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Armenia vs Belarus

On research quality in 2022-now, Belarus ranks #135 in the world and Armenia #153, of 189 countries. Armenia stands higher in 8 of the 15 fields both publish in, Belarus in 7.

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Armenia

World rank, 2022-now
#153
#163 all time
Works, 2022-now
9.9k
fractional
Top-10% rate
4.0%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Energy, Archeology, Classics.

Belarus

World rank, 2022-now
#135
#132 all time
Works, 2022-now
15k
fractional
Top-10% rate
3.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear Energy and Engineering, General Materials Science, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Armenia leads on 4 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work and growth. Belarus leads on 2 of 9 measures: research quality and output. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100, open access and international co-authorship.

Armenia 43 level2 Belarus
  1. #153Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#135
  2. 0.43×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.33×
  3. 9.9kOutputfractional works, 2022-now15k
  4. 4.0%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited3.4%
  5. 8.0Citations per workall time, per fractional work6.3
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 47%Open accessof its works free to read, all time46%
  8. 26%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time26%
  9. +97%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+0%

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?

Armenia stands higher in 8 of 15 fields, Belarus in 7. Armenia leads most in Arts and Humanities (#82 against #97); Belarus leads most in Materials Science (#64 against #87). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Armenia 87 Belarus
  1. #117Agricultural and Biological Sciences#118
  2. #82Arts and Humanities#97
  3. #87Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#85
  4. #107Business, Management and Accounting#109
  5. #71Chemistry#61
  6. #124Computer Science#95
  7. #102Economics, Econometrics and Finance#103
  8. #121Engineering#90
  9. #115Environmental Science#111
  10. #87Materials Science#64
  11. #65Mathematics#73
  12. #119Medicine#125
  13. #64Physics and Astronomy#70
  14. #99Psychology#100
  15. #133Social Sciences#129

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 Armenia rankBelarus rank Armenia top 10%Belarus top 10% Armenia worksBelarus works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #117 #118 4.5% 3.7% 579 925
Arts and Humanities #82 #97 5.0% 6.5% 544 334
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #87 #85 3.9% 3.3% 394 680
Business, Management and Accounting #107 #109 2.7% 4.3% 343 427
Chemistry #71 #61 1.5% 1.9% 271 347
Computer Science #124 #95 2.8% 3.3% 525 900
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #102 #103 4.3% 2.9% 523 351
Engineering #121 #90 3.0% 2.7% 967 2.8k
Environmental Science #115 #111 3.4% 3.6% 342 624
Materials Science #87 #64 2.7% 2.7% 292 1k
Mathematics #65 #73 3.4% 3.1% 264 374
Medicine #119 #125 4.6% 3.2% 1k 2.4k
Physics and Astronomy #64 #70 3.9% 2.1% 585 504
Psychology #99 #100 3.5% 4.4% 291 214
Social Sciences #133 #129 4.9% 5.0% 2.1k 1.8k

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.

Armenia

▲ 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. Globalization724▲ 3.3×114 topics
  2. Climate Change514▲ 1.68×110 topics
  3. Sustainable Development436▲ 2.5×93 topics
  4. Education435▲ 2.2×90 topics
  5. Sustainability389▲ 1.41×107 topics
  6. Human Rights387▲ 3.4×69 topics
  7. Innovation380▲ 3.3×65 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence291▲ 1.81×53 topics
  9. Neoliberalism288▲ 7.1×19 topics
  10. Cultural Exchange272▲ 19×7 topics
  11. Economic Development271▲ 3.0×42 topics
  12. Renewable Energy242▲ 1.49×51 topics
  13. Immigration218▲ 18×7 topics
  14. European Immigration207▲ 181×1 topic
  15. Human Agency207▲ 181×1 topic
  16. Democracy186▲ 4.7×21 topics
  17. International Relations186▲ 6.8×26 topics
  18. Economic Growth185▲ 2.0×34 topics
  19. Geopolitics167▲ 9.8×10 topics
  20. Political Economy163▲ 5.6×15 topics
  21. Digital Transformation160▲ 2.6×26 topics
  22. Labor Market160▲ 5.0×13 topics
  23. Synthesis157▲ 3.7×35 topics
  24. Legal Regulation151▲ 6.0×8 topics
  25. Agriculture150▲ 3.5×14 topics
  26. Judicial Review150▲ 16×5 topics
  27. Global Governance146▲ 5.4×21 topics
  28. Constitutionalism140▲ 14×3 topics
  29. ECHR139▲ 36×1 topic
  30. European Legal Systems139▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Central Asia135▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Financial Crisis123▲ 9.7×14 topics
  33. Sovereignty119▲ 12×10 topics
  34. Human Capital118▲ 6.8×9 topics
  35. Linguistics115▲ 6.5×7 topics
  36. Cultural Interaction100▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Ethnic Conflict98▲ 19×4 topics
  38. Eurasian Exchange95▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Silk Roads95▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Nation-Building92▲ 15×4 topics

