Table 1

Top 50 countries in the World in Clinical Neuroscience Research (Rank by SCR in August 2015).

Adjusted RankCountrySCR Ranks** (Mean)Population (million)GDP/capita (#1000)Universities in world top 500Journals listed in SCR
1USA1,1,1(1)3235516494
2UK4,2,2 (2.7)63403867
3Germany3,3,3 (3)83463929
4Canada7,4,4 (5)3645211
5Japan2,5,9 (5.3)127371911
6Italy5,6,7 (6)61352113
7France6,7,5 (6)65402113
8Netherlands10,8,6 (8)17471330
9Australia11,9,8 (9.3)2446191
10Spain8,11,12 (10.3)4734124
11Switzerland14,12,11 (12.3)858712
12Sweden17,10,10 (12.3)1046111
13China9,18,19 (15.3)139413444
14Austria19,13,14 (15.3)94663
15Belgium18,14,16 (16)114370
16Brazil12,20,20 (17.3)2021665
17Finland24,15,13 (17.3)54050
18Denmark22,16,15 (17.7)64450
19South Korea15,19,21 (18.3)5035104
20Israel21,17,17 (18.3)83360
21Turkey13,22,22 (19)762017
22Norway25,21,18 (21.1)56730
23Taiwan20,23,24 (22.3)234601
24India16,24,30 (23.3)1267615
25Poland23,25,28 (25.3)382525
26Portugal31,26,23 (26.6)112731
27Hungary32,30,29 (27)102522
28Ireland33,28,25 (28.7)54931
29Greece27,29,31 (29)112620
30Argentina29,31,27 (29)422310
31New Zealand34,27,26 (29)53540
32Czech Republic26,33,33 (30.7)113013
33Mexico28,34,35 (32.3)1241813
34Hong Kong35,32,32 (33)75500
35Singapore36,35,34 (35)68320
36Iran30,38,40 (36)781712
37Russia38,37,36 (37)1422522
38South Africa41,36,37 (38)531340
39Chile40,39,38 (39)182321
40Saudi Arabia37,41,44 (40.7)295242
41Thailand43,40,39 (40.7)671400
42Egypt39,42,43 (41.3)831114
43Croatia42,44,41 (42.3)42101
44Slovenia47,43,45 (45)23010
45Colombia48,46,48 (47.3)491300
46Slovakia45,48,50 (47.7)52800
47Lebanon53,47,46 (48.7)51800
48Bulgaria54,45,47 (48.7)71800
49Cuba44,49,54 (49)11600
50Malaysia50,53,52 (51.6)302521
  • SCR- SCImago Journal & Country Rank, GDP/capita- gross domestic product at purchasing power parity per capita,

  • ** Rankings based on total publications, total citations and h-index, USA- United States of America, UK- United Kingdom