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Bahamas vs Chile

On research quality in 2022-now, Chile ranks #33 in the world and the Bahamas #169, of 189 countries. The Bahamas stands higher in 0 of the 23 fields both publish in, Chile in 23.

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Bahamas

World rank, 2022-now
#169
#151 all time
Works, 2022-now
274
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
50%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Library and Information Sciences, Research and Theory, Cultural Studies.

Chile

World rank, 2022-now
#33
#32 all time
Works, 2022-now
67k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
67%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Social Sciences, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Chile leads on 5 of 9 measures: research quality, output, top-10% rate, citations per work and open access. The Bahamas leads on 2 of 9 measures: international co-authorship and growth. The two are level on excellence for its fields and institutions in the world top 100.

Bahamas 22 level5 Chile
  1. #169Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#33
  2. 0.93×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.93×
  3. 274Outputfractional works, 2022-now67k
  4. 6.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited9.4%
  5. 9.4Citations per workall time, per fractional work11.7
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 50%Open accessof its works free to read, all time67%
  8. 36%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time29%
  9. +8%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+2%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Bahamas stands higher in 0 of 23 fields, Chile in 23. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Bahamas 023 Chile
  1. -Agricultural and Biological Sciences#34
  2. -Arts and Humanities#25
  3. -Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#40
  4. -Business, Management and Accounting#37
  5. -Chemistry#46
  6. -Computer Science#37
  7. -Decision Sciences#32
  8. -Dentistry#29
  9. -Earth and Planetary Sciences#26
  10. -Economics, Econometrics and Finance#34
  11. -Energy#33
  12. -Engineering#38
  13. -Environmental Science#36
  14. -Health Professions#31
  15. -Immunology and Microbiology#38
  16. -Materials Science#43
  17. -Mathematics#33
  18. -Medicine#31
  19. -Neuroscience#30
  20. -Nursing#36
  21. -Physics and Astronomy#29
  22. -Psychology#29
  23. -Social Sciences#21

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.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Bahamas rankChile rank Bahamas top 10%Chile top 10% Bahamas worksChile works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - #34 - 9.7% - 3.2k
Arts and Humanities - #25 - 10.0% - 3.9k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology - #40 - 8.2% - 2.5k
Business, Management and Accounting - #37 - 10.8% - 1.5k
Chemistry - #46 - 8.2% - 655
Computer Science - #37 - 8.5% - 3.2k
Decision Sciences - #32 - 10.6% - 486
Dentistry - #29 - 7.7% - 506
Earth and Planetary Sciences - #26 - 7.9% - 1.3k
Economics, Econometrics and Finance - #34 - 9.3% - 1.3k
Energy - #33 - 7.0% - 490
Engineering - #38 - 9.2% - 5k
Environmental Science - #36 - 7.2% - 4.3k
Health Professions - #31 - 9.4% - 2.5k
Immunology and Microbiology - #38 - 7.6% - 526
Materials Science - #43 - 7.3% - 1.1k
Mathematics - #33 - 7.3% - 831
Medicine - #31 - 7.9% - 10k
Neuroscience - #30 - 9.6% - 947
Nursing - #36 - 9.6% - 264
Physics and Astronomy - #29 - 7.9% - 2k
Psychology - #29 - 9.7% - 3.2k
Social Sciences - #21 - 11.7% - 16k

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Bahamas

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change28▲ 3.4×47 topics
  2. Globalization25▲ 4.1×30 topics
  3. Identity17▲ 7.5×12 topics
  4. Gender16▲ 9.9×13 topics
  5. Culture15▲ 9.4×7 topics
  6. Postcolonialism14▲ 32×6 topics
  7. Nationalism14▲ 9.8×5 topics
  8. Race14▲ 37×5 topics
  9. Caribbean13▲ 229×3 topics
  10. Politics12▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Dancehall12▲ 521×1 topic
  12. Sustainability10▲ 1.41×26 topics
  13. Conservation9▲ 6.8×9 topics
  14. Population Dynamics8▲ 11×10 topics
  15. Vulnerability8▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Migration7▲ 6.9×5 topics
  17. Marine Ecosystems6▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Adaptation6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  19. Global Warming6▲ 4.3×8 topics
  20. Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 18×2 topics
  21. COVID-19 Impact4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  22. Sea-Level Rise4▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Cultural Competence4▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Academic Dishonesty4▲ 92×1 topic
  25. Plagiarism4▲ 92×1 topic
  26. Quantum Gravity4▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Vocational Education4▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Decolonization4▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Pacific4▲ 65×2 topics
  30. Ecology4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  31. Fisheries4▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Tropical Cyclones4▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Dark Energy4▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Phylogeny4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  35. Rays4▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Sharks4▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Contamination4▲ 13×3 topics
  38. General Relativity4▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Islands4▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Small States4▲ 101×1 topic

