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Brunei vs Mauritius

On research quality in 2022-now, Brunei ranks #83 in the world and Mauritius #126, of 189 countries. Brunei stands higher in 6 of the 6 fields both publish in, Mauritius in 0.

Research profiles alike: 0.76very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

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Brunei

World rank, 2022-now
#83
#95 all time
Works, 2022-now
3.8k
fractional
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
45%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Accounting, Linguistics and Language.

Mauritius

World rank, 2022-now
#126
#143 all time
Works, 2022-now
1.7k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
37%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Theoretical Computer Science, Computer Science Applications.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Brunei leads on 7 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Mauritius leads on 1 of 9 measures: citations per work. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Brunei 71 level1 Mauritius
  1. #83Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#126
  2. 1.11×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.77×
  3. 3.8kOutputfractional works, 2022-now1.7k
  4. 14.2%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited6.2%
  5. 13.0Citations per workall time, per fractional work13.5
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 45%Open accessof its works free to read, all time37%
  8. 40%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time26%
  9. +69%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+23%

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?

Brunei stands higher in 6 of 6 fields, Mauritius in 0. Brunei leads most in Social Sciences (#73 against #137). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Brunei 60 Mauritius
  1. #71Business, Management and Accounting-
  2. #77Computer Science#102
  3. #71Engineering#111
  4. #76Environmental Science-
  5. #112Medicine-
  6. #73Social Sciences#137

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 Brunei rankMauritius rank Brunei top 10%Mauritius top 10% Brunei worksMauritius works
Business, Management and Accounting #71 - 17.2% - 284 -
Computer Science #77 #102 17.5% 5.6% 318 229
Engineering #71 #111 12.1% 3.6% 480 244
Environmental Science #76 - 12.8% - 263 -
Medicine #112 - 9.5% - 276 -
Social Sciences #73 #137 16.0% 8.3% 930 242

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.

Brunei

▲ 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. Globalization232▲ 2.8×78 topics
  2. Machine Learning189▲ 1.36×81 topics
  3. Sustainability185▲ 1.81×81 topics
  4. Environmental Impact130▲ 1.82×53 topics
  5. Islamic Banking122▲ 7.8×3 topics
  6. Corporate Governance118▲ 3.9×22 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management118▲ 3.1×22 topics
  8. Curriculum Development114▲ 4.0×13 topics
  9. Consumer Behavior112▲ 4.3×15 topics
  10. Education111▲ 1.55×66 topics
  11. Islamic Education108▲ 7.8×4 topics
  12. Teacher Training107▲ 4.2×10 topics
  13. Risk Management105▲ 5.2×13 topics
  14. Educational Technology103▲ 2.1×29 topics
  15. Social Media98▲ 1.70×28 topics
  16. Economic Development96▲ 2.9×33 topics
  17. Finance92▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Financial Stability91▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Human Rights88▲ 2.0×48 topics
  20. Ethnicity87▲ 5.6×13 topics
  21. Global Financial Crisis87▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Performance Analysis86▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Ethical Identity85▲ 18×1 topic
  24. Shariah Supervision85▲ 18×1 topic
  25. Pedagogy85▲ 4.0×12 topics
  26. Social Capital77▲ 3.5×17 topics
  27. Religious Education75▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Indonesia73▲ 4.0×5 topics
  29. Gender Equality70▲ 5.9×11 topics
  30. Cultural Identity68▲ 3.3×13 topics
  31. Madrasa67▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Muslim Students67▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Food Safety65▲ 5.5×12 topics
  34. Tourist Satisfaction65▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Religiosity60▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Decentralization60▲ 6.9×4 topics
  37. Halal Products58▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Halal Tourism58▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Corruption51▲ 7.8×7 topics
  40. Civil Society51▲ 11×5 topics

