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Cape Verde vs Kyrgyzstan

On research quality in 2022-now, Kyrgyzstan ranks #142 in the world and Cape Verde #177, of 189 countries. Cape Verde stands higher in 0 of the 10 fields both publish in, Kyrgyzstan in 10.

Research profiles alike: 0.83very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

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Cape Verde

World rank, 2022-now
#177
#165 all time
Works, 2022-now
240
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
79%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Development, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Kyrgyzstan

World rank, 2022-now
#142
#162 all time
Works, 2022-now
6.4k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.1%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
73%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Anatomy, Fuel Technology, Archeology.

Who leads, measure by measure?

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

Cape Verde 51 level3 Kyrgyzstan
  1. #177Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#142
  2. 0.93×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.41×
  3. 240Outputfractional works, 2022-now6.4k
  4. 6.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited5.1%
  5. 4.6Citations per workall time, per fractional work2.6
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 79%Open accessof its works free to read, all time73%
  8. 47%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time25%
  9. +39%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+87%

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, citation excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Cape Verde stands higher in 0 of 10 fields, Kyrgyzstan in 10. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Cape Verde 010 Kyrgyzstan
  1. -Agricultural and Biological Sciences#115
  2. -Arts and Humanities#74
  3. -Business, Management and Accounting#80
  4. -Computer Science#116
  5. -Economics, Econometrics and Finance#84
  6. -Engineering#119
  7. -Environmental Science#101
  8. -Medicine#145
  9. -Psychology#86
  10. -Social Sciences#80

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 Cape Verde rankKyrgyzstan rank Cape Verde top 10%Kyrgyzstan top 10% Cape Verde worksKyrgyzstan works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences - #115 - 5.4% - 276
Arts and Humanities - #74 - 9.5% - 373
Business, Management and Accounting - #80 - 7.5% - 222
Computer Science - #116 - 4.0% - 503
Economics, Econometrics and Finance - #84 - 6.4% - 309
Engineering - #119 - 3.4% - 455
Environmental Science - #101 - 4.1% - 229
Medicine - #145 - 2.7% - 1k
Psychology - #86 - 3.3% - 220
Social Sciences - #80 - 7.0% - 1.9k

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.

Cape Verde

▲ 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 Change23▲ 3.1×45 topics
  2. Sustainability19▲ 2.9×37 topics
  3. Globalization19▲ 3.6×41 topics
  4. Epidemiology15▲ 1.42×43 topics
  5. Sustainable Development15▲ 3.5×32 topics
  6. Public Health13▲ 3.3×26 topics
  7. Public Policy11▲ 8.9×16 topics
  8. Education10▲ 2.2×27 topics
  9. Colonialism9▲ 7.2×11 topics
  10. Rural Development9▲ 9.4×12 topics
  11. Governance8▲ 9.5×9 topics
  12. Mental Health8▲ 2.1×17 topics
  13. Qualitative Research8▲ 3.5×11 topics
  14. COVID-198▲ 2.2×16 topics
  15. Urban Development8▲ 7.9×8 topics
  16. Community Participation7▲ 7.8×8 topics
  17. Social Impact7▲ 7.0×9 topics
  18. Population Dynamics7▲ 10×9 topics
  19. Biodiversity7▲ 3.5×17 topics
  20. Economic Growth7▲ 3.0×12 topics
  21. Sustainable Development Goals7▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Healthcare Access6▲ 8.9×8 topics
  23. Teacher Training6▲ 3.9×10 topics
  24. Conservation6▲ 5.5×11 topics
  25. Cultural Studies6▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 5.6×11 topics
  27. Food Security6▲ 3.9×11 topics
  28. Economic Impact6▲ 3.8×5 topics
  29. Vulnerability5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  30. Social Inequality5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  31. Imperialism5▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Community Development5▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Ecosystem Health5▲ 36×2 topics
  34. Stakeholder Engagement5▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Ecosystem-Based Management4▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Marine Spatial Planning4▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Environmental Education4▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Gender Dynamics4▲ 14×2 topics
  39. African History4▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Post-Colonial Africa4▲ 65×1 topic

