5 Most Advanced Countries in Science

2. United Kingdom

Number of Papers in 2021: 243,792

Total h-Index Score: 1,707

The United Kingdom comes in second on the list, with 243,792 papers published in 2021, with an average of 1.45 citations per paper and h-index score of 1,707. 

The UK’s most prestigious research institutes are University of Oxford, University College London and University of Cambridge. The country is also known for DeepMind, Google’s AI subsidy that has taken the scientific community by storm.