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Top Countries and States by h-index, as of March 2026
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| Rank | Country or State | Score | Institutions | Authors | Author Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts (United States) | 51.02 | 103 | 1471 | 1006.31 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 42 | 451 | 4863 | 4132.81 |
| 2 | California (United States) | 42 | 160 | 1366 | 1257.66 |
| 4 | New York (United States) | 36 | 169 | 1203 | 1080.50 |
| 5 | Germany | 33.03 | 484 | 4152 | 3673.11 |
| 6 | District of Columbia (United States) | 33 | 138 | 2790 | 2567.75 |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 33 | 19 | 1189 | 339.39 |
| 8 | France | 32.03 | 345 | 4229 | 4012.51 |
| 9 | Illinois (United States) | 32 | 69 | 629 | 570.15 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 29 | 129 | 1415 | 1305.77 |
| 11 | Canada | 28.04 | 214 | 1899 | 1809.77 |
| 12 | Italy | 28 | 336 | 3938 | 3747.80 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania (United States) | 28 | 93 | 616 | 572.28 |
| 14 | China | 27.04 | 335 | 1718 | 1680.31 |
| 14 | Connecticut (United States) | 27.04 | 37 | 287 | 262.81 |
| 16 | Australia | 27 | 184 | 1789 | 1644.45 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 26 | 134 | 1254 | 1151.14 |
| 18 | New Jersey (United States) | 25.04 | 48 | 225 | 204.72 |
| 19 | Belgium | 25 | 109 | 1113 | 962.46 |
| 20 | Sweden | 24.04 | 106 | 847 | 767.72 |
| 21 | North Carolina (United States) | 23.05 | 52 | 368 | 353.69 |
| 22 | Spain | 23 | 343 | 2887 | 2820.78 |
| 22 | Michigan (United States) | 23 | 37 | 339 | 317.26 |
| 24 | Maryland (United States) | 22 | 34 | 268 | 240.87 |
| 25 | Texas (United States) | 21.05 | 86 | 591 | 561.60 |
| 25 | New Hampshire (United States) | 21.05 | 5 | 78 | 73.34 |
| 27 | Norway | 21 | 58 | 542 | 510.61 |
| 27 | Denmark | 21 | 59 | 524 | 474.73 |
| 27 | Indiana (United States) | 21 | 34 | 315 | 292.16 |
| 30 | Missouri (United States) | 20.05 | 41 | 274 | 259.72 |
| 31 | Israel | 20 | 33 | 264 | 247.96 |
| 31 | Austria | 20 | 80 | 647 | 603.03 |
| 33 | Wisconsin (United States) | 19.06 | 34 | 177 | 167.12 |
| 34 | Virginia (United States) | 19 | 52 | 404 | 380.91 |
| 34 | Georgia (United States) | 19 | 53 | 344 | 325.51 |
| 34 | Minnesota (United States) | 19 | 32 | 183 | 174.09 |
| 37 | Japan | 18 | 218 | 1343 | 1303.90 |
| 37 | Ohio (United States) | 18 | 49 | 321 | 307.13 |
| 37 | New Zealand | 18 | 43 | 317 | 293.07 |
| 40 | Florida (United States) | 17.06 | 47 | 268 | 255.41 |
| 40 | Portugal | 17.06 | 109 | 778 | 756.83 |
| 40 | Ireland | 17.06 | 34 | 392 | 363.72 |
| 40 | Arizona (United States) | 17.06 | 18 | 136 | 129.65 |
| 44 | Greece | 17 | 86 | 654 | 639.89 |
| 44 | Rhode Island (United States) | 17 | 10 | 93 | 86.39 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 16.14 | 29 | 131 | 116.48 |
| 47 | South Korea | 16.07 | 120 | 456 | 438.72 |
| 48 | Finland | 16 | 48 | 305 | 283.87 |
| 48 | India | 16 | 312 | 1359 | 1332.66 |
| 48 | Tennessee (United States) | 16 | 26 | 169 | 158.64 |
| 48 | Colorado (United States) | 16 | 23 | 160 | 147.09 |
| 48 | Hong Kong | 16 | 28 | 177 | 169.70 |
| 53 | Washington (United States) | 15.07 | 21 | 113 | 106.23 |
| 53 | Iowa (United States) | 15.07 | 14 | 92 | 85.93 |
| 55 | Turkey | 15 | 245 | 1022 | 990.97 |
| 55 | Singapore | 15 | 30 | 230 | 218.62 |
| 55 | Egypt | 15 | 36 | 228 | 121.11 |
| 55 | Czech Republic | 15 | 38 | 604 | 562.72 |
| 55 | Chile | 15 | 68 | 505 | 485.23 |
| 60 | Malaysia | 14 | 63 | 419 | 399.00 |
| 60 | Russia | 14 | 190 | 1708 | 1663.49 |
| 60 | South Africa | 14 | 77 | 478 | 432.85 |
| 60 | Poland | 14 | 99 | 830 | 793.71 |
| 60 | Taiwan | 14 | 79 | 274 | 270.13 |
| 65 | Viet Nam | 13.18 | 60 | 268 | 251.74 |
| 66 | Oregon (United States) | 13.08 | 14 | 78 | 72.13 |
| 67 | Brazil | 13 | 139 | 1102 | 1082.68 |
| 67 | Argentina | 13 | 79 | 446 | 417.34 |
| 67 | Utah (United States) | 13 | 16 | 121 | 117.57 |
| 67 | Kentucky (United States) | 13 | 15 | 93 | 87.84 |
| 71 | Colombia | 12 | 84 | 769 | 757.64 |
| 71 | Oklahoma (United States) | 12 | 12 | 92 | 88.70 |
| 73 | Louisiana (United States) | 11.10 | 22 | 97 | 89.62 |
| 73 | Hungary | 11.10 | 82 | 466 | 441.64 |
| 75 | Philippines | 11 | 35 | 218 | 208.16 |
| 75 | South Carolina (United States) | 11 | 16 | 94 | 89.74 |
