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Australia vs South Korea

On research quality in 2022–now, Australia ranks #8 in the world and South Korea #11, of 192 countries. Australia stands higher in 21 of the 26 fields both publish in, South Korea in 5.

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.

South Korea

World rank, 2022–now
#11
#15 all time
Works, 2022–now
358k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
43%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Leadership and Management, Polymers and Plastics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Who leads in each field?

Australia stands higher in 21 of 26 fields, South Korea in 5. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Australia 215 South Korea
  1. #8Agricultural and Biological Sciences#29
  2. #10Arts and Humanities#25
  3. #9Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#12
  4. #7Business, Management and Accounting#17
  5. #8Chemical Engineering#6
  6. #12Chemistry#10
  7. #8Computer Science#9
  8. #6Decision Sciences#13
  9. #10Dentistry#18
  10. #8Earth and Planetary Sciences#17
  11. #7Economics, Econometrics and Finance#20
  12. #5Energy#11
  13. #5Engineering#6
  14. #6Environmental Science#18
  15. #6Health Professions#14
  16. #8Immunology and Microbiology#14
  17. #7Materials Science#5
  18. #16Mathematics#9
  19. #7Medicine#13
  20. #8Neuroscience#10
  21. #5Nursing#3
  22. #8Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#16
  23. #13Physics and Astronomy#14
  24. #5Psychology#14
  25. #5Social Sciences#24
  26. #4Veterinary#24

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?

50k100kSouth Korea93k in 2025Australia88k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Australia or South Korea?

South Korea publishes 1.0× as much research as Australia in 2022–now (358k against 343k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Australia or South Korea?

25.4% of Australia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.2% for South Korea.

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