Mauritius

▲ 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. Machine Learning136▲ 2.2×75 topics
  2. Deep Learning131▲ 2.0×74 topics
  3. Sustainability89▲ 1.93×60 topics
  4. Renewable Energy82▲ 3.0×41 topics
  5. Climate Change79▲ 1.53×70 topics
  6. Environmental Impact57▲ 1.75×45 topics
  7. Economic Growth56▲ 3.6×23 topics
  8. Globalization54▲ 1.46×49 topics
  9. Internet of Things49▲ 3.0×19 topics
  10. Neural Networks48▲ 1.62×29 topics
  11. Sustainable Development45▲ 1.52×47 topics
  12. Economic Development43▲ 2.9×23 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence43▲ 1.58×33 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management42▲ 2.5×20 topics
  15. Healthcare41▲ 1.88×21 topics
  16. Big Data38▲ 2.1×22 topics
  17. IoT37▲ 5.2×15 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency36▲ 2.0×25 topics
  19. Corporate Governance34▲ 2.4×20 topics
  20. Security33▲ 2.6×20 topics
  21. Consumer Behavior30▲ 2.5×13 topics
  22. Environmental Monitoring29▲ 3.9×12 topics
  23. Governance28▲ 4.5×12 topics
  24. Risk Management28▲ 3.1×12 topics
  25. Social Capital27▲ 2.8×12 topics
  26. Student Engagement24▲ 3.2×12 topics
  27. Wireless Sensor Networks24▲ 2.8×13 topics
  28. Image Processing24▲ 2.9×11 topics
  29. Solar Energy24▲ 4.0×5 topics
  30. Global Trade23▲ 6.2×6 topics
  31. Ocean Acidification23▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Regional Development22▲ 3.4×6 topics
  33. Smart Cities21▲ 4.2×7 topics
  34. Poverty Reduction21▲ 8.5×5 topics
  35. Forecasting21▲ 5.7×5 topics
  36. Firm Performance18▲ 5.3×2 topics
  37. Marine Ecosystems16▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Ethnic Diversity16▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Bleaching15▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Coral Reefs15▲ 24×1 topic

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?

Brunei has out-published Mauritius every year since 2014, when it overtook it.

still counting5001k1.5kBrunei1,087 in 2025Mauritius396 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 counting0.010%0.020%Brunei0.018% in 2025Mauritius0.0067% 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%Brunei14.0% in 2025Mauritius7.4% 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.

Brunei 05 level0 Mauritius
  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, Brunei or Mauritius?

Brunei publishes 2.3× as much research as Mauritius in 2022-now (3.8k against 1.7k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Brunei or Mauritius?

14.2% of Brunei's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.2% for Mauritius.

Is Brunei or Mauritius growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +69% against 2018-21 for Brunei, and +23% for Mauritius.

Which has more open access research, Brunei or Mauritius?

45% of Brunei's research is free to read, against 37% of Mauritius's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Brunei or Mauritius?

Brunei holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Mauritius 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%.

Brunei

  1. 1Universiti Brunei Darussalam16.8% top 10% · 2.2k works
  2. 2Universiti Teknologi Brunei10.5% top 10% · 681 works
  3. 3Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University11.7% top 10% · 414 works
  4. 4Ministry of Education15.2% top 10% · 112 works
  5. 5Prime Minister's Office8.1% top 10% · 134 works
  6. 6Ministry of Health9.4% top 10% · 72 works

Mauritius

  1. 1University of Mauritius6.2% top 10% · 965 works
  2. 2University of Technology, Mauritius5.7% top 10% · 224 works
  3. 3Mahatma Gandhi Institute5.1% top 10% · 135 works
  4. 4Mauritius Institute of Education8.0% top 10% · 105 works
  5. 5Flex (Mauritius)6.9% top 10% · 61 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.

Brunei

  1. 1 Rama Rao Karri #8,520 worldwide 11k citations · 318 works
  2. 2 Sok King Ong #9,311 worldwide 144k citations · 101 works
  3. 3 Nabisab Mujawar Mubarak #18,001 worldwide 23k citations · 535 works
  4. 4 M. Muzamil Naqshbandi #20,911 worldwide 3.1k citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Ferry J.W. Slik #34,574 worldwide 7.4k citations · 134 works

Mauritius

  1. 1 Robin Nunkoo #53,731 worldwide 14k citations · 174 works
  2. 2 Cláudia Baider #288,426 worldwide 6.1k citations · 158 works
  3. 3 Vikash Tatayah #459,511 worldwide 1.8k citations · 105 works
  4. 4 Ackmez Mudhoo #474,044 worldwide 6.5k citations · 159 works
  5. 5 Viraiyan Teeroovengadum #542,767 worldwide 2.1k citations · 36 works