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Belgium vs Brazil

On research quality in 2022–now, Brazil ranks #26 in the world and Belgium #29, of 192 countries. Belgium stands higher in 6 of the 26 fields both publish in, Brazil in 20.

Belgium

World rank, 2022–now
#29
#17 all time
Works, 2022–now
106k
fractional
Top-10% rate
19.4%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
43%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Medical Terminology, Equine, Insect Science.

Brazil

World rank, 2022–now
#26
#23 all time
Works, 2022–now
703k
fractional
Top-10% rate
7.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
69%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Forestry, General Arts and Humanities, Information Systems and Management.

Who leads in each field?

Belgium stands higher in 6 of 26 fields, Brazil in 20. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Belgium 620 Brazil
  1. #30Agricultural and Biological Sciences#4
  2. #26Arts and Humanities#17
  3. #20Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#21
  4. #45Business, Management and Accounting#28
  5. #26Chemical Engineering#22
  6. #33Chemistry#23
  7. #41Computer Science#36
  8. #19Decision Sciences#33
  9. #30Dentistry#11
  10. #27Earth and Planetary Sciences#28
  11. #39Economics, Econometrics and Finance#42
  12. #46Energy#44
  13. #35Engineering#32
  14. #34Environmental Science#12
  15. #35Health Professions#13
  16. #16Immunology and Microbiology#20
  17. #34Materials Science#32
  18. #25Mathematics#20
  19. #22Medicine#20
  20. #23Neuroscience#17
  21. #39Nursing#12
  22. #38Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#17
  23. #24Physics and Astronomy#31
  24. #30Psychology#26
  25. #35Social Sciences#22
  26. #14Veterinary#9

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?

100k200k300kBrazil170k in 2025Belgium27k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Belgium or Brazil?

Brazil publishes 6.6× as much research as Belgium in 2022–now (703k against 106k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Belgium or Brazil?

19.4% of Belgium's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 7.7% for Brazil.

Where does their research happen?

Belgium

  1. 1KU Leuven22.9% top 10%
  2. 2Ghent University25.0% top 10%
  3. 3University of Antwerp24.4% top 10%
  4. 4Vrije Universiteit Brussel23.8% top 10%
  5. 5Université Libre de Bruxelles20.4% top 10%
  6. 6UCLouvain19.3% top 10%

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