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Austria vs Malaysia

On research quality in 2022–now, Malaysia ranks #30 in the world and Austria #32, of 192 countries. Austria stands higher in 8 of the 25 fields both publish in, Malaysia 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.

Malaysia

World rank, 2022–now
#30
#37 all time
Works, 2022–now
176k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
56%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Accounting, Information Systems and Management, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design.

Who leads in each field?

Austria stands higher in 8 of 25 fields, Malaysia in 17. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Austria 817 Malaysia
  1. #43Agricultural and Biological Sciences#34
  2. #23Arts and Humanities#32
  3. #22Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#41
  4. #42Business, Management and Accounting#11
  5. #37Chemical Engineering#19
  6. #42Chemistry#29
  7. #30Computer Science#14
  8. #28Decision Sciences#14
  9. #50Dentistry#23
  10. #22Earth and Planetary Sciences#37
  11. #37Economics, Econometrics and Finance#11
  12. #43Energy#15
  13. #40Engineering#20
  14. #35Environmental Science#21
  15. #47Health Professions#25
  16. #28Immunology and Microbiology#41
  17. #37Materials Science#23
  18. #28Mathematics#40
  19. #27Medicine#38
  20. #33Neuroscience#42
  21. #44Nursing#27
  22. #44Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#27
  23. #20Physics and Astronomy#49
  24. #27Psychology#24
  25. #29Social Sciences#17

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?

20k40k60kMalaysia45k in 2025Austria23k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Austria or Malaysia?

Malaysia publishes 2.0× as much research as Austria in 2022–now (176k against 90k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Austria or Malaysia?

18.7% of Austria's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 15.8% for Malaysia.

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