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Brazil vs Russia

On research quality in 2022–now, Russia ranks #24 in the world and Brazil #26, of 192 countries. Brazil stands higher in 18 of the 26 fields both publish in, Russia in 8.

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.

Russia

World rank, 2022–now: #24; #16 all time
Works, 2022–now: 544k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 6.2%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 41%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Fuel Technology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, General Materials Science.

Who leads in each field?

Brazil stands higher in 18 of 26 fields, Russia in 8. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Brazil 188 Russia

#4Agricultural and Biological Sciences#39
#17Arts and Humanities#28
#21Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#26
#28Business, Management and Accounting#44
#22Chemical Engineering#24
#23Chemistry#22
#36Computer Science#38
#33Decision Sciences#43
#11Dentistry#34
#28Earth and Planetary Sciences#19
#42Economics, Econometrics and Finance#16
#44Energy#7
#32Engineering#27
#12Environmental Science#33
#13Health Professions#49
#20Immunology and Microbiology#32
#32Materials Science#9
#20Mathematics#13
#20Medicine#25
#17Neuroscience#29
#12Nursing#55
#17Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#32
#31Physics and Astronomy#18
#26Psychology#44
#22Social Sciences#33
#9Veterinary#25

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.