | 2.0 | 11.8% | 402 | 290 | #53 |
| 40 | Ecuador | 130.5 | 15.3% | 268 | 196 | #57 |
| 41 | Peru | 64.5 | 9.6% | 278 | 195 | #58 |
| 42 | Morocco | 0.0 | 7.0% | 249 | 154 | #62 |
countries ranked worldwide in Urban Studies (42). 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.