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Austria vs Belgium

On research quality in 2022–now, Belgium ranks #29 in the world and Austria #32, of 192 countries. Austria stands higher in 9 of the 26 fields both publish in, Belgium in 17.

Austria

World rank, 2022–now: #32; #20 all time
Works, 2022–now: 90k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 18.7%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 37%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Classics, Software, History and Philosophy of Science.

Belgium

World rank, 2022–now: #29; #17 all time
Works, 2022–now: 106k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 19.4%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 43%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Medical Terminology, Equine, Insect Science.

Who leads in each field?

Austria stands higher in 9 of 26 fields, Belgium in 17. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Austria 917 Belgium

#43Agricultural and Biological Sciences#30
#23Arts and Humanities#26
#22Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#20
#42Business, Management and Accounting#45
#37Chemical Engineering#26
#42Chemistry#33
#30Computer Science#41
#28Decision Sciences#19
#50Dentistry#30
#22Earth and Planetary Sciences#27
#37Economics, Econometrics and Finance#39
#43Energy#46
#40Engineering#35
#35Environmental Science#34
#47Health Professions#35
#28Immunology and Microbiology#16
#37Materials Science#34
#28Mathematics#25
#27Medicine#22
#33Neuroscience#23
#44Nursing#39
#44Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#38
#20Physics and Astronomy#24
#27Psychology#30
#29Social Sciences#35
—Veterinary#14

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.