Belarus

▲ 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 Development948▲ 3.6×91 topics
  2. Climate Change760▲ 1.65×112 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence586▲ 2.4×61 topics
  4. Epidemiology525▼ 0.78×133 topics
  5. Innovation508▲ 2.9×67 topics
  6. Digital Transformation494▲ 5.4×25 topics
  7. Globalization482▲ 1.45×111 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency418▲ 2.7×41 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress414▲ 1.49×63 topics
  10. Food Security410▲ 4.5×24 topics
  11. Sustainability404◆ 0.98×102 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties374▲ 2.2×39 topics
  13. Digital Economy369▲ 11×19 topics
  14. Regional Development359▲ 6.2×19 topics
  15. Renewable Energy331▲ 1.35×55 topics
  16. Economic Development331▲ 2.4×43 topics
  17. Nanoparticles313▲ 1.47×44 topics
  18. Legal Regulation294▲ 7.7×8 topics
  19. Digitalization253▲ 7.3×14 topics
  20. Economic Security232▲ 6.5×7 topics
  21. Agricultural Development225▲ 8.7×7 topics
  22. Metal Nanoparticles220▲ 8.2×6 topics
  23. Nutrition215▲ 2.9×14 topics
  24. Ethnicity207▲ 3.3×18 topics
  25. Synthesis202▲ 3.2×35 topics
  26. Language193▲ 4.6×12 topics
  27. Global Economy189▲ 8.7×7 topics
  28. Industry 4.0167▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Aerospace Applications150▲ 9.2×3 topics
  30. Industrial Policy149▲ 8.2×4 topics
  31. Geopolitics144▲ 5.6×10 topics
  32. Foresight144▲ 6.5×2 topics
  33. Transition140▲ 9.4×6 topics
  34. Structural Properties138▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Cultural History136▲ 6.7×9 topics
  36. Adhesive Joints134▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics132▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Polymer Composite Materials132▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Information Security130▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Geographical Analysis126▲ 18×2 topics

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?

Belarus has out-published Armenia every year since 1980.

still counting2k4k6kBelarus3,603 in 2025Armenia3,005 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 counting0.050%0.10%Belarus0.061% in 2025Armenia0.051% 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%Belarus4.8% in 2025Armenia4.6% 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.

Armenia 05 level0 Belarus
  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, Armenia or Belarus?

Belarus publishes 1.5× as much research as Armenia in 2022-now (15k against 9.9k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Armenia or Belarus?

4.0% of Armenia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 3.4% for Belarus.

Is Armenia or Belarus growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +97% against 2018-21 for Armenia, and +0% for Belarus.

Which has more open access research, Armenia or Belarus?

47% of Armenia's research is free to read, against 46% of Belarus's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Armenia or Belarus?

Armenia holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Belarus 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%.

Belarus

  1. 1National Academy of Sciences of Belarus5.2% top 10% · 4.7k works
  2. 2Euphrosyne Polotskaya State University2.4% top 10% · 452 works
  3. 3Belarusian National Technical University2.9% top 10% · 900 works
  4. 4Vitebsk State Medical University1.8% top 10% · 335 works
  5. 5Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno3.8% top 10% · 323 works
  6. 6Belarusian State Technological University1.8% top 10% · 472 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.

Armenia

  1. 1 T. Dahms #1,639 worldwide 82k citations · 841 works
  2. 2 W. Haj Ahmad #1,668 worldwide 47k citations · 510 works
  3. 3 H. Van Haevermaet #1,688 worldwide 78k citations · 848 works
  4. 4 P. Ronchese #1,703 worldwide 30k citations · 258 works
  5. 5 O. Bondu #1,778 worldwide 40k citations · 463 works

Belarus

  1. 1 Alena Skrahina #47,327 worldwide 8.7k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Andrey Litvin #129,746 worldwide 8.9k citations · 233 works
  3. 3 Dzmitry Mukha #487,907 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Varvara Solodovnikova #491,374 worldwide 2k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Svetlana N. Samovich #706,105 worldwide 992 citations · 41 works