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Cuba vs Suriname

On research quality in 2022-now, Cuba ranks #103 in the world and Suriname #173, of 189 countries. Cuba stands higher in 12 of the 12 fields both publish in, Suriname in 0.

Research profiles alike: 0.81very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

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Cuba

World rank, 2022-now
#103
#102 all time
Works, 2022-now
9.1k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.7%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
41%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Life-span and Life-course Studies, General Social Sciences, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology.

Suriname

World rank, 2022-now
#173
#187 all time
Works, 2022-now
242
fractional
Top-10% rate
4.3%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
63%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Biochemistry, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Health Information Management.

Who leads, measure by measure?

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

Cuba 31 level5 Suriname
  1. #103Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#173
  2. 0.55×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.90×
  3. 9.1kOutputfractional works, 2022-now242
  4. 5.7%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited4.3%
  5. 3.7Citations per workall time, per fractional work8.0
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 41%Open accessof its works free to read, all time63%
  8. 19%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time39%
  9. -64%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+4%

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?

Cuba stands higher in 12 of 12 fields, Suriname in 0. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Cuba 120 Suriname
  1. #90Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #86Arts and Humanities-
  3. #89Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #97Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #106Computer Science-
  6. #95Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  7. #107Engineering-
  8. #93Environmental Science-
  9. #66Health Professions-
  10. #123Medicine-
  11. #61Psychology-
  12. #91Social Sciences-

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 Cuba rankSuriname rank Cuba top 10%Suriname top 10% Cuba worksSuriname works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #90 - 4.9% - 756 -
Arts and Humanities #86 - 6.0% - 255 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #89 - 4.6% - 285 -
Business, Management and Accounting #97 - 4.0% - 447 -
Computer Science #106 - 4.8% - 572 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #95 - 6.3% - 260 -
Engineering #107 - 4.5% - 433 -
Environmental Science #93 - 4.0% - 515 -
Health Professions #66 - 14.3% - 630 -
Medicine #123 - 3.8% - 1.7k -
Psychology #61 - 6.3% - 327 -
Social Sciences #91 - 6.7% - 2.1k -

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.

Cuba

▲ 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. Education916▲ 5.2×89 topics
  2. Epidemiology688▲ 1.67×135 topics
  3. Public Health687▲ 4.6×73 topics
  4. Sustainability596▲ 2.4×98 topics
  5. Innovation502▲ 4.7×55 topics
  6. Climate Change468▲ 1.67×106 topics
  7. Globalization466▲ 2.3×106 topics
  8. Competitiveness427▲ 52×7 topics
  9. Health Promotion418▲ 13×17 topics
  10. Sustainable Development409▲ 2.5×73 topics
  11. Educational Technology402▲ 3.3×39 topics
  12. Quality of Life388▲ 2.6×59 topics
  13. Knowledge Management341▲ 5.9×28 topics
  14. Teacher Training336▲ 5.3×23 topics
  15. E-Learning325▲ 3.3×21 topics
  16. Pedagogy310▲ 6.0×23 topics
  17. Risk Assessment296▲ 4.3×24 topics
  18. Digital Marketing281▲ 7.0×5 topics
  19. Health Policy272▲ 17×7 topics
  20. Social Determinants of Health271▲ 12×8 topics
  21. Medical Education264▲ 9.5×14 topics
  22. Gender257▲ 4.6×31 topics
  23. Nutrition251▲ 5.5×18 topics
  24. Small and Medium Enterprises250▲ 14×9 topics
  25. Social Responsibility250▲ 10×9 topics
  26. Distance Learning247▲ 6.9×12 topics
  27. Inclusive Education244▲ 6.5×16 topics
  28. Innovation Ecosystems243▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Decision Making240▲ 8.0×13 topics
  30. Rural Development233▲ 6.5×17 topics
  31. Organizational Performance228▲ 8.5×11 topics
  32. Communication226▲ 6.9×18 topics
  33. Financial Reporting224▲ 18×7 topics
  34. Financial Analysis222▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Economic Impact Evaluation221▲ 120×1 topic
  36. Productivity Indicators221▲ 120×1 topic
  37. Healthcare Access220▲ 7.8×12 topics
  38. Community Health216▲ 13×7 topics
  39. Global Health216▲ 13×9 topics
  40. Healthcare Quality201▲ 19×5 topics

