Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Compare · Countries

Albania vs Jamaica

On research quality in 2022-now, Albania ranks #134 in the world and Jamaica #136, of 189 countries. Albania stands higher in 10 of the 11 fields both publish in, Jamaica in 1.

Research profiles alike: 0.79very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

Compare other countries
vs

Albania

World rank, 2022-now
#134
#167 all time
Works, 2022-now
6.1k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
75%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Energy, Space and Planetary Science, Cultural Studies.

Jamaica

World rank, 2022-now
#136
#174 all time
Works, 2022-now
1.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
30%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Horticulture, Library and Information Sciences, Cultural Studies.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Albania leads on 4 of 9 measures: research quality, output, open access and growth. Jamaica leads on 4 of 9 measures: citation excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work and international co-authorship. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Albania 41 level4 Jamaica
  1. #134Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#136
  2. 0.48×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.73×
  3. 6.1kOutputfractional works, 2022-now1.3k
  4. 5.7%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited6.6%
  5. 4.9Citations per workall time, per fractional work16.6
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 75%Open accessof its works free to read, all time30%
  8. 25%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time31%
  9. +64%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change-6%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, citation excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Albania stands higher in 10 of 11 fields, Jamaica in 1. Albania leads most in Social Sciences (#105 against #110); Jamaica leads most in Medicine (#111 against #140). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Albania 101 Jamaica
  1. #108Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #84Arts and Humanities-
  3. #98Business, Management and Accounting-
  4. #114Computer Science-
  5. #86Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  6. #94Engineering-
  7. #100Environmental Science-
  8. #89Health Professions-
  9. #140Medicine#111
  10. #96Psychology-
  11. #105Social Sciences#110

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Albania rankJamaica rank Albania top 10%Jamaica top 10% Albania worksJamaica works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #108 - 7.9% - 230 -
Arts and Humanities #84 - 6.0% - 339 -
Business, Management and Accounting #98 - 6.0% - 379 -
Computer Science #114 - 5.5% - 428 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #86 - 6.4% - 402 -
Engineering #94 - 4.0% - 413 -
Environmental Science #100 - 4.6% - 342 -
Health Professions #89 - 7.0% - 206 -
Medicine #140 #111 3.8% 6.0% 1.1k 250
Psychology #96 - 3.9% - 232 -
Social Sciences #105 #110 7.1% 6.2% 1.4k 320

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Albania

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization357▲ 2.5×125 topics
  2. Epidemiology302◆ 1.05×130 topics
  3. Sustainable Development292▲ 2.6×90 topics
  4. Sustainability290▲ 1.65×103 topics
  5. Human Rights262▲ 3.5×72 topics
  6. Machine Learning245◆ 1.02×87 topics
  7. Economic Growth231▲ 3.9×33 topics
  8. Climate Change228▲ 1.17×108 topics
  9. Identity211▲ 4.0×52 topics
  10. Nationalism194▲ 6.0×26 topics
  11. Religion172▲ 5.2×30 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence168▲ 1.64×51 topics
  13. Balkans165▲ 99×2 topics
  14. Ethnicity165▲ 6.1×19 topics
  15. Education158▲ 1.28×97 topics
  16. Conflict158▲ 14×11 topics
  17. Mental Health152▲ 1.48×42 topics
  18. Memory152▲ 8.6×15 topics
  19. Renewable Energy151▲ 1.45×47 topics
  20. Innovation139▲ 1.86×65 topics
  21. Eastern Europe138▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Post-war136▲ 162×1 topic
  23. Yugoslavia136▲ 162×1 topic
  24. European Union126▲ 7.8×23 topics
  25. Economic Development120▲ 2.1×42 topics
  26. Governance117▲ 5.0×12 topics
  27. Democracy106▲ 4.2×19 topics
  28. Global Governance98▲ 5.7×22 topics
  29. International Law96▲ 4.2×24 topics
  30. Social Capital96▲ 2.6×18 topics
  31. Environmental Management90▲ 3.1×16 topics
  32. Regional Development89▲ 3.6×16 topics
  33. Labor Market80▲ 3.9×16 topics
  34. Judicial Review78▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Fiscal Policy76▲ 5.2×9 topics
  36. Constitutionalism67▲ 11×2 topics
  37. ECHR67▲ 27×1 topic
  38. European Legal Systems67▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Geopolitics64▲ 5.8×10 topics
  40. Knowledge Economy62▲ 8.0×9 topics

