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Belarus vs Liberia

On research quality in 2022-now, Liberia ranks #132 in the world and Belarus #135, of 189 countries. Belarus stands higher in 15 of the 15 fields both publish in, Liberia in 0.

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Belarus

World rank, 2022-now
#135
#132 all time
Works, 2022-now
15k
fractional
Top-10% rate
3.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Nuclear Energy and Engineering, General Materials Science, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics.

Liberia

World rank, 2022-now
#132
#133 all time
Works, 2022-now
361
fractional
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
68%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Horticulture, Theoretical Computer Science, Emergency Medical Services.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Liberia leads on 7 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, citations per work, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Belarus leads on 1 of 9 measures: output. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Belarus 11 level7 Liberia
  1. #135Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#132
  2. 0.33×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.99×
  3. 15kOutputfractional works, 2022-now361
  4. 3.4%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited10.6%
  5. 6.3Citations per workall time, per fractional work9.8
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 46%Open accessof its works free to read, all time68%
  8. 26%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time45%
  9. +0%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+68%

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?

Belarus stands higher in 15 of 15 fields, Liberia in 0. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Belarus 150 Liberia
  1. #118Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #97Arts and Humanities-
  3. #85Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #109Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #61Chemistry-
  6. #95Computer Science-
  7. #103Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  8. #90Engineering-
  9. #111Environmental Science-
  10. #64Materials Science-
  11. #73Mathematics-
  12. #125Medicine-
  13. #70Physics and Astronomy-
  14. #100Psychology-
  15. #129Social Sciences-

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 Belarus rankLiberia rank Belarus top 10%Liberia top 10% Belarus worksLiberia works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #118 - 3.7% - 925 -
Arts and Humanities #97 - 6.5% - 334 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #85 - 3.3% - 680 -
Business, Management and Accounting #109 - 4.3% - 427 -
Chemistry #61 - 1.9% - 347 -
Computer Science #95 - 3.3% - 900 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #103 - 2.9% - 351 -
Engineering #90 - 2.7% - 2.8k -
Environmental Science #111 - 3.6% - 624 -
Materials Science #64 - 2.7% - 1k -
Mathematics #73 - 3.1% - 374 -
Medicine #125 - 3.2% - 2.4k -
Physics and Astronomy #70 - 2.1% - 504 -
Psychology #100 - 4.4% - 214 -
Social Sciences #129 - 5.0% - 1.8k -

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.

Belarus

▲ 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. Sustainable Development948▲ 3.6×91 topics
  2. Climate Change760▲ 1.65×112 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence586▲ 2.4×61 topics
  4. Epidemiology525▼ 0.78×133 topics
  5. Innovation508▲ 2.9×67 topics
  6. Digital Transformation494▲ 5.4×25 topics
  7. Globalization482▲ 1.45×111 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency418▲ 2.7×41 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress414▲ 1.49×63 topics
  10. Food Security410▲ 4.5×24 topics
  11. Sustainability404◆ 0.98×102 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties374▲ 2.2×39 topics
  13. Digital Economy369▲ 11×19 topics
  14. Regional Development359▲ 6.2×19 topics
  15. Renewable Energy331▲ 1.35×55 topics
  16. Economic Development331▲ 2.4×43 topics
  17. Nanoparticles313▲ 1.47×44 topics
  18. Legal Regulation294▲ 7.7×8 topics
  19. Digitalization253▲ 7.3×14 topics
  20. Economic Security232▲ 6.5×7 topics
  21. Agricultural Development225▲ 8.7×7 topics
  22. Metal Nanoparticles220▲ 8.2×6 topics
  23. Nutrition215▲ 2.9×14 topics
  24. Ethnicity207▲ 3.3×18 topics
  25. Synthesis202▲ 3.2×35 topics
  26. Language193▲ 4.6×12 topics
  27. Global Economy189▲ 8.7×7 topics
  28. Industry 4.0167▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Aerospace Applications150▲ 9.2×3 topics
  30. Industrial Policy149▲ 8.2×4 topics
  31. Geopolitics144▲ 5.6×10 topics
  32. Foresight144▲ 6.5×2 topics
  33. Transition140▲ 9.4×6 topics
  34. Structural Properties138▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Cultural History136▲ 6.7×9 topics
  36. Adhesive Joints134▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics132▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Polymer Composite Materials132▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Information Security130▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Geographical Analysis126▲ 18×2 topics

