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Belgium vs Portugal

On research quality in 2022–now, Belgium ranks #29 in the world and Portugal #33, of 192 countries. Belgium stands higher in 10 of the 26 fields both publish in, Portugal in 16.

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.

Portugal

World rank, 2022–now
#33
#32 all time
Works, 2022–now
129k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
58%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Filtration and Separation, Architecture.

Who leads in each field?

Belgium stands higher in 10 of 26 fields, Portugal in 16. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Belgium 1016 Portugal
  1. #30Agricultural and Biological Sciences#28
  2. #26Arts and Humanities#30
  3. #20Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#29
  4. #45Business, Management and Accounting#12
  5. #26Chemical Engineering#21
  6. #33Chemistry#28
  7. #41Computer Science#34
  8. #19Decision Sciences#23
  9. #30Dentistry#29
  10. #27Earth and Planetary Sciences#34
  11. #39Economics, Econometrics and Finance#31
  12. #46Energy#40
  13. #35Engineering#30
  14. #34Environmental Science#28
  15. #35Health Professions#20
  16. #16Immunology and Microbiology#30
  17. #34Materials Science#31
  18. #25Mathematics#42
  19. #22Medicine#30
  20. #23Neuroscience#24
  21. #39Nursing#19
  22. #38Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#23
  23. #24Physics and Astronomy#36
  24. #30Psychology#25
  25. #35Social Sciences#21
  26. #14Veterinary#17

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?

20k40kPortugal31k in 2025Belgium27k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Belgium or Portugal?

Portugal publishes 1.2× as much research as Belgium in 2022–now (129k against 106k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Belgium or Portugal?

19.4% of Belgium's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.3% for Portugal.

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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