Jamaica

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization100▲ 3.5×68 topics
  2. Epidemiology76▲ 1.31×109 topics
  3. Identity58▲ 5.5×25 topics
  4. Climate Change53▲ 1.35×74 topics
  5. Gender52▲ 6.7×21 topics
  6. Culture49▲ 6.5×12 topics
  7. Race48▲ 28×7 topics
  8. Politics48▲ 13×9 topics
  9. Mental Health47▲ 2.3×30 topics
  10. Postcolonialism47▲ 23×10 topics
  11. Sustainability45▲ 1.27×52 topics
  12. Nationalism45▲ 6.9×9 topics
  13. Caribbean42▲ 160×3 topics
  14. Dancehall38▲ 362×1 topic
  15. Public Health38▲ 1.79×49 topics
  16. Deep Learning37▼ 0.74×61 topics
  17. Economic Growth36▲ 3.0×21 topics
  18. Sustainable Development29▲ 1.26×33 topics
  19. Risk Factors27▲ 1.72×29 topics
  20. Social Capital26▲ 3.5×14 topics
  21. Human Rights25▲ 1.67×29 topics
  22. Vulnerability24▲ 7.1×8 topics
  23. Economic Development23▲ 1.99×10 topics
  24. Global Trade20▲ 6.9×6 topics
  25. Social Justice18▲ 2.1×22 topics
  26. Resilience18▲ 2.5×13 topics
  27. Health Equity17▲ 3.9×6 topics
  28. Labor Market16▲ 4.0×7 topics
  29. Child Development16▲ 2.7×8 topics
  30. Migration16▲ 3.2×14 topics
  31. International Law14▲ 3.1×11 topics
  32. Non-Communicable Diseases14▲ 3.6×4 topics
  33. Health Outcomes14▲ 3.6×7 topics
  34. Fiscal Policy14▲ 4.6×5 topics
  35. Health Inequities12▲ 16×2 topics
  36. COVID-19 Impact12▲ 4.8×4 topics
  37. Poverty Reduction11▲ 6.0×5 topics
  38. Public Health Governance11▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Corporate Political Activity11▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Health In All Policies11▲ 22×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Albania has out-published Jamaica every year since 2011, when it overtook it.

still counting1k2kAlbania1,907 in 2025Jamaica280 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Albania0.032% in 2025Jamaica0.0048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%15%Jamaica8.1% in 2025Albania5.8% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Albania 05 level0 Jamaica
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Albania or Jamaica?

Albania publishes 4.9× as much research as Jamaica in 2022-now (6.1k against 1.3k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Albania or Jamaica?

6.6% of Jamaica's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.7% for Albania.

Is Albania or Jamaica growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +64% against 2018-21 for Albania, and -6% for Jamaica.

Which has more open access research, Albania or Jamaica?

75% of Albania's research is free to read, against 30% of Jamaica's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Albania or Jamaica?

Albania holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Jamaica 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 0.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Albania

  1. 1University of Tirana5.0% top 10% · 907 works
  2. 2Aleksandër Moisiu University8.3% top 10% · 693 works
  3. 3University of Arts7.6% top 10% · 253 works
  4. 4Polytechnic University of Tirana4.7% top 10% · 471 works
  5. 5Albanian University6.0% top 10% · 280 works
  6. 6University of Elbasan7.1% top 10% · 182 works

Jamaica

  1. 1University of the West Indies System5.5% top 10% · 554 works
  2. 2University of the West Indies5.4% top 10% · 295 works
  3. 3University of Technology, Jamaica6.7% top 10% · 152 works
  4. 4International University of the Caribbean17.4% top 10% · 86 works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Albania

  1. 1 Enkeleint Aggelos Mechili #183,280 worldwide 15k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Iris Hoxha #190,137 worldwide 2.9k citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Eglantina Hysa #227,622 worldwide 2k citations · 99 works
  4. 4 Naltin Shuka #367,228 worldwide 17k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Skënder Topi #454,509 worldwide 2.3k citations · 68 works

Jamaica

  1. 1 Donovan R. Campbell #121,367 worldwide 2.8k citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Susan P. Walker #130,731 worldwide 22k citations · 123 works
  3. 3 Colin A. McKenzie #144,581 worldwide 40k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Terrence Forrester #183,630 worldwide 18k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Shelly McFarlane #303,387 worldwide 20k citations · 67 works