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Bulgaria vs Mozambique

On research quality in 2022-now, Bulgaria ranks #77 in the world and Mozambique #78, of 189 countries. Bulgaria stands higher in 19 of the 22 fields both publish in, Mozambique in 3.

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Bulgaria

World rank, 2022-now
#77
#78 all time
Works, 2022-now
36k
fractional
Top-10% rate
4.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
44%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Energy, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Numerical Analysis.

Mozambique

World rank, 2022-now
#78
#90 all time
Works, 2022-now
4.5k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
73%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Anatomy, Forestry, Transportation.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Mozambique leads on 5 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Bulgaria leads on 3 of 9 measures: research quality, output and citations per work. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Bulgaria 31 level5 Mozambique
  1. #77Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#78
  2. 0.52×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.80×
  3. 36kOutputfractional works, 2022-now4.5k
  4. 4.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited6.2%
  5. 9.6Citations per workall time, per fractional work6.4
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 44%Open accessof its works free to read, all time73%
  8. 24%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time54%
  9. +22%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?

Bulgaria stands higher in 19 of 22 fields, Mozambique in 3. Bulgaria leads most in Computer Science (#83 against #104); Mozambique leads most in Social Sciences (#68 against #104). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Bulgaria 193 Mozambique
  1. #79Agricultural and Biological Sciences#85
  2. #57Arts and Humanities-
  3. #60Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #81Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #50Chemistry-
  6. #83Computer Science#104
  7. #68Decision Sciences-
  8. #50Dentistry-
  9. #70Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  10. #75Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  11. #69Energy-
  12. #83Engineering#98
  13. #87Environmental Science#80
  14. #94Health Professions-
  15. #60Immunology and Microbiology-
  16. #58Materials Science-
  17. #54Mathematics-
  18. #94Medicine#75
  19. #41Neuroscience-
  20. #57Physics and Astronomy-
  21. #85Psychology-
  22. #104Social Sciences#68

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 Bulgaria rankMozambique rank Bulgaria top 10%Mozambique top 10% Bulgaria worksMozambique works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #79 #85 5.9% 7.2% 2.5k 288
Arts and Humanities #57 - 6.0% - 1k -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #60 - 5.2% - 1.6k -
Business, Management and Accounting #81 - 5.4% - 1.2k -
Chemistry #50 - 6.4% - 626 -
Computer Science #83 #104 4.3% 4.0% 3.1k 378
Decision Sciences #68 - 4.3% - 412 -
Dentistry #50 - 4.4% - 410 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #70 - 3.0% - 756 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #75 - 6.1% - 926 -
Energy #69 - 2.7% - 424 -
Engineering #83 #98 3.4% 5.8% 6.2k 292
Environmental Science #87 #80 4.1% 5.8% 1.9k 325
Health Professions #94 - 3.7% - 674 -
Immunology and Microbiology #60 - 4.5% - 335 -
Materials Science #58 - 3.7% - 1.1k -
Mathematics #54 - 7.4% - 722 -
Medicine #94 #75 4.8% 7.8% 5.9k 493
Neuroscience #41 - 5.2% - 435 -
Physics and Astronomy #57 - 4.0% - 817 -
Psychology #85 - 4.6% - 722 -
Social Sciences #104 #68 6.5% 6.6% 3.3k 1.6k

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.

Bulgaria

▲ 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. Climate Change1,519▲ 1.36×126 topics
  2. Machine Learning1,477◆ 1.08×97 topics
  3. Epidemiology1,397▼ 0.85×138 topics
  4. Sustainability1,336▲ 1.33×130 topics
  5. Sustainable Development1,218▲ 1.89×109 topics
  6. Renewable Energy1,186▲ 1.99×60 topics
  7. Deep Learning1,146▼ 0.81×85 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence951▲ 1.62×65 topics
  9. Environmental Impact804◆ 1.15×74 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress777◆ 1.15×62 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency769▲ 2.0×46 topics
  12. Globalization741◆ 0.92×164 topics
  13. Big Data727▲ 1.85×35 topics
  14. Inflammation726▼ 0.83×83 topics
  15. Neural Networks716◆ 1.13×42 topics
  16. Educational Technology621▲ 1.28×46 topics
  17. Innovation595▲ 1.40×85 topics
  18. Remote Sensing569◆ 1.13×41 topics
  19. Economic Growth567▲ 1.69×36 topics
  20. Internet of Things566▲ 1.61×31 topics
  21. Biodiversity544▲ 1.74×38 topics
  22. Antioxidant505▲ 1.79×51 topics
  23. Supply Chain Management470▲ 1.27×27 topics
  24. E-Learning449◆ 1.13×25 topics
  25. Cyber-Physical Systems444▲ 4.1×9 topics
  26. Invasive Species444▲ 2.5×21 topics
  27. Security411▲ 1.50×31 topics
  28. Antioxidant Activity407▲ 1.59×32 topics
  29. Digital Transformation402▲ 1.81×32 topics
  30. Environmental Management393▲ 2.4×22 topics
  31. Smart Grid350▲ 2.4×10 topics
  32. Optimization331▲ 1.79×26 topics
  33. Biogeography319▲ 2.8×20 topics
  34. Power Electronics304▲ 2.3×8 topics
  35. Phylogeny238▲ 3.5×17 topics
  36. Taxonomy224▲ 3.8×15 topics
  37. Mediterranean219▲ 6.0×6 topics
  38. Black Sea165▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Caspian Sea160▲ 14×1 topic
  40. paleoceanography160▲ 14×1 topic

