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Bolivia vs Palestine

On research quality in 2022-now, Palestine ranks #86 in the world and Bolivia #88, of 189 countries. Bolivia stands higher in 6 of the 12 fields both publish in, Palestine in 6.

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Bolivia

World rank, 2022-now
#88
#84 all time
Works, 2022-now
6.5k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
62%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Social Sciences, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Horticulture.

Palestine

World rank, 2022-now
#86
#109 all time
Works, 2022-now
6.9k
fractional
Top-10% rate
12.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
63%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Accounting.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Palestine leads on 7 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate, citations per work, international co-authorship and growth. Bolivia leads on none. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100 and open access.

Bolivia 02 level7 Palestine
  1. #88Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#86
  2. 0.67×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.93×
  3. 6.5kOutputfractional works, 2022-now6.9k
  4. 5.9%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited12.4%
  5. 4.5Citations per workall time, per fractional work11.4
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 62%Open accessof its works free to read, all time63%
  8. 33%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time35%
  9. -2%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+60%

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?

Bolivia stands higher in 6 of 12 fields, Palestine in 6. Bolivia leads most in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#67 against #105); Palestine leads most in Computer Science (#72 against #108). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Bolivia 66 Palestine
  1. #67Agricultural and Biological Sciences#105
  2. #43Arts and Humanities-
  3. -Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#75
  4. #84Business, Management and Accounting#68
  5. #108Computer Science#72
  6. #88Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  7. #104Engineering#80
  8. #75Environmental Science#102
  9. #80Health Professions#62
  10. #78Medicine#89
  11. #73Psychology#65
  12. #60Social Sciences#86

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 Bolivia rankPalestine rank Bolivia top 10%Palestine top 10% Bolivia worksPalestine works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #67 #105 4.6% 11.8% 478 224
Arts and Humanities #43 - 9.3% - 384 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology - #75 - 10.3% - 214
Business, Management and Accounting #84 #68 5.9% 16.6% 256 437
Computer Science #108 #72 4.8% 13.2% 378 646
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #88 - 4.3% - 284 -
Engineering #104 #80 3.6% 12.1% 249 603
Environmental Science #75 #102 6.5% 10.5% 423 237
Health Professions #80 #62 5.2% 19.3% 347 314
Medicine #78 #89 4.0% 9.1% 823 1.6k
Psychology #73 #65 5.5% 14.8% 241 356
Social Sciences #60 #86 7.7% 13.1% 2.1k 1.1k

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.

Bolivia

▲ 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. Education727▲ 5.7×111 topics
  2. Globalization594▲ 4.1×115 topics
  3. Sustainability422▲ 2.3×101 topics
  4. Latin America394▲ 28×22 topics
  5. Epidemiology371▲ 1.26×133 topics
  6. Public Health362▲ 3.4×66 topics
  7. Climate Change362▲ 1.80×107 topics
  8. Innovation357▲ 4.7×59 topics
  9. Human Rights338▲ 4.5×66 topics
  10. Sustainable Development301▲ 2.6×72 topics
  11. COVID-19273▲ 2.8×27 topics
  12. Health Promotion249▲ 11×17 topics
  13. E-Learning247▲ 3.5×21 topics
  14. Digital Marketing243▲ 8.5×5 topics
  15. Educational Technology241▲ 2.8×36 topics
  16. Knowledge Management238▲ 5.8×29 topics
  17. Pedagogy216▲ 5.8×25 topics
  18. Teacher Training208▲ 4.6×24 topics
  19. Small and Medium Enterprises200▲ 15×9 topics
  20. Urban Development195▲ 7.5×15 topics
  21. Nutrition193▲ 5.9×15 topics
  22. Communication190▲ 8.2×18 topics
  23. Social Responsibility190▲ 11×8 topics
  24. Ethics186▲ 5.0×47 topics
  25. Innovation Ecosystems186▲ 25×4 topics
  26. Distance Learning181▲ 7.1×11 topics
  27. Economic Impact181▲ 4.6×10 topics
  28. Social Movements180▲ 8.2×28 topics
  29. Community Participation169▲ 6.5×13 topics
  30. Competitiveness169▲ 29×6 topics
  31. Globalization Effects165▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Inclusive Education163▲ 6.1×17 topics
  33. Tourism Management161▲ 31×2 topics
  34. City Branding161▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Psychopharmacology Education161▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Rural Development156▲ 6.1×20 topics
  37. Digital Divide138▲ 7.3×7 topics
  38. Online Education134▲ 9.3×6 topics
  39. ICT132▲ 13×4 topics
  40. University Students131▲ 32×2 topics

