10 Most Advanced Countries in Science

9. Italy

Italy ranks ninth with over 1.2 million published journals and more than 18,000 citations. The country has created 2,930 patents and awarded more than 4,000 PhDs. The Italian government allots $26.3 billion on R&D. They also rank 12th in space science.

The country is home not only to Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, and Galileo Galilei but also to many Nobel Prize winners in science (i.e. medicine, physics, and chemistry). The country founded The World Academy of Sciences and provided an early grant to support the science-centered effort. It is headquartered in Trieste, Italy.