Subfield · Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Top Countries in Visual Arts and Performing Arts Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 35 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 | United States | 100.0 | 15.3% | 5.5k | 4.3k | #1 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 80.5 | 17.2% | 2.2k | 2k | #2 |
| 3 | India | 69.1 | 15.6% | 2.4k | 1.3k | #7 |
| 4 | China | 61.0 | 17.0% | 1.1k | 1.2k | #9 |
| 5 | Spain | 54.7 | 15.6% | 2.5k | 1.2k | #6 |
| 6 | Germany | 49.6 | 9.8% | 1.6k | 877 | #5 |
| 7 | Türkiye | 45.3 | 20.4% | 1.1k | 914 | #10 |
| 8 | Australia | 41.5 | 20.6% | 700 | 853 | #4 |
| 9 | Italy | 38.2 | 14.4% | 909 | 608 | #8 |
| 10 | Canada | 35.2 | 17.2% | 796 | 980 | #3 |
| 11 | Indonesia | 32.6 | 16.2% | 984 | 430 | #17 |
| 12 | Brazil | 30.1 | 9.2% | 3.1k | 605 | #13 |
| 13 | Netherlands | 27.9 | 23.5% | 280 | 385 | #11 |
| 14 | France | 25.8 | 8.9% | 1.1k | 390 | #12 |
| 15 | South Korea | 23.8 | 21.2% | 258 | 409 | #22 |
| 16 | Portugal | 22.0 | 14.8% | 422 | 265 | #26 |
| 17 | Russia | 20.3 | 13.4% | 628 | 226 | #21 |
| 18 | Mexico | 18.7 | 12.1% | 1.1k | 372 | #19 |
| 19 | Poland | 17.2 | 13.6% | 488 | 288 | #28 |
| 20 | Malaysia | 15.7 | 18.7% | 311 | 216 | #35 |
| 21 | Norway | 14.4 | 22.3% | 215 | 227 | #15 |
| 22 | Pakistan | 13.1 | 15.9% | 384 | 150 | #41 |
| 23 | Sweden | 11.8 | 20.6% | 201 | 244 | #14 |
| 24 | Belgium | 10.6 | 17.8% | 210 | 245 | #27 |
| 25 | Denmark | 9.5 | 17.3% | 217 | 177 | #16 |
| 26 | Argentina | 8.4 | 9.6% | 619 | 164 | #33 |
| 27 | Switzerland | 7.3 | 14.3% | 260 | 188 | #20 |
| 28 | Austria | 6.3 | 14.7% | 230 | 157 | #32 |
| 29 | Japan | 5.3 | 14.5% | 316 | 127 | #23 |
| 30 | Chile | 4.3 | 14.2% | 409 | 191 | #30 |
| 31 | Ukraine | 3.4 | 16.9% | 236 | 98 | #46 |
| 32 | Colombia | 2.5 | 13.1% | 322 | 180 | #36 |
| 33 | ?? | 1.7 | 14.8% | 250 | 169 | #39 |
| 34 | Peru | 81.5 | 12.4% | 328 | 107 | #38 |
| 35 | Romania | 0.0 | 11.7% | 224 | 62 | #45 |
countries ranked worldwide in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (35). 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.