Chile

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization4,896▲ 3.3×170 topics
  2. Education3,806▲ 2.9×147 topics
  3. Latin America3,598▲ 25×23 topics
  4. Epidemiology3,419◆ 1.14×139 topics
  5. Climate Change2,893▲ 1.41×121 topics
  6. Human Rights2,435▲ 3.2×83 topics
  7. Sustainability2,232▲ 1.21×126 topics
  8. Mental Health2,192▲ 2.0×48 topics
  9. Public Health2,111▲ 1.93×75 topics
  10. Social Movements1,958▲ 8.8×30 topics
  11. Quality of Life1,827▲ 1.68×60 topics
  12. Colonialism1,516▲ 4.2×48 topics
  13. Cultural Identity1,503▲ 4.0×36 topics
  14. Ethics1,421▲ 3.7×60 topics
  15. Social Inequality1,404▲ 7.0×20 topics
  16. Memory1,402▲ 7.6×23 topics
  17. Health Promotion1,361▲ 5.7×18 topics
  18. Community Participation1,193▲ 4.5×18 topics
  19. Inclusive Education1,092▲ 4.0×20 topics
  20. Political Violence1,085▲ 57×3 topics
  21. Migrant Integration1,057▲ 41×2 topics
  22. Healthcare Access1,032▲ 5.0×13 topics
  23. Dictatorship1,028▲ 78×2 topics
  24. Poetry968▲ 39×3 topics
  25. Indigenous Knowledge950▲ 12×9 topics
  26. Teacher Development908▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Educational Leadership894▲ 9.4×4 topics
  28. Student Performance860▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Chile855▲ 122×1 topic
  30. Pinochet855▲ 122×1 topic
  31. Welfare State848▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Curriculum Design845▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Ethical Education842▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Educational Innovation841▲ 21×4 topics
  35. Quality Education837▲ 31×1 topic
  36. School Culture837▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Intercultural Education813▲ 14×5 topics
  38. Literary Discourse790▲ 47×2 topics
  39. Interculturalism786▲ 89×1 topic
  40. Mapuche786▲ 89×1 topic

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Chile has out-published the Bahamas every year since 1980.

still counting10k20kChile18k in 2025Bahamas97 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.20%0.40%0.60%Chile0.30% in 2025Bahamas0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting10%20%Chile9.1% in 2025Bahamas4.6% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Bahamas 03 level2 Chile
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0002
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#37

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Bahamas or Chile?

Chile publishes 243.9× as much research as the Bahamas in 2022-now (67k against 274 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Bahamas or Chile?

9.4% of Chile's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.8% for the Bahamas.

Is Bahamas or Chile growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +8% against 2018-21 for the Bahamas, and +2% for Chile.

Which has more open access research, Bahamas or Chile?

67% of Chile's research is free to read, against 50% of the Bahamas's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Bahamas or Chile?

The Bahamas holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Chile 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 2.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Bahamas

  1. 1College of The Bahamas8.4% top 10% · 129 works
  2. 2University of the West Indies4.2% top 10% · 114 works

Chile

  1. 1Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile9.8% top 10% · 6.5k works
  2. 2University of Chile8.1% top 10% · 7.4k works
  3. 3Universidad Andrés Bello11.5% top 10% · 1.8k works
  4. 4Catholic University of the Maule11.2% top 10% · 1.4k works
  5. 5Universidad de Santiago de Chile7.6% top 10% · 2.6k works
  6. 6Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso11.5% top 10% · 1.9k works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Bahamas

  1. 1 Adelle Thomas #127,384 worldwide 9.4k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Tristan L. Guttridge #349,432 worldwide 3.1k citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Williamson Gustave #445,451 worldwide 2.1k citations · 108 works
  4. 4 Annabelle Brooks #573,232 worldwide 1.5k citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Edward J. Brooks #695,546 worldwide 1.9k citations · 68 works

Chile

  1. 1 Homero Gil de Zúñiga #11,148 worldwide 16k citations · 246 works
  2. 2 R. Kneißl #11,420 worldwide 55k citations · 311 works
  3. 3 Maribel Guerrero #13,009 worldwide 10k citations · 231 works
  4. 4 Claudio A. Hetz #15,485 worldwide 51k citations · 301 works
  5. 5 Andreas Rosenkranz #18,343 worldwide 12k citations · 272 works

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