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Indonesia
Indonesia ranks between 16th and 40th across the 45 technologies, by share of the 10% most cited papers, 2021–2025.
TechnologyRankIts neighbours in the rankingShare of the top 10%, from 2021 to 2025Its institution with the most credit
Nuclear fission power
18–25tied, of 643.6 papers of credit
1stCN43.3%14–17SA0.6%14–17BE0.6%18–25ID0.5%18–25SE0.5%18–25TR0.5%
Bandung Institute of Technology0.1% of the top 10%
Inertial navigation
16–29tied, of 401.0 papers of credit
1stCN64.0%16–29TW0.4%16–29GR0.3%16–29ID0.3%16–29KR0.3%16–29SA0.2%
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember0.3% of the top 10%
Post-quantum cryptography
18–26tied, of 593.1 papers of credit
1stCN20.4%18–26AT0.9%18–26GR0.9%18–26ID0.9%18–26PK0.9%18–26PL0.8%
Bandung Institute of Technology0.6% of the top 10%
Distributed ledgers
33–36tied, of 103
1stCN20.6%30–32GR0.6%30–32DK0.6%33–36ID0.5%33–36TN0.5%33–36RO0.5%
Outside the top 30
Telkom University0.2% of the top 10%
Supercapacitors
33–40tied, of 864.3 papers of credit
1stCN46.3%33–40ET0.1%33–40NG0.1%33–40ID0.1%33–40MX0.1%33–40DZ0.1%
Outside the top 30
Bandung Institute of Technology0.1% of the top 10%
Cybersecurity
34–36tied, of 104
1stCN14.8%34–36QA0.4%34–36DK0.4%34–36ID0.4%37–40NO0.3%37–40VN0.3%
Outside the top 30
Telkom University0.1% of the top 10%
Advanced composites
34–40tied, of 681.5 papers of credit
1stCN50.8%34–40RU0.2%34–40TH0.2%34–40ID0.1%34–40QA0.1%34–40DK0.1%
Outside the top 30
Universitas Gadjah Mada0.1% of the top 10%
Hydrogen storage and ammonia fuel
32–40tied, of 681.8 papers of credit
1stCN44.5%32–40MO0.2%32–40BE0.2%32–40HU0.2%32–40ID0.2%32–40SE0.2%
Outside the top 30
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember0.1% of the top 10%
Quantum computing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Quantum communication
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Large language models
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Atomic clocks
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Small satellites
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced aircraft engines
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hypersonic flight
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Drones and swarming
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Autonomous underwater vehicles
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Electric batteries
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Perovskite solar cells
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hydrogen by electrolysis
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Nuclear fusion
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Wide-bandgap semiconductors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Additive manufacturing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Critical minerals processing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Gene editing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
mRNA vaccines and therapeutics
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Quantum sensors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
AI chips
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced chip manufacturing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
High-performance computing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Space launch
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Satellite navigation
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Radar
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Sonar and underwater acoustics
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Directed energy
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Electronic warfare
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hyperspectral imaging
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Metamaterials
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Magnets and superconductors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Synthetic biology
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Genome sequencing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
New antibiotics and antivirals
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Optical communication
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
6G and advanced wireless
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced robotics
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Neighbours are the countries ranked just above and below. Ranks are shown as a range where shares are equal to one decimal place. Source: OpenAlex, pulled 18 October 2026. Method