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Albania vs Moldova

On research quality in 2022-now, Albania ranks #134 in the world and Moldova #159, of 189 countries. Albania stands higher in 11 of the 12 fields both publish in, Moldova in 1.

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

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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.

Moldova

World rank, 2022-now
#159
#170 all time
Works, 2022-now
7.3k
fractional
Top-10% rate
2.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
79%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Energy, Anatomy, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Albania leads on 5 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work and growth. Moldova leads on 2 of 9 measures: output and open access. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100 and international co-authorship.

Albania 52 level2 Moldova
  1. #134Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#159
  2. 0.48×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.33×
  3. 6.1kOutputfractional works, 2022-now7.3k
  4. 5.7%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited2.6%
  5. 4.9Citations per workall time, per fractional work4.2
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 75%Open accessof its works free to read, all time79%
  8. 25%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time24%
  9. +64%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+29%

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, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Albania stands higher in 11 of 12 fields, Moldova in 1. Albania leads most in Social Sciences (#105 against #142). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Albania 111 Moldova
  1. #108Agricultural and Biological Sciences#112
  2. #84Arts and Humanities#96
  3. #98Business, Management and Accounting#106
  4. #114Computer Science#123
  5. #86Economics, Econometrics and Finance#105
  6. #94Engineering#126
  7. #100Environmental Science#108
  8. #89Health Professions#98
  9. -Materials Science#84
  10. #140Medicine#142
  11. #96Psychology#104
  12. #105Social Sciences#142

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 rankMoldova rank Albania top 10%Moldova top 10% Albania worksMoldova works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #108 #112 7.9% 3.3% 230 423
Arts and Humanities #84 #96 6.0% 3.5% 339 343
Business, Management and Accounting #98 #106 6.0% 1.6% 379 350
Computer Science #114 #123 5.5% 2.8% 428 478
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #86 #105 6.4% 1.6% 402 405
Engineering #94 #126 4.0% 2.2% 413 578
Environmental Science #100 #108 4.6% 3.0% 342 345
Health Professions #89 #98 7.0% 2.7% 206 257
Materials Science - #84 - 1.8% - 204
Medicine #140 #142 3.8% 2.2% 1.1k 1.2k
Psychology #96 #104 3.9% 1.8% 232 303
Social Sciences #105 #142 7.1% 3.2% 1.4k 1.6k

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

Moldova

▲ 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. Sustainable Development524▲ 3.9×87 topics
  2. Globalization458▲ 2.7×111 topics
  3. Education415▲ 2.8×116 topics
  4. Human Rights413▲ 4.7×69 topics
  5. Climate Change381▲ 1.64×108 topics
  6. Innovation361▲ 4.1×71 topics
  7. Epidemiology318◆ 0.93×126 topics
  8. Sustainability308▲ 1.47×100 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence277▲ 2.3×55 topics
  10. Educational Technology249▲ 2.5×44 topics
  11. Economic Development237▲ 3.5×34 topics
  12. Renewable Energy220▲ 1.78×55 topics
  13. Pedagogy210▲ 4.9×26 topics
  14. Mental Health205▲ 1.68×40 topics
  15. Digital Transformation185▲ 4.0×28 topics
  16. E-Learning185▲ 2.2×24 topics
  17. Teacher Training171▲ 3.3×27 topics
  18. Higher Education159▲ 3.5×26 topics
  19. Leadership154▲ 3.7×31 topics
  20. Environmental Management153▲ 4.4×19 topics
  21. International Law139▲ 5.2×29 topics
  22. Regional Development135▲ 4.6×16 topics
  23. Digital Economy130▲ 7.6×19 topics
  24. Health Promotion126▲ 4.7×12 topics
  25. European Union125▲ 6.5×23 topics
  26. Global Governance119▲ 5.8×21 topics
  27. Legal Regulation116▲ 6.0×8 topics
  28. Judicial Review112▲ 15×6 topics
  29. Athletic Training110▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Physical Education109▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Digitalization108▲ 6.1×9 topics
  32. Financial Security105▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Economic Security102▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. Motor Skills Development94▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Biomechanical Analysis93▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Fitness Technology92▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Sports Science92▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Constitutionalism91▲ 12×4 topics
  39. ECHR87▲ 29×1 topic
  40. European Legal Systems87▲ 29×1 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 Moldova every year since 2024, when it overtook it.

still counting1k2k3kAlbania1,907 in 2025Moldova1,848 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 2025Moldova0.031% 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 counting2.5%5%7.5%Albania5.8% in 2025Moldova3.7% 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 Moldova
  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 Moldova?

Moldova publishes 1.2× as much research as Albania in 2022-now (7.3k against 6.1k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Albania or Moldova?

5.7% of Albania's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 2.6% for Moldova.

Is Albania or Moldova growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +64% against 2018-21 for Albania, and +29% for Moldova.

Which has more open access research, Albania or Moldova?

79% of Moldova's research is free to read, against 75% of Albania's.

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

Albania holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Moldova 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

Moldova

  1. 1Moldova State University1.6% top 10% · 1.5k works
  2. 2Technical University of Moldova3.1% top 10% · 928 works
  3. 3Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science5.5% top 10% · 320 works
  4. 4State University of Physical Education and Sport3.4% top 10% · 386 works
  5. 5Institute of Educational Sciences8.2% top 10% · 216 works
  6. 6Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova1.8% top 10% · 672 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

Moldova

  1. 1 Valeriu Crudu #140,526 worldwide 4.5k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Denis L. Nika #196,481 worldwide 9.6k citations · 101 works
  3. 3 Dumitru Chesov #439,970 worldwide 1.8k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Oleg I. Lupan #601,694 worldwide 14k citations · 252 works
  5. 5 Eleonora Vataman #611,941 worldwide 11k citations · 37 works