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Australia vs Japan

On research quality in 2022–now, Australia ranks #8 in the world and Japan #12, of 192 countries. Australia stands higher in 22 of the 26 fields both publish in, Japan in 4.

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.

Japan

World rank, 2022–now
#12
#6 all time
Works, 2022–now
558k
fractional
Top-10% rate
10.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
42%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Condensed Matter Physics, Gastroenterology, Radiation.

Who leads in each field?

Australia stands higher in 22 of 26 fields, Japan in 4. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Australia 224 Japan
  1. #8Agricultural and Biological Sciences#31
  2. #10Arts and Humanities#24
  3. #9Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#13
  4. #7Business, Management and Accounting#46
  5. #8Chemical Engineering#7
  6. #12Chemistry#11
  7. #8Computer Science#19
  8. #6Decision Sciences#20
  9. #10Dentistry#21
  10. #8Earth and Planetary Sciences#13
  11. #7Economics, Econometrics and Finance#29
  12. #5Energy#21
  13. #5Engineering#16
  14. #6Environmental Science#23
  15. #6Health Professions#26
  16. #8Immunology and Microbiology#12
  17. #7Materials Science#8
  18. #16Mathematics#15
  19. #7Medicine#12
  20. #8Neuroscience#12
  21. #5Nursing#23
  22. #8Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#26
  23. #13Physics and Astronomy#6
  24. #5Psychology#21
  25. #5Social Sciences#32
  26. #4Veterinary#22

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?

50k100k150kJapan144k in 2025Australia88k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Australia or Japan?

Japan publishes 1.6× as much research as Australia in 2022–now (558k against 343k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Australia or Japan?

25.4% of Australia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 10.7% for Japan.

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