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Bahamas vs Suriname

On research quality in 2022-now, The Bahamas ranks #169 in the world and Suriname #173, of 189 countries.

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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.

Suriname

World rank, 2022-now
#173
#187 all time
Works, 2022-now
242
fractional
Top-10% rate
4.3%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
63%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Biochemistry, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health Information Management.

Who leads, measure by measure?

The Bahamas leads on 6 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate, citations per work and growth. Suriname leads on 2 of 9 measures: open access and international co-authorship. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Bahamas 61 level2 Suriname
  1. #169Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#173
  2. 0.93×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.90×
  3. 274Outputfractional works, 2022-now242
  4. 6.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited4.3%
  5. 9.4Citations per workall time, per fractional work8.0
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 50%Open accessof its works free to read, all time63%
  8. 36%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time39%
  9. +8%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+4%

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.

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

Suriname

▲ 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. Community Empowerment25▲ 13×9 topics
  2. Health Education24▲ 21×6 topics
  3. Epidemiology18▲ 1.74×50 topics
  4. Non-Communicable Diseases17▲ 23×3 topics
  5. Maternal Health17▲ 25×3 topics
  6. Breastfeeding16▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Child Nutrition16▲ 33×1 topic
  8. Stunting16▲ 33×1 topic
  9. Sustainable Development15▲ 3.7×23 topics
  10. Environmental Impact14▲ 3.1×27 topics
  11. Sustainability14▲ 2.1×21 topics
  12. Climate Change12▲ 1.71×34 topics
  13. Food Safety12▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity11▲ 6.5×8 topics
  15. Mental Health10▲ 2.6×20 topics
  16. Biodiversity10▲ 4.8×17 topics
  17. COVID-1910▲ 2.8×12 topics
  18. Public Health9▲ 2.4×25 topics
  19. Remote Sensing8▲ 2.6×10 topics
  20. Pandemic8▲ 3.1×7 topics
  21. Nutrition8▲ 7.0×6 topics
  22. Mineral Content8▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Food Composition8▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Nutrient Analysis8▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Antioxidants7▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Community Participation7▲ 7.6×5 topics
  27. Healthcare Access7▲ 9.5×6 topics
  28. Local Wisdom7▲ 5.5×6 topics
  29. Economic Impact7▲ 4.6×3 topics
  30. Indonesia6▲ 5.5×3 topics
  31. Medicinal Plants6▲ 6.3×10 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Health Research5▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Organizational Behavior5▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Barriers5▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Nursing5▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Patient Experience5▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Quality of Service5▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Behavioral Science5▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Medical Physiology5▲ 44×1 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?

The Bahamas has out-published Suriname every year since 2024, when it overtook it.

still counting50100Bahamas97 in 2025Suriname71 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 counting0.0020%0.0040%Bahamas0.0017% in 2025Suriname0.0012% 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%Suriname4.7% in 2025Bahamas4.6% in 202520102020

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 05 level0 Suriname
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0000
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#51

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 Suriname?

The Bahamas publishes 1.1× as much research as Suriname in 2022-now (274 against 242 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Bahamas or Suriname?

6.8% of the Bahamas's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 4.3% for Suriname.

Is Bahamas or Suriname growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +8% against 2018-21 for the Bahamas, and +4% for Suriname.

Which has more open access research, Bahamas or Suriname?

63% of Suriname's research is free to read, against 50% of the Bahamas's.

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

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

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

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

Suriname

  1. 1 Tom Hendriks #1,176,387 worldwide 1k citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Paul Edward Ouboter #1,313,853 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Jan H.A. Mol #1,401,085 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Stephen Vreden #1,599,189 worldwide 2k citations · 127 works
  5. 5 Rosita Bihariesingh-Sanchit #1,962,603 worldwide 187 citations · 25 works