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100 of 232 countries, ranked by Weighted total paper score. Click a column to sort the loaded rows. Metrics count papers published 1951–2026, not retracted, categorized by OpenAlex as article, book, review, book-chapter or conference-paper, cited at least 1 time, and written by no more than 20 authors. A column's info gives the years it covers.

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Sum of the paper scores of the entity's papers. A paper with several countries counts for each of them on a softened scale: with n of them, each is credited 1 / (1 + ln n) of its score. Covers papers published 1951–2025, the years with paper scores.

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		All 232 countries
#	Name	Citations	Papers	Hit papers	Hit rate	Weighted total paper score rank	Top-2000 mean	h-index	h-index since 2010	h-index since 2020	Population	Weighted total paper score per capita	Hit papers per capita
1	United States	762,635,245	20,415,812	176,514	0.87%	5,116,135	5.69	3,675	2,126	876	341,784,857	14,969	516
2	China	194,273,526	9,874,250	48,136	0.50%	2,366,349	3.07	1,441	1,331	783	1,406,585,000	1,682	34.2
3	United Kingdom	190,542,762	5,607,225	47,577	0.85%	1,252,511	3.97	2,140	1,428	647	69,487,000	18,025	685
4	Germany	129,979,915	4,488,160	27,334	0.61%	925,065	3.34	1,737	1,222	550	83,491,249	11,080	327
5	Japan	89,283,091	4,087,163	11,798	0.29%	793,408	2.62	1,317	874	397	123,366,734	6,431	95.6
6	Canada	95,420,108	2,876,884	21,941	0.77%	647,075	3.25	1,649	1,108	492	41,651,653	15,535	527
7	India	50,835,456	3,277,587	8,685	0.27%	644,567	2.22	929	754	434	1,463,865,525	440	5.93
8	France	88,936,276	3,150,999	17,745	0.57%	614,553	2.99	1,510	1,038	454	68,720,337	8,943	258
9	Italy	67,790,486	2,570,571	13,451	0.53%	551,769	2.65	1,241	934	465	58,915,656	9,365	228
10	Australia	72,923,394	2,290,609	19,398	0.85%	525,474	2.98	1,395	1,063	515	27,614,411	19,029	702
11	Spain	50,672,134	2,102,331	10,215	0.49%	423,572	2.44	1,124	887	406	49,355,143	8,582	207
12	South Korea	35,874,516	1,683,770	6,724	0.40%	358,260	2.15	912	797	394	51,684,564	6,932	130
13	Netherlands	55,749,484	1,487,632	14,384	0.97%	344,019	2.80	1,376	999	417	18,087,633	19,020	795
14	Brazil	27,567,751	2,002,364	3,683	0.19%	336,459	1.88	738	596	289	212,812,405	1,581	17.3
15	Sweden	37,002,957	1,061,186	8,453	0.80%	240,914	2.44	1,132	786	366	10,596,620	22,735	798
16	Switzerland	41,189,316	1,078,155	11,194	1.0%	231,332	2.73	1,298	913	395	9,092,436	25,442	1,231
17	Russia	18,961,322	1,612,367	2,844	0.18%	221,928	1.83	780	511	259	143,513,328	1,546	19.8
18	Iran	16,814,682	984,886	2,456	0.25%	213,967	1.60	524	485	306	92,417,681	2,315	26.6
19	Indonesia	6,265,887	1,577,650	850	0.05%	211,899	1.31	334	298	208	285,721,236	742	2.97
20	Türkiye	15,349,700	1,113,834	2,331	0.21%	207,864	1.63	570	470	280	85,878,556	2,420	27.1
21	Taiwan	19,119,505	876,831	2,833	0.33%	184,188	1.74	690	556	294	23,600,776	7,804	120
22	Poland	16,069,062	1,068,502	2,813	0.27%	180,317	1.73	679	520	282	36,435,861	4,949	77.2
23	Belgium	25,713,863	807,549	6,201	0.77%	163,391	2.25	1,002	756	322	11,941,781	13,682	519
24	Denmark	22,071,878	643,730	5,609	0.88%	143,352	2.24	964	708	322	6,009,169	23,856	933
