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Australia vs Germany

On research quality in 2022–now, Germany ranks #5 in the world and Australia #8, of 192 countries. Australia stands higher in 8 of the 26 fields both publish in, Germany in 18.

Australia

World rank, 2022–now
#8
#9 all time
Works, 2022–now
343k
fractional
Top-10% rate
25.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
40%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Public Administration, Health.

Germany

World rank, 2022–now
#5
#4 all time
Works, 2022–now
708k
fractional
Top-10% rate
17.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
31%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Theoretical Computer Science, Structural Biology, Classics.

Who leads in each field?

Australia stands higher in 8 of 26 fields, Germany in 18. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Australia 818 Germany
  1. #8Agricultural and Biological Sciences#5
  2. #10Arts and Humanities#4
  3. #9Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4
  4. #7Business, Management and Accounting#8
  5. #8Chemical Engineering#5
  6. #12Chemistry#4
  7. #8Computer Science#5
  8. #6Decision Sciences#4
  9. #10Dentistry#8
  10. #8Earth and Planetary Sciences#4
  11. #7Economics, Econometrics and Finance#6
  12. #5Energy#8
  13. #5Engineering#7
  14. #6Environmental Science#5
  15. #6Health Professions#8
  16. #8Immunology and Microbiology#4
  17. #7Materials Science#6
  18. #16Mathematics#5
  19. #7Medicine#5
  20. #8Neuroscience#4
  21. #5Nursing#14
  22. #8Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#9
  23. #13Physics and Astronomy#3
  24. #5Psychology#4
  25. #5Social Sciences#6
  26. #4Veterinary#8

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?

100k200kGermany185k in 2025Australia88k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Australia or Germany?

Germany publishes 2.1× as much research as Australia in 2022–now (708k against 343k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Australia or Germany?

25.4% of Australia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 17.8% for Germany.

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