| 75 | Mexico | 11 | 90 | 487 | 468.27 |
| 75 | Alabama (United States) | 11 | 26 | 109 | 103.43 |
| 75 | Kansas (United States) | 11 | 10 | 73 | 69.53 |
| 80 | Lebanon | 10.11 | 19 | 98 | 94.81 |
| 80 | Nebraska (United States) | 10.11 | 6 | 63 | 59.90 |
| 82 | Wyoming (United States) | 10 | 3 | 25 | 23.77 |
| 82 | Saudi Arabia | 10 | 29 | 105 | 95.71 |
| 82 | Tunisia | 10 | 39 | 290 | 273.22 |
| 82 | Pakistan | 10 | 111 | 587 | 567.00 |
| 82 | Nigeria | 10 | 97 | 432 | 418.82 |
| 82 | Peru | 10 | 37 | 295 | 274.42 |
| 82 | Hawaii (United States) | 10 | 7 | 47 | 42.05 |
| 89 | Bangladesh | 9.12 | 61 | 231 | 209.15 |
| 89 | Uruguay | 9.12 | 12 | 139 | 131.60 |
| 89 | Slovenia | 9.12 | 13 | 56 | 53.76 |
| 89 | Macao | 9.12 | 6 | 53 | 52.89 |
| 93 | Romania | 9 | 116 | 1207 | 1203.58 |
| 93 | Thailand | 9 | 38 | 180 | 169.30 |
| 93 | Delaware (United States) | 9 | 5 | 53 | 50.52 |
| 93 | Maine (United States) | 9 | 6 | 60 | 54.85 |
| 93 | Slovakia | 9 | 33 | 173 | 159.36 |
| 93 | Cyprus | 9 | 11 | 55 | 51.28 |
| 93 | West Virginia (United States) | 9 | 9 | 43 | 39.05 |
| 100 | Kenya | 8.14 | 21 | 75 | 53.51 |
| 100 | Northern Cyprus | 8.14 | 8 | 39 | 35.22 |
| 100 | Nevada (United States) | 8.14 | 6 | 40 | 38.35 |
| 103 | Indonesia | 8 | 112 | 494 | 470.67 |
| 103 | Ghana | 8 | 39 | 152 | 143.24 |
| 103 | Arkansas (United States) | 8 | 9 | 54 | 51.38 |
| 103 | Estonia | 8 | 8 | 58 | 56.69 |
| 103 | Vermont (United States) | 8 | 6 | 34 | 32.60 |
| 108 | Ecuador | 7.40 | 39 | 153 | 140.98 |
| 109 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7 | 5 | 44 | 36.98 |
| 109 | New Mexico (United States) | 7 | 10 | 45 | 41.26 |
| 109 | Croatia | 7 | 14 | 173 | 169.72 |
| 109 | Latvia | 7 | 7 | 39 | 38.99 |
| 109 | Qatar | 7 | 6 | 35 | 30.65 |
| 109 | Mississippi (United States) | 7 | 7 | 50 | 48.29 |
| 115 | Bolivia | 6.20 | 15 | 106 | 93.07 |
| 116 | Ethiopia | 6 | 31 | 86 | 81.37 |
| 116 | Iran | 6 | 45 | 184 | 176.18 |
| 116 | Ukraine | 6 | 69 | 221 | 219.35 |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 6 | 17 | 74 | 71.90 |
| 116 | Cameroun | 6 | 15 | 81 | 76.65 |
| 116 | Idaho (United States) | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21.77 |
| 116 | Venezuela | 6 | 15 | 40 | 34.12 |
| 116 | Lithuania | 6 | 14 | 44 | 41.05 |
| 116 | North Dakota (United States) | 6 | 5 | 45 | 44.34 |
| 116 | Montana (United States) | 6 | 4 | 17 | 13 |
| 126 | Georgia | 5.25 | 8 | 30 | 26.78 |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 5.25 | 18 | 58 | 52.35 |
| 126 | Nepal | 5.25 | 11 | 32 | 29.50 |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 5.25 | 35 | 268 | 265.50 |
| 126 | Alaska (United States) | 5.25 | 5 | 15 | 14.50 |
| 126 | Costa Rica | 5.25 | 10 | 41 | 35.12 |
| 126 | Albania | 5.25 | 13 | 48 | 44.74 |
| 126 | Barbados | 5.25 | 4 | 13 | 12.86 |
| 126 | Fiji | 5.25 | 5 | 22 | 22 |
| 135 | Kuwait | 5 | 7 | 21 | 19.12 |
| 135 | Morocco | 5 | 29 | 122 | 116.24 |
| 135 | Oman | 5 | 6 | 22 | 18.95 |
| 135 | Réunion | 5 | 2 | 20 | 19.80 |
| 135 | Jamaica | 5 | 4 | 12 | 10.75 |
| 135 | Iceland | 5 | 4 | 17 | 14.89 |
| 135 | Kosovo | 5 | 7 | 14 | 13.08 |
| 142 | Bahrain | 4.33 | 4 | 11 | 9.06 |
| 142 | Senegal | 4.33 | 13 | 25 | 22.37 |
| 144 | North Macedonia | 4 | 13 | 75 | 73.33 |
| 144 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 17 | 58 | 55.85 |
| 144 | Jordan | 4 | 20 | 38 | 34.03 |
| 144 | Brunei | 4 | 4 | 11 | 10.60 |
| 144 | Serbia | 4 | 13 | 37 | 35.14 |
| 144 | Malta | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14.80 |
| 144 | Uganda | 4 | 8 | 22 | 19.33 |
| 144 | Zambia | 4 | 4 | 17 | 16.50 |
| 144 | South Dakota (United States) | 4 | 3 | 11 | 10.50 |
| 153 | Congo (Dem. Rep.) | 3.50 | 7 | 18 | 15.90 |
| 153 | Sudan | 3.50 | 6 | 11 | 9.33 |
| 153 | Cambodia | 3.50 | 5 | 13 | 10.03 |
| 153 | Tanzania | 3.50 | 15 | 31 | 28.50 |
| 153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.50 | 11 | 22 | 21.01 |
| 153 | Liechtenstein | 3.50 | 3 | 5 | 4.40 |
| 153 | Rwanda | 3.50 | 5 | 9 | 7.14 |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 6 | 11 | 9.37 |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 13 | 44 | 40.90 |
| 160 | Palestinian Authority | 3 | 8 | 14 | 13.30 |
| 160 | Algeria | 3 | 26 | 81 | 78.07 |
| 160 | Benin | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12.50 |
| 160 | Belarus | 3 | 6 | 19 | 15.76 |
| 160 | Mongolia | 3 | 11 | 53 | 51.08 |