Liberia

▲ 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. Sustainability21▲ 2.0×46 topics
  2. Environmental Impact20▲ 2.8×35 topics
  3. Machine Learning18▲ 1.23×35 topics
  4. Epidemiology17◆ 1.00×52 topics
  5. COVID-1916▲ 3.0×16 topics
  6. Public Health16▲ 2.6×29 topics
  7. Vaccine16▲ 9.4×9 topics
  8. Immune Response15▲ 6.3×10 topics
  9. Climate Change15▲ 1.28×39 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality15▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Globalization14▲ 1.70×34 topics
  12. Sustainable Development13▲ 1.93×24 topics
  13. Renewable Energy13▲ 2.0×23 topics
  14. Mental Health12▲ 2.0×21 topics
  15. Pathogenesis12▲ 5.6×8 topics
  16. Community Health Workers12▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Transmission11▲ 46×3 topics
  18. Outbreak11▲ 67×2 topics
  19. Ebola Virus11▲ 91×1 topic
  20. Reservoirs11▲ 91×1 topic
  21. Ethical Considerations10▲ 7.1×10 topics
  22. Health Inequalities10▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases10▲ 7.0×6 topics
  24. Socio-economic Factors10▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Child Mortality10▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Health Systems10▲ 31×1 topic
  27. Healthcare Workers9▲ 9.2×3 topics
  28. Recycling9▲ 5.4×7 topics
  29. Waste Management8▲ 4.7×5 topics
  30. Risk Perception8▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Risk Management8▲ 3.7×10 topics
  32. Development7▲ 4.4×11 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-27▲ 5.1×6 topics
  34. Health Equity6▲ 5.0×5 topics
  35. Resource Allocation6▲ 7.8×2 topics
  36. Global Health6▲ 8.5×4 topics
  37. Disaster Response6▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Poverty Reduction6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  39. Emergency Preparedness5▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Triage5▲ 30×1 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?

Belarus has out-published Liberia every year since 1980.

still counting2k4k6kBelarus3,603 in 2025Liberia103 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 counting0.050%0.10%Belarus0.061% in 2025Liberia0.0017% 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 counting5%10%15%Liberia13.8% in 2025Belarus4.8% 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.

Belarus 05 level0 Liberia
  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, Belarus or Liberia?

Belarus publishes 41.2× as much research as Liberia in 2022-now (15k against 361 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Belarus or Liberia?

10.6% of Liberia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 3.4% for Belarus.

Is Belarus or Liberia growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +68% against 2018-21 for Liberia, and +0% for Belarus.

Which has more open access research, Belarus or Liberia?

68% of Liberia's research is free to read, against 46% of Belarus's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Belarus or Liberia?

Belarus holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Liberia 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%.

Belarus

  1. 1National Academy of Sciences of Belarus5.2% top 10% · 4.7k works
  2. 2Euphrosyne Polotskaya State University2.4% top 10% · 452 works
  3. 3Belarusian National Technical University2.9% top 10% · 900 works
  4. 4Vitebsk State Medical University1.8% top 10% · 335 works
  5. 5Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno3.8% top 10% · 323 works
  6. 6Belarusian State Technological University1.8% top 10% · 472 works

Liberia

  1. 1University of Liberia10.8% top 10% · 149 works
  2. 2William V. S. Tubman University16.1% top 10% · 86 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.

Belarus

  1. 1 Alena Skrahina #47,327 worldwide 8.7k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Andrey Litvin #129,746 worldwide 8.9k citations · 233 works
  3. 3 Dzmitry Mukha #487,907 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Varvara Solodovnikova #491,374 worldwide 2k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Svetlana N. Samovich #706,105 worldwide 992 citations · 41 works

Liberia

  1. 1 Abdulfatah Abdu Yusuf #91,971 worldwide 2.8k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Tolbert Nyenswah #226,740 worldwide 4.6k citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Fatorma K. Bolay #243,088 worldwide 3.5k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Lawrence Fakoli #287,221 worldwide 2k citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Chea Sanford Wesseh #396,483 worldwide 1.2k citations · 25 works