25	Israel	19,796,456	615,281	4,302	0.70%	134,160	2.11	961	614	281	10,122,800	13,253	425
26	Hong Kong	17,331,033	538,205	5,798	1.1%	115,668	2.14	851	702	420	7,498,900	15,425	773
27	Austria	16,322,697	570,861	3,884	0.69%	110,276	2.01	825	623	285	9,208,163	11,976	422
28	Finland	15,235,996	499,805	3,277	0.66%	108,049	1.86	764	561	285	5,646,436	19,136	580
29	Norway	14,803,009	499,418	3,501	0.71%	107,298	1.91	774	593	280	5,610,870	19,123	624
30	Malaysia	9,584,739	568,487	2,479	0.44%	103,667	1.64	573	519	306	35,977,838	2,881	68.9
31	Saudi Arabia	10,843,761	546,495	3,271	0.62%	102,603	1.76	607	589	337	36,973,555	2,775	88.5
32	South Africa	10,910,115	532,950	2,518	0.48%	101,407	1.75	651	518	274	64,747,319	1,566	38.9
33	Portugal	11,436,211	523,266	2,443	0.47%	100,978	1.69	644	540	264	10,804,871	9,346	226
34	Singapore	15,179,649	453,822	5,251	1.2%	100,138	2.07	842	741	390	6,111,175	16,386	859
35	Egypt	8,213,938	523,850	1,318	0.26%	96,967	1.41	424	389	250	118,365,995	819	11.1
36	Mexico	8,937,997	588,353	1,407	0.24%	94,021	1.49	558	421	224	131,946,900	713	10.7
37	Greece	10,610,252	457,897	2,088	0.46%	92,492	1.64	621	476	245	10,413,962	8,882	201
38	Czechia	9,962,040	494,561	1,858	0.38%	81,850	1.61	645	491	238	10,886,878	7,518	171
39	New Zealand	11,290,638	375,117	2,591	0.70%	80,244	1.80	705	517	250	5,324,700	15,070	487
40	Pakistan	7,565,919	421,987	2,154	0.52%	75,982	1.58	512	441	293	255,219,554	298	8.44
41	Ireland	9,304,162	327,553	2,436	0.75%	67,057	1.75	687	543	268	5,484,367	12,227	444
42	Thailand	5,643,783	318,481	834	0.27%	59,982	1.30	428	348	197	71,619,863	838	11.6
43	Argentina	6,039,882	341,449	752	0.22%	57,729	1.29	470	350	163	45,851,378	1,259	16.4
44	Hungary	6,563,132	318,213	1,195	0.38%	53,763	1.44	560	369	192	9,514,251	5,651	126
45	Nigeria	3,365,506	317,668	531	0.17%	50,095	1.19	324	285	197	237,527,782	211	2.24
46	Chile	5,045,508	286,941	979	0.34%	46,859	1.37	470	391	189	19,859,921	2,359	49.3
47	Romania	3,391,352	262,035	731	0.28%	42,872	1.27	363	323	205	19,020,271	2,254	38.4
48	Ukraine	2,640,431	326,939	316	0.10%	38,685	1.03	349	252	124	38,980,376	992	8.11
49	Bangladesh	3,092,597	203,126	914	0.46%	35,469	1.32	377	340	248	175,686,899	202	5.20
50	Colombia	2,654,932	259,936	463	0.18%	35,006	1.13	351	299	157	53,425,635	655	8.67
51	Vietnam	3,104,619	176,480	721	0.42%	30,109	1.26	381	331	232	101,598,527	296	7.10
52	Slovakia	3,442,969	187,475	578	0.31%	28,796	1.19	430	292	154	5,413,813	5,319	107
53	United Arab Emirates	2,466,622	142,770	1,050	0.76%	25,501	1.36	354	331	252	11,513,149	2,215	91.2
54	Serbia	2,174,345	161,292	374	0.23%	25,490	1.06	308	260	141	6,549,143	3,892	57.1
55	Iraq	1,451,685	166,320	319	0.20%	25,000	1.06	235	230	173	47,020,774	532	6.78
56	Ethiopia	1,967,774	121,553	351	0.29%	24,572	1.06	277	247	168	135,472,051	181	2.59
57	Morocco	2,214,754	143,279	383	0.27%	24,124	1.08	337	255	158	38,430,770	628	9.97
58	Slovenia	2,729,568	132,720	545	0.41%	23,943	1.15	387	310	161	2,130,986	11,236	256
59	Croatia	2,120,778	138,830	375	0.27%	22,509	1.06	349	272	152	3,876,200	5,807	96.7
60	Tunisia	2,175,993	143,639	260	0.18%	22,433	1.01	310	246	140	12,348,573	1,817	21.1
61	Bulgaria	2,233,104	133,492	332	0.25%	19,205	1.03	379	251	124	6,433,302	2,985	51.6
