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Bangladesh vs United Arab Emirates

On research quality in 2022–now, Bangladesh ranks #39 in the world and the United Arab Emirates #41, of 192 countries. Bangladesh stands higher in 19 of the 24 fields both publish in, the United Arab Emirates in 5.

Bangladesh

World rank, 2022–now
#39
#48 all time
Works, 2022–now
78k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.5%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
62%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Aquatic Science, Drug Discovery, Modeling and Simulation.

United Arab Emirates

World rank, 2022–now
#41
#52 all time
Works, 2022–now
46k
fractional
Top-10% rate
23.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
47%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Ocean Engineering, Health Informatics, General Dentistry.

Who leads in each field?

Bangladesh stands higher in 19 of 24 fields, United Arab Emirates in 5. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Bangladesh 195 United Arab Emirates
  1. #27Agricultural and Biological Sciences#62
  2. #59Arts and Humanities#56
  3. #44Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#50
  4. #29Business, Management and Accounting#32
  5. #32Chemistry#40
  6. #35Computer Science#25
  7. #42Decision Sciences#39
  8. #48Dentistry#25
  9. #38Earth and Planetary Sciences#52
  10. #21Economics, Econometrics and Finance#33
  11. #24Energy#27
  12. #28Engineering#29
  13. #31Environmental Science#49
  14. #29Health Professions#30
  15. #43Immunology and Microbiology#52
  16. #27Materials Science#40
  17. #35Mathematics#50
  18. #47Medicine#46
  19. #46Neuroscience#49
  20. #53Nursing—
  21. #25Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics—
  22. #33Physics and Astronomy#48
  23. #41Psychology#54
  24. #40Social Sciences#44

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?

10k20k30kBangladesh24k in 2025United Arab Emirates14k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Bangladesh or United Arab Emirates?

Bangladesh publishes 1.7× as much research as the United Arab Emirates in 2022–now (78k against 46k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Bangladesh or United Arab Emirates?

23.4% of the United Arab Emirates's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.5% for Bangladesh.

Where does their research happen?

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