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Armenia vs Faroe Islands

On research quality in 2022-now, Armenia ranks #153 in the world and the Faroe Islands #154, of 189 countries. Armenia stands higher in 15 of the 15 fields both publish in, the Faroe Islands in 0.

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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.

Faroe Islands

World rank, 2022-now
#154
#150 all time
Works, 2022-now
246
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
61%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Oceanography, Linguistics and Language.

Who leads, measure by measure?

The Faroe Islands leads on 5 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, open access and international co-authorship. Armenia leads on 3 of 9 measures: research quality, output and growth. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Armenia 31 level5 Faroe Islands
  1. #153Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#154
  2. 0.43×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.97×
  3. 9.9kOutputfractional works, 2022-now246
  4. 4.0%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited9.2%
  5. 8.0Citations per workall time, per fractional work19.8
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 47%Open accessof its works free to read, all time61%
  8. 26%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time59%
  9. +97%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+33%

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 15 of 15 fields, Faroe Islands in 0. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Armenia 150 Faroe Islands
  1. #117Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #82Arts and Humanities-
  3. #87Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #107Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #71Chemistry-
  6. #124Computer Science-
  7. #102Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  8. #121Engineering-
  9. #115Environmental Science-
  10. #87Materials Science-
  11. #65Mathematics-
  12. #119Medicine-
  13. #64Physics and Astronomy-
  14. #99Psychology-
  15. #133Social Sciences-

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 rankFaroe Islands rank Armenia top 10%Faroe Islands top 10% Armenia worksFaroe Islands works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #117 - 4.5% - 579 -
Arts and Humanities #82 - 5.0% - 544 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #87 - 3.9% - 394 -
Business, Management and Accounting #107 - 2.7% - 343 -
Chemistry #71 - 1.5% - 271 -
Computer Science #124 - 2.8% - 525 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #102 - 4.3% - 523 -
Engineering #121 - 3.0% - 967 -
Environmental Science #115 - 3.4% - 342 -
Materials Science #87 - 2.7% - 292 -
Mathematics #65 - 3.4% - 264 -
Medicine #119 - 4.6% - 1k -
Physics and Astronomy #64 - 3.9% - 585 -
Psychology #99 - 3.5% - 291 -
Social Sciences #133 - 4.9% - 2.1k -

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

Faroe Islands

▲ 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. Climate Change28▲ 3.8×40 topics
  2. Sustainability15▲ 2.3×26 topics
  3. Globalization15▲ 2.7×21 topics
  4. Epidemiology12◆ 1.14×46 topics
  5. Mental Health8▲ 2.2×13 topics
  6. Fisheries Sustainability8▲ 36×2 topics
  7. Aquaculture8▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Governance7▲ 8.3×3 topics
  9. Renewable Energy7▲ 1.86×17 topics
  10. Invasive Species7▲ 5.7×10 topics
  11. High-Intensity Interval Training6▲ 22×2 topics
  12. Arctic6▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Depression6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  14. Vulnerability6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  15. Trophic Cascades6▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem Management6▲ 34×1 topic
  17. Marine Fisheries6▲ 50×1 topic
  18. Anxiety5▲ 4.1×6 topics
  19. International Relations5▲ 7.7×5 topics
  20. Resistance Training5▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Social Isolation5▲ 9.3×3 topics
  22. Psychological Impact5▲ 5.7×4 topics
  23. Psychological Distress4▲ 6.7×2 topics
  24. Population Dynamics4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  25. Geopolitics4▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Marine Environment4▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Healthcare Workers4▲ 6.3×1 topic
  28. Northern Sea Route4▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Quarantine4▲ 10×1 topic
  30. Shipping4▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Cosmopolitanism4▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Fuzzy Sets4▲ 27×3 topics
  33. Molecular Phylogeny4▲ 8.9×7 topics
  34. Ocean Circulation4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  35. Bivalve Molluscs4▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Freshwater Biodiversity4▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Judicial Review4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Oyster Reefs4▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Decolonization3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Training Load3▲ 19×1 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?

Armenia has out-published the Faroe Islands every year since 1980.

still counting2k4kArmenia3,005 in 2025Faroe Islands58 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%Armenia0.051% in 2025Faroe Islands0.00098% 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 counting10%20%Faroe Islands6.9% 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 Faroe Islands
  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 Faroe Islands?

Armenia publishes 40.2× as much research as the Faroe Islands in 2022-now (9.9k against 246 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Armenia or Faroe Islands?

9.2% of the Faroe Islands's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 4.0% for Armenia.

Is Armenia or Faroe Islands growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +97% against 2018-21 for Armenia, and +33% for the Faroe Islands.

Which has more open access research, Armenia or Faroe Islands?

61% of the Faroe Islands's research is free to read, against 47% of Armenia's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Armenia or Faroe Islands?

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

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

Faroe Islands

  1. 1 Pál Weihe #107,757 worldwide 21k citations · 331 works
  2. 2 Fróði Debes #283,705 worldwide 5.7k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Ulrike Steuerwald #445,529 worldwide 3.4k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Anna Maria Fosaa #496,956 worldwide 3.2k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Toke Meier Carlsen #515,762 worldwide 893 citations · 69 works