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Canada vs Japan

On research quality in 2022–now, Canada ranks #9 in the world and Japan #12, of 192 countries. Canada stands higher in 22 of the 26 fields both publish in, Japan in 4.

Canada

World rank, 2022–now: #9; #7 all time
Works, 2022–now: 394k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 19.9%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 34%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Medical Terminology, History and Philosophy of Science.

Japan

World rank, 2022–now: #12; #6 all time
Works, 2022–now: 558k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 10.7%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 42%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Condensed Matter Physics, Gastroenterology, Radiation.

Who leads in each field?

Canada stands higher in 22 of 26 fields, Japan in 4. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Canada 224 Japan

#15Agricultural and Biological Sciences#31
#13Arts and Humanities#24
#8Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#13
#13Business, Management and Accounting#46
#13Chemical Engineering#7
#15Chemistry#11
#6Computer Science#19
#8Decision Sciences#20
#14Dentistry#21
#9Earth and Planetary Sciences#13
#13Economics, Econometrics and Finance#29
#17Energy#21
#10Engineering#16
#9Environmental Science#23
#7Health Professions#26
#9Immunology and Microbiology#12
#12Materials Science#8
#11Mathematics#15
#6Medicine#12
#6Neuroscience#12
#7Nursing#23
#7Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#26
#11Physics and Astronomy#6
#6Psychology#21
#10Social Sciences#32
#7Veterinary#22

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.