Kyrgyzstan

▲ 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. Education583▲ 4.3×88 topics
  2. Globalization536▲ 3.5×103 topics
  3. Sustainable Development521▲ 4.3×91 topics
  4. Innovation487▲ 6.1×59 topics
  5. Educational Technology440▲ 4.8×42 topics
  6. Pedagogy407▲ 10×17 topics
  7. Sustainability373▲ 1.96×98 topics
  8. E-Learning359▲ 4.8×23 topics
  9. Climate Change352▲ 1.66×107 topics
  10. Online Learning304▲ 4.7×23 topics
  11. Digital Education302▲ 26×6 topics
  12. Digital Economy282▲ 18×17 topics
  13. Artificial Intelligence280▲ 2.5×61 topics
  14. Economic Development279▲ 4.5×38 topics
  15. Educational Technologies274▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Public Health272▲ 2.4×57 topics
  17. Language Teaching267▲ 13×8 topics
  18. Social Media256▲ 2.4×32 topics
  19. Teacher Training255▲ 5.3×21 topics
  20. Central Asia253▲ 46×4 topics
  21. Tourism Development246▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Teaching Methods241▲ 19×10 topics
  23. Critical Thinking237▲ 26×4 topics
  24. International Relations237▲ 13×25 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship235▲ 7.6×14 topics
  26. Formative Assessment233▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Artistic Education232▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Student Competencies232▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Cultural Diplomacy224▲ 35×5 topics
  30. Digital Transformation222▲ 5.3×26 topics
  31. Migration219▲ 8.2×22 topics
  32. Geopolitics214▲ 18×10 topics
  33. Security205▲ 3.9×26 topics
  34. Distance Learning205▲ 7.6×10 topics
  35. Digitalization203▲ 13×13 topics
  36. Language192▲ 9.9×11 topics
  37. Belt and Road Initiative182▲ 61×3 topics
  38. Soft Power146▲ 46×3 topics
  39. Eurasian integration142▲ 153×1 topic
  40. Russia-China cooperation142▲ 153×1 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?

Kyrgyzstan has out-published Cape Verde every year since 1983, when it overtook it.

still counting1k2k3kKyrgyzstan2,414 in 2025Cape Verde63 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 counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Kyrgyzstan0.041% in 2025Cape Verde0.0011% 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%Cape Verde8.9% in 2025Kyrgyzstan5.1% in 202520102020

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.

Cape Verde 05 level0 Kyrgyzstan
  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, Cape Verde or Kyrgyzstan?

Kyrgyzstan publishes 26.6× as much research as Cape Verde in 2022-now (6.4k against 240 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Cape Verde or Kyrgyzstan?

6.8% of Cape Verde's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.1% for Kyrgyzstan.

Is Cape Verde or Kyrgyzstan growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +87% against 2018-21 for Kyrgyzstan, and +39% for Cape Verde.

Which has more open access research, Cape Verde or Kyrgyzstan?

79% of Cape Verde's research is free to read, against 73% of Kyrgyzstan's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Cape Verde or Kyrgyzstan?

Cape Verde holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Kyrgyzstan 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%.

Cape Verde

  1. 1University of Cape Verde8.1% top 10% · 129 works

Kyrgyzstan

  1. 1Kyrgyz State National University2.5% top 10% · 1.2k works
  2. 2Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity8.5% top 10% · 716 works
  3. 3Osh State University4.4% top 10% · 914 works
  4. 4Aga Khan Foundation6.4% top 10% · 285 works
  5. 5University of Central Asia12.5% top 10% · 219 works
  6. 6International University of Kyrgyzstan6.7% top 10% · 311 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.

Cape Verde

  1. 1 Herculano Andrade Dinis #1,168,953 worldwide 683 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Adilson José DePina #1,241,128 worldwide 397 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Rui Freitas #1,733,975 worldwide 817 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Silvânia da Veiga Leal #1,796,476 worldwide 356 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Lara Ferrero Gómez #2,279,391 worldwide 406 citations · 30 works

Kyrgyzstan

  1. 1 Erkin Mirsaidovich Mirrakhimov #910 worldwide 238k citations · 309 works
  2. 2 Alina S Kerimkulova #184,365 worldwide 54k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Kashif Hasan Khan #402,554 worldwide 217 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Kubatbek Sh. Tabaldiev #510,674 worldwide 2.5k citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Ayman Aljarbouh #536,372 worldwide 1.2k citations · 66 works