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Brazil vs Malaysia

On research quality in 2022–now, Brazil ranks #26 in the world and Malaysia #30, of 192 countries. Brazil stands higher in 16 of the 26 fields both publish in, Malaysia in 10.

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.

Malaysia

World rank, 2022–now
#30
#37 all time
Works, 2022–now
176k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
56%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Accounting, Information Systems and Management, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design.

Who leads in each field?

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

Brazil 1610 Malaysia
  1. #4Agricultural and Biological Sciences#34
  2. #17Arts and Humanities#32
  3. #21Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#41
  4. #28Business, Management and Accounting#11
  5. #22Chemical Engineering#19
  6. #23Chemistry#29
  7. #36Computer Science#14
  8. #33Decision Sciences#14
  9. #11Dentistry#23
  10. #28Earth and Planetary Sciences#37
  11. #42Economics, Econometrics and Finance#11
  12. #44Energy#15
  13. #32Engineering#20
  14. #12Environmental Science#21
  15. #13Health Professions#25
  16. #20Immunology and Microbiology#41
  17. #32Materials Science#23
  18. #20Mathematics#40
  19. #20Medicine#38
  20. #17Neuroscience#42
  21. #12Nursing#27
  22. #17Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#27
  23. #31Physics and Astronomy#49
  24. #26Psychology#24
  25. #22Social Sciences#17
  26. #9Veterinary—

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 2025Malaysia45k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Brazil or Malaysia?

Brazil publishes 4.0× as much research as Malaysia in 2022–now (703k against 176k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Brazil or Malaysia?

15.8% of Malaysia's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 7.7% for Brazil.

Where does their research happen?

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