Suriname

▲ 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. Community Empowerment25▲ 13×9 topics
  2. Health Education24▲ 21×6 topics
  3. Epidemiology18▲ 1.74×50 topics
  4. Non-Communicable Diseases17▲ 23×3 topics
  5. Maternal Health17▲ 25×3 topics
  6. Breastfeeding16▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Child Nutrition16▲ 33×1 topic
  8. Stunting16▲ 33×1 topic
  9. Sustainable Development15▲ 3.7×23 topics
  10. Environmental Impact14▲ 3.1×27 topics
  11. Sustainability14▲ 2.1×21 topics
  12. Climate Change12▲ 1.71×34 topics
  13. Food Safety12▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity11▲ 6.5×8 topics
  15. Mental Health10▲ 2.6×20 topics
  16. Biodiversity10▲ 4.8×17 topics
  17. COVID-1910▲ 2.8×12 topics
  18. Public Health9▲ 2.4×25 topics
  19. Remote Sensing8▲ 2.6×10 topics
  20. Pandemic8▲ 3.1×7 topics
  21. Nutrition8▲ 7.0×6 topics
  22. Mineral Content8▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Food Composition8▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Nutrient Analysis8▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Antioxidants7▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Community Participation7▲ 7.6×5 topics
  27. Healthcare Access7▲ 9.5×6 topics
  28. Local Wisdom7▲ 5.5×6 topics
  29. Economic Impact7▲ 4.6×3 topics
  30. Indonesia6▲ 5.5×3 topics
  31. Medicinal Plants6▲ 6.3×10 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 6.4×5 topics
  33. Health Research5▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Organizational Behavior5▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Barriers5▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Nursing5▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Patient Experience5▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Quality of Service5▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Behavioral Science5▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Medical Physiology5▲ 44×1 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?

Cuba has out-published Suriname every year since 1980.

still counting2.5k5k7.5kCuba1,961 in 2025Suriname71 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%Cuba0.033% in 2025Suriname0.0012% 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%Cuba5.2% in 2025Suriname4.7% 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.

Cuba 05 level0 Suriname
  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, Cuba or Suriname?

Cuba publishes 37.7× as much research as Suriname in 2022-now (9.1k against 242 fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Cuba or Suriname?

5.7% of Cuba's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 4.3% for Suriname.

Is Cuba or Suriname growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +4% against 2018-21 for Suriname, and -64% for Cuba.

Which has more open access research, Cuba or Suriname?

63% of Suriname's research is free to read, against 41% of Cuba's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Cuba or Suriname?

Cuba holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Suriname 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%.

Cuba

  1. 1University of Havana4.3% top 10% · 1.1k works
  2. 2Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV)4.8% top 10% · 619 works
  3. 3University of Holguín4.9% top 10% · 478 works
  4. 4Instituto de Información Científica y Tecnológica31.1% top 10% · 315 works
  5. 5Universidad de Oriente4.1% top 10% · 374 works
  6. 6Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana6.3% top 10% · 452 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.

Cuba

  1. 1 Arian Abrahantes Quintana #137,417 worldwide 8k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Juan J. Llibre Rodríguez #235,268 worldwide 9k citations · 236 works
  3. 3 Arturo Escobar #293,267 worldwide 29k citations · 386 works
  4. 4 Esteban Rodríguez Torres #315,225 worldwide 361 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Pedro Antonio Valdes-Sosa #364,245 worldwide 15k citations · 440 works

Suriname

  1. 1 Tom Hendriks #1,176,387 worldwide 1k citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Paul Edward Ouboter #1,313,853 worldwide 2.2k citations · 91 works
  3. 3 Jan H.A. Mol #1,401,085 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Stephen Vreden #1,599,189 worldwide 2k citations · 127 works
  5. 5 Rosita Bihariesingh-Sanchit #1,962,603 worldwide 187 citations · 25 works