Mozambique

▲ 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. Educational Technology437▲ 7.0×44 topics
  2. Education396▲ 4.3×118 topics
  3. Sustainable Development388▲ 4.7×85 topics
  4. Pedagogy386▲ 14×28 topics
  5. Globalization372▲ 3.6×116 topics
  6. Sustainability358▲ 2.8×100 topics
  7. Teacher Training350▲ 11×27 topics
  8. Online Learning337▲ 7.6×25 topics
  9. E-Learning334▲ 6.5×21 topics
  10. Innovation311▲ 5.7×71 topics
  11. Distance Learning226▲ 12×13 topics
  12. Higher Education186▲ 6.6×26 topics
  13. Digital Literacy183▲ 6.0×11 topics
  14. History174▲ 4.7×39 topics
  15. Digitalization172▲ 16×13 topics
  16. Culture160▲ 5.7×25 topics
  17. Ethnicity158▲ 7.9×16 topics
  18. Literature157▲ 5.4×37 topics
  19. Inclusive Education154▲ 8.0×19 topics
  20. Digital Transformation154▲ 5.3×23 topics
  21. Public Policy149▲ 5.9×24 topics
  22. Digital Education140▲ 18×7 topics
  23. Economic Security138▲ 12×7 topics
  24. Legal Regulation138▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Language Teaching136▲ 9.5×8 topics
  26. Entrepreneurship130▲ 6.2×22 topics
  27. Foresight124▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Teaching Methods123▲ 14×11 topics
  29. Science122▲ 9.3×8 topics
  30. Islam120▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Social Influence118▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Modernization118▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Malay Language118▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Sharia Law118▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Educational Technologies117▲ 24×2 topics
  36. International Trade Law117▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Strategic Planning117▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Public Oversight116▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Transport Policy116▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Design116▲ 13×4 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?

Bulgaria has out-published Mozambique every year since 1980.

still counting5k10k15kBulgaria10k in 2025Mozambique971 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 counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Bulgaria0.18% in 2025Mozambique0.017% 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%Mozambique7.6% in 2025Bulgaria5.8% 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.

Bulgaria 05 level0 Mozambique
  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, Bulgaria or Mozambique?

Bulgaria publishes 8.0× as much research as Mozambique in 2022-now (36k against 4.5k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Bulgaria or Mozambique?

6.2% of Mozambique's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 4.8% for Bulgaria.

Is Bulgaria or Mozambique growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +23% against 2018-21 for Mozambique, and +22% for Bulgaria.

Which has more open access research, Bulgaria or Mozambique?

73% of Mozambique's research is free to read, against 44% of Bulgaria's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Bulgaria or Mozambique?

Bulgaria holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Mozambique 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%.

Bulgaria

  1. 1Bulgarian Academy of Sciences5.0% top 10% · 8.8k works
  2. 2College of Tourism8.7% top 10% · 779 works
  3. 3Angel Kanchev University of Ruse4.0% top 10% · 1.1k works
  4. 4Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"5.3% top 10% · 2.3k works
  5. 5New Bulgarian University3.6% top 10% · 500 works
  6. 6South-West University "Neofit Rilski"4.9% top 10% · 486 works

Mozambique

  1. 1Eduardo Mondlane University6.6% top 10% · 653 works
  2. 2Pedagogical University4.8% top 10% · 2.1k works
  3. 3Instituto Nacional de Saúde7.9% top 10% · 306 works
  4. 4Universidade Politecnica4.9% top 10% · 259 works
  5. 5Lúrio University8.1% top 10% · 197 works
  6. 6Catholic University of Mozambique4.3% top 10% · 133 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.

Bulgaria

  1. 1 A. Cimmino #8,111 worldwide 84k citations · 1,049 works
  2. 2 A. Cabrera #11,365 worldwide 33k citations · 472 works
  3. 3 L. Litov #17,576 worldwide 113k citations · 2,193 works
  4. 4 S. Stoykova #20,679 worldwide 47k citations · 461 works
  5. 5 V. Genchev #32,911 worldwide 54k citations · 539 works

Mozambique

  1. 1 Albertino Antonio Moura Damasceno #33,973 worldwide 64k citations · 338 works
  2. 2 Inácio Mandomando #104,696 worldwide 17k citations · 290 works
  3. 3 Ana Olga Mocumbi #117,838 worldwide 42k citations · 274 works
  4. 4 Albertino Damasceno #155,059 worldwide 14k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Eusébio Macete #174,962 worldwide 7.4k citations · 120 works