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Argentina vs Colombia

On research quality in 2022–now, Colombia ranks #59 in the world and Argentina #60, of 192 countries. Argentina stands higher in 10 of the 25 fields both publish in, Colombia in 15.

Argentina

World rank, 2022–now
#60
#46 all time
Works, 2022–now
79k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
62%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Social Sciences, General Arts and Humanities, Paleontology.

Colombia

World rank, 2022–now
#59
#60 all time
Works, 2022–now
87k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
72%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Life-span and Life-course Studies, Horticulture, General Social Sciences.

Who leads in each field?

Argentina stands higher in 10 of 25 fields, Colombia in 15. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Argentina 1015 Colombia
  1. #54Agricultural and Biological Sciences#35
  2. #43Arts and Humanities#53
  3. #51Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#54
  4. #73Business, Management and Accounting#60
  5. #56Chemistry#53
  6. #80Computer Science#63
  7. #68Decision Sciences#57
  8. #63Dentistry#56
  9. #43Earth and Planetary Sciences#64
  10. #80Economics, Econometrics and Finance#68
  11. #72Energy#67
  12. #80Engineering#67
  13. #58Environmental Science#54
  14. #61Health Professions#52
  15. #50Immunology and Microbiology#51
  16. #68Materials Science#71
  17. #70Mathematics#53
  18. #58Medicine#53
  19. #47Neuroscience#54
  20. #62Nursing#60
  21. #43Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics—
  22. #47Physics and Astronomy#57
  23. #47Psychology#52
  24. #66Social Sciences#54
  25. #26Veterinary—

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.

How has their output grown?

10k20k30kColombia23k in 2025Argentina20k in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year. The latest, partial year is left off.

Which publishes more research, Argentina or Colombia?

Colombia publishes 1.1× as much research as Argentina in 2022–now (87k against 79k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Argentina or Colombia?

9.9% of Colombia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.8% for Argentina.

Where does their research happen?