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Canada vs Netherlands

On research quality in 2022–now, Canada ranks #9 in the world and the Netherlands #13, of 192 countries. Canada stands higher in 24 of the 26 fields both publish in, the Netherlands in 2.

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.

Netherlands

World rank, 2022–now
#13
#10 all time
Works, 2022–now
191k
fractional
Top-10% rate
25.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
48%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Medical Terminology, General Decision Sciences, Applied Psychology.

Who leads in each field?

Canada stands higher in 24 of 26 fields, Netherlands in 2. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Canada 242 Netherlands
  1. #15Agricultural and Biological Sciences#17
  2. #13Arts and Humanities#12
  3. #8Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#14
  4. #13Business, Management and Accounting#19
  5. #13Chemical Engineering#23
  6. #15Chemistry#24
  7. #6Computer Science#20
  8. #8Decision Sciences#7
  9. #14Dentistry#28
  10. #9Earth and Planetary Sciences#12
  11. #13Economics, Econometrics and Finance#14
  12. #17Energy#26
  13. #10Engineering#21
  14. #9Environmental Science#11
  15. #7Health Professions#15
  16. #9Immunology and Microbiology#11
  17. #12Materials Science#30
  18. #11Mathematics#24
  19. #6Medicine#11
  20. #6Neuroscience#14
  21. #7Nursing#18
  22. #7Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#18
  23. #11Physics and Astronomy#12
  24. #6Psychology#9
  25. #10Social Sciences#12
  26. #7Veterinary#13

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?

50k100k150kCanada100k in 2025Netherlands49k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Canada or Netherlands?

Canada publishes 2.1× as much research as the Netherlands in 2022–now (394k against 191k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Canada or Netherlands?

25.2% of the Netherlands's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 19.9% for Canada.

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