| 160 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 160 | Afghanistan | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6.50 |
| 160 | Martinique | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17.22 |
| 160 | Guadeloupe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2.67 |
| 160 | Haïti | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4.50 |
| 160 | Mauritius | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5.50 |
| 160 | Mozambique | 3 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| 160 | Botswana | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.10 |
| 160 | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3.16 |
| 178 | Iraq | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 |
| 178 | Togo | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8.04 |
| 178 | Armenia | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20.12 |
| 178 | Guatemala | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8.19 |
| 178 | Malawi | 2 | 5 | 14 | 10.85 |
| 178 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 14 | 19 | 17.59 |
| 178 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 8 | 16 | 15.06 |
| 178 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 178 | Monaco | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.50 |
| 178 | Lesotho | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.50 |
| 178 | Burundi | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1.05 |
| 189 | Tchad | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | Djibouti | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.50 |
| 189 | Swaziland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 189 | Paraguay | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 189 | Somalia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | Moldova | 1 | 7 | 26 | 26 |
| 189 | El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | Guam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | Libya | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 189 | Myanmar | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.40 |
| 189 | Gambia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3.50 |
| 189 | Aland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | Madagascar | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9.50 |
| 189 | South Sudan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | Anguilla | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2.50 |
| 189 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.05 |
| 189 | Nicaragua | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.67 |
| 189 | Laos | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 189 | Curaçao | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.95 |
| 189 | French Polynesia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 189 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.23 |
| 189 | New Caledonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 189 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | San Marino | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | Suriname | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 189 | Central African Republic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 215 | Niger | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.50 |
| 215 | Syria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.33 |
| 215 | Cuba | 0 | 8 | 12 | 11.80 |
| 215 | Yemen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 215 | Montenegro | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 215 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 215 | Mali | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 215 | Guinea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 215 | Bahamas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 |
| 215 | Gabon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 215 | Guyana | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.17 |
- Citations from CitEc project by José Manuel Barrueco Cruz, University of Valencia, Spain. Hardware provided by Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (IVIE), Valencia, Spain.
- Abstract views and downloads statistics from LogEc project by Sune Karlsson, Örebro University, Sweden.
- Author registration, institution database, and ranking computations by Christian Zimmermann.
- RePEc has been initiated by Thomas Krichel.