Palestine

▲ 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. Epidemiology447▲ 1.38×133 topics
  2. Machine Learning411▲ 1.52×87 topics
  3. Mental Health286▲ 2.5×40 topics
  4. Deep Learning260◆ 0.93×81 topics
  5. Public Health227▲ 1.92×55 topics
  6. Globalization225▲ 1.41×83 topics
  7. Healthcare207▲ 2.2×28 topics
  8. Corporate Governance195▲ 3.3×22 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management188▲ 2.6×23 topics
  10. Human Rights173▲ 2.1×48 topics
  11. Depression166▲ 2.3×24 topics
  12. Risk Management146▲ 3.8×14 topics
  13. Mortality139▲ 3.0×13 topics
  14. Digital Transformation135▲ 3.1×22 topics
  15. Customer Satisfaction131▲ 5.1×8 topics
  16. Discrimination123▲ 7.2×6 topics
  17. Palestine122▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Nationalism120▲ 3.3×18 topics
  19. Technology Integration117▲ 4.6×11 topics
  20. Health117▲ 3.6×18 topics
  21. IoT116▲ 3.8×14 topics
  22. Israel113▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Organizational Performance111▲ 5.2×11 topics
  24. Ethnic Identity110▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Occupation110▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Smart Cities110▲ 5.1×8 topics
  27. Segregation109▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Intifada109▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Settler Colonialism109▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Finance108▲ 7.3×3 topics
  31. Trauma103▲ 6.1×7 topics
  32. Performance Analysis101▲ 6.0×5 topics
  33. Financial Stability101▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Conflict95▲ 7.2×10 topics
  35. Global Financial Crisis92▲ 8.7×3 topics
  36. Ethical Identity91▲ 9.7×1 topic
  37. Shariah Supervision91▲ 9.7×1 topic
  38. Social Media Marketing86▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Violence85▲ 7.1×6 topics
  40. Peacebuilding82▲ 15×6 topics

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?

Palestine has out-published Bolivia every year since 2025, when it overtook it.

still counting1k2k3kPalestine2,166 in 2025Bolivia1,948 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 counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Palestine0.037% in 2025Bolivia0.033% 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%Palestine14.3% in 2025Bolivia6.5% 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.

Bolivia 05 level0 Palestine
  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, Bolivia or Palestine?

Palestine publishes 1.1× as much research as Bolivia in 2022-now (6.9k against 6.5k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Bolivia or Palestine?

12.4% of Palestine's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.9% for Bolivia.

Is Bolivia or Palestine growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +60% against 2018-21 for Palestine, and -2% for Bolivia.

Which has more open access research, Bolivia or Palestine?

63% of Palestine's research is free to read, against 62% of Bolivia's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Bolivia or Palestine?

Bolivia holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Palestine 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%.

Bolivia

  1. 1Universidad de Los Andes7.3% top 10% · 1.3k works
  2. 2Universidad Mayor de San Andrés4.4% top 10% · 775 works
  3. 3Universidad La Salle3.3% top 10% · 373 works
  4. 4Universidad Mayor de San Simón4.7% top 10% · 318 works
  5. 5Universidad Privada del Valle3.2% top 10% · 288 works
  6. 6Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar9.4% top 10% · 346 works

Palestine

  1. 1An-Najah National University14.5% top 10% · 1.7k works
  2. 2Arab American University15.7% top 10% · 693 works
  3. 3Al-Quds University8.2% top 10% · 834 works
  4. 4Birzeit University11.7% top 10% · 504 works
  5. 5Islamic University of Gaza16.1% top 10% · 463 works
  6. 6University College of Applied Science11.1% top 10% · 166 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.

Bolivia

  1. 1 Vincent Antoine Vos #14,733 worldwide 10k citations · 87 works
  2. 2 Juan Carlos Licona #37,128 worldwide 7.1k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Alejandro Araujo‐Murakami #44,646 worldwide 5.4k citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Marisol Toledo #55,944 worldwide 10k citations · 97 works
  5. 5 Alejandro Araujo‐Murakami #59,927 worldwide 4.2k citations · 42 works

Palestine

  1. 1 Bassam A. Tayeh #1,813 worldwide 17k citations · 233 works
  2. 2 Amira A Shaheen #16,599 worldwide 119k citations · 109 works
  3. 3 Majdi M. Mafarja #38,171 worldwide 18k citations · 104 works
  4. 4 Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh #50,160 worldwide 43k citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Mohammad A.A. Zaid #62,516 worldwide 1.7k citations · 35 works