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Canada vs Spain

On research quality in 2022–now, Canada ranks #9 in the world and Spain #10, of 192 countries. Canada stands higher in 17 of the 26 fields both publish in, Spain in 9.

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.

Spain

World rank, 2022–now
#10
#13 all time
Works, 2022–now
435k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
52%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Life-span and Life-course Studies, General Social Sciences, General Arts and Humanities.

Who leads in each field?

Canada stands higher in 17 of 26 fields, Spain in 9. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Canada 179 Spain
  1. #15Agricultural and Biological Sciences#12
  2. #13Arts and Humanities#8
  3. #8Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#10
  4. #13Business, Management and Accounting#6
  5. #13Chemical Engineering#12
  6. #15Chemistry#7
  7. #6Computer Science#15
  8. #8Decision Sciences#12
  9. #14Dentistry#12
  10. #9Earth and Planetary Sciences#11
  11. #13Economics, Econometrics and Finance#12
  12. #17Energy#19
  13. #10Engineering#18
  14. #9Environmental Science#10
  15. #7Health Professions#10
  16. #9Immunology and Microbiology#10
  17. #12Materials Science#20
  18. #11Mathematics#12
  19. #6Medicine#10
  20. #6Neuroscience#11
  21. #7Nursing#9
  22. #7Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#13
  23. #11Physics and Astronomy#9
  24. #6Psychology#8
  25. #10Social Sciences#7
  26. #7Veterinary#11

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?

50k100k150kSpain111k in 2025Canada100k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Canada or Spain?

Spain publishes 1.1× as much research as Canada in 2022–now (435k against 394k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Canada or Spain?

19.9% of Canada's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 18.1% for Spain.

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