62	Algeria	1,520,927	124,085	204	0.17%	19,116	0.96	247	217	140	47,435,312	403	4.30
63	Jordan	1,522,060	102,739	422	0.42%	18,540	1.13	276	237	170	11,520,684	1,609	36.6
64	Kenya	1,949,614	93,030	441	0.48%	15,391	1.10	356	280	138	57,532,493	268	7.67
65	Ghana	1,289,925	80,686	216	0.27%	14,501	0.98	267	217	132	35,064,272	414	6.16
66	Philippines	1,561,490	87,639	391	0.45%	14,020	1.07	348	265	139	116,786,962	120	3.35
67	Qatar	1,697,757	73,419	602	0.83%	13,583	1.20	352	320	204	2,972,215	4,570	203
68	Peru	1,022,702	104,248	183	0.18%	13,106	0.89	262	203	114	34,576,665	379	5.29
69	Lithuania	1,021,442	74,014	232	0.32%	12,129	0.94	247	223	132	2,888,774	4,199	80.3
70	Cyprus	1,278,531	62,755	442	0.72%	11,839	1.11	306	274	178	1,370,754	8,637	322
71	Lebanon	1,274,382	67,667	410	0.61%	11,835	1.08	295	254	153	5,849,421	2,023	70.1
72	Ecuador	697,010	90,175	143	0.16%	11,234	0.86	204	179	123	18,289,896	614	7.82
73	Estonia	1,352,117	63,081	342	0.55%	10,983	1.02	314	260	135	1,366,475	8,037	250
74	Macao	1,156,792	55,485	477	0.89%	10,962	1.14	268	261	192	685,900	15,982	695
75	Nepal	844,112	67,756	153	0.23%	9,887	0.86	235	195	119	29,618,118	334	5.17
76	Sri Lanka	878,316	57,907	206	0.36%	9,263	0.90	262	213	130	21,756,000	426	9.47
77	Kazakhstan	612,185	67,266	132	0.20%	8,996	0.83	206	174	115	20,843,754	432	6.33
78	Tanzania	1,051,316	50,451	163	0.33%	8,981	0.88	265	179	86	70,545,865	127	2.31
79	Kuwait	795,558	48,104	149	0.31%	8,158	0.87	225	185	120	4,865,298	1,677	30.6
80	Uganda	1,015,763	47,399	209	0.45%	8,114	0.91	266	198	101	51,384,894	158	4.07
81	Oman	759,385	45,776	211	0.47%	7,601	0.95	242	214	146	5,494,691	1,383	38.4
82	Venezuela	913,927	57,804	123	0.21%	7,590	0.77	259	164	68	28,516,896	266	4.31
83	Puerto Rico	1,135,886	45,919	238	0.52%	7,435	0.94	310	234	119	3,184,835	2,334	74.7
84	Cameroon	973,051	45,690	157	0.35%	7,358	0.86	288	165	91	29,879,337	246	5.25
85	Latvia	759,467	48,462	130	0.27%	6,900	0.80	261	167	97	1,847,785	3,734	70.4
86	Belarus	817,098	57,216	111	0.20%	6,782	0.78	251	175	94	9,085,991	746	12.2
87	Luxembourg	863,034	39,200	261	0.67%	6,671	0.96	283	252	121	686,970	9,711	380
88	Iceland	968,307	32,303	224	0.70%	5,992	0.91	293	216	92	392,404	15,269	571
89	Cuba	604,066	51,453	74	0.14%	5,576	0.68	224	149	65	10,937,203	510	6.77
90	Uruguay	624,084	38,230	91	0.24%	5,552	0.74	217	164	81	3,384,688	1,640	26.9
91	Uzbekistan	295,908	42,774	63	0.15%	5,204	0.73	138	113	88	37,053,428	140	1.70
92	Costa Rica	493,439	38,136	66	0.17%	4,706	0.70	213	152	72	5,152,950	913	12.8
93	Sudan	387,559	26,935	67	0.25%	3,910	0.71	169	151	99	51,662,147	75.7	1.30
94	Azerbaijan	293,925	31,576	76	0.25%	3,811	0.75	151	120	90	10,246,996	372	7.42
95	Zimbabwe	356,977	25,034	44	0.18%	3,786	0.65	170	133	75	16,950,795	223	2.60
96	Palestinian Territory	314,623	20,751	91	0.45%	3,489	0.75	164	147	109	5,413,596	644	16.8
97	Armenia	413,840	27,046	63	0.24%	3,416	0.65	200	116	64	3,086,700	1,107	20.4
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	230,956	25,391	52	0.21%	3,278	0.61	140	124	77	3,140,095	1,044	16.6
99	Yemen	292,643	21,301	78	0.38%	3,029	0.75	150	142	121	41,773,878	72.5	1.87
100	Panama	545,077	16,850	132	0.79%	2,834	0.78	268	181	68	4,571,189	620	28.9