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Cyprus vs Iceland

On research quality in 2022-now, Cyprus ranks #48 in the world and Iceland #50, of 189 countries. Cyprus stands higher in 14 of the 19 fields both publish in, Iceland in 5.

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Cyprus

World rank, 2022-now
#48
#46 all time
Works, 2022-now
17k
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
51%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Space and Planetary Science, General Energy, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management.

Iceland

World rank, 2022-now
#50
#42 all time
Works, 2022-now
5.2k
fractional
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
46%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Chemical Health and Safety, Classics, Geophysics.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Cyprus leads on 6 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate, open access and growth. Iceland leads on 2 of 9 measures: citations per work and international co-authorship. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Cyprus 61 level2 Iceland
  1. #48Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#50
  2. 1.09×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.95×
  3. 17kOutputfractional works, 2022-now5.2k
  4. 13.6%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited10.0%
  5. 17.5Citations per workall time, per fractional work25.7
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 51%Open accessof its works free to read, all time46%
  8. 38%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time42%
  9. +31%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+11%

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?

Cyprus stands higher in 14 of 19 fields, Iceland in 5. Cyprus leads most in Computer Science (#42 against #69); Iceland leads most in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#37 against #56). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Cyprus 145 Iceland
  1. #66Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #45Arts and Humanities#40
  3. #56Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#37
  4. #41Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #42Computer Science#69
  6. #42Decision Sciences-
  7. #40Earth and Planetary Sciences#34
  8. #44Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  9. #40Energy-
  10. #46Engineering#54
  11. #45Environmental Science#49
  12. #58Health Professions-
  13. #63Materials Science-
  14. #43Mathematics-
  15. #60Medicine#40
  16. #43Neuroscience-
  17. #38Physics and Astronomy-
  18. #44Psychology#41
  19. #50Social Sciences#55

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 Cyprus rankIceland rank Cyprus top 10%Iceland top 10% Cyprus worksIceland works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #66 - 14.4% - 463 -
Arts and Humanities #45 #40 14.8% 12.6% 717 249
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #56 #37 11.2% 12.4% 554 228
Business, Management and Accounting #41 - 20.5% - 905 -
Computer Science #42 #69 12.6% 5.8% 1.6k 255
Decision Sciences #42 - 15.4% - 237 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #40 #34 11.8% 11.0% 229 221
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #44 - 17.0% - 687 -
Energy #40 - 15.7% - 267 -
Engineering #46 #54 12.1% 11.3% 2.2k 443
Environmental Science #45 #49 13.2% 9.1% 853 428
Health Professions #58 - 14.1% - 446 -
Materials Science #63 - 10.4% - 241 -
Mathematics #43 - 18.1% - 328 -
Medicine #60 #40 12.1% 11.3% 2.3k 971
Neuroscience #43 - 11.2% - 226 -
Physics and Astronomy #38 - 14.8% - 461 -
Psychology #44 #41 11.8% 9.0% 830 304
Social Sciences #50 #55 13.8% 9.1% 2.7k 831

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.

Cyprus

▲ 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. Machine Learning902▲ 1.40×96 topics
  2. Deep Learning705◆ 1.05×85 topics
  3. Renewable Energy665▲ 2.4×53 topics
  4. Sustainability663▲ 1.40×115 topics
  5. Epidemiology595▼ 0.77×136 topics
  6. Climate Change563◆ 1.07×114 topics
  7. Globalization443▲ 1.16×140 topics
  8. Environmental Impact435▲ 1.31×63 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence426▲ 1.54×61 topics
  10. Education419▲ 1.26×123 topics
  11. Economic Growth404▲ 2.5×34 topics
  12. Social Media370▲ 1.38×39 topics
  13. Mental Health364▲ 1.31×47 topics
  14. Healthcare353▲ 1.59×39 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency333▲ 1.86×42 topics
  16. Big Data309▲ 1.66×34 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management309▲ 1.77×24 topics
  18. COVID-19305▲ 1.21×32 topics
  19. Internet of Things294▲ 1.76×29 topics
  20. Educational Technology287▲ 1.25×46 topics
  21. Urbanization253▲ 3.2×14 topics
  22. Cultural Heritage243▲ 2.4×32 topics
  23. Consumer Behavior231▲ 1.91×19 topics
  24. Security227▲ 1.74×28 topics
  25. Energy Consumption208▲ 4.7×7 topics
  26. Panel Data Analysis195▲ 6.5×3 topics
  27. Financial Development194▲ 6.7×3 topics
  28. CO2 Emissions178▲ 5.1×4 topics
  29. Environmental Regulation171▲ 5.9×5 topics
  30. Kuznets Curve164▲ 7.8×1 topic
  31. Trade Openness164▲ 7.8×1 topic
  32. Monetary Policy155▲ 3.4×12 topics
  33. Smart Cities150▲ 2.9×8 topics
  34. European Union140▲ 3.2×24 topics
  35. Nonlinear Equations127▲ 5.1×6 topics
  36. Peacebuilding126▲ 9.5×6 topics
  37. Identity Construction115▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Mediation98▲ 21×4 topics
  39. Cyprus Conflict92▲ 132×1 topic
  40. National Identities92▲ 132×1 topic

Iceland

▲ 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 Change398▲ 2.5×100 topics
  2. Epidemiology292▲ 1.23×130 topics
  3. Sustainability196▲ 1.35×88 topics
  4. Globalization185▲ 1.58×95 topics
  5. Mental Health156▲ 1.83×41 topics
  6. Inflammation143◆ 1.13×76 topics
  7. Remote Sensing110▲ 1.52×31 topics
  8. Environmental Impact109◆ 1.08×52 topics
  9. Public Health104▲ 1.20×59 topics
  10. Quality of Life97◆ 1.13×52 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease96▲ 1.41×37 topics
  12. Treatment93▲ 1.29×49 topics
  13. Risk Factors87▲ 1.33×36 topics
  14. Depression87▲ 1.66×22 topics
  15. Biodiversity78▲ 1.72×34 topics
  16. Literature72▲ 2.2×37 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis67▲ 1.92×18 topics
  18. Resilience67▲ 2.3×17 topics
  19. Invasive Species66▲ 2.6×20 topics
  20. Religion64▲ 2.3×29 topics
  21. Prevalence63▲ 2.6×14 topics
  22. Arctic62▲ 9.4×4 topics
  23. Fisheries Sustainability60▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Labor Market58▲ 3.5×14 topics
  25. Governance56▲ 2.9×16 topics
  26. Aquaculture51▲ 3.4×8 topics
  27. International Relations49▲ 3.4×17 topics
  28. Hydrology45▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Plate Tectonics44▲ 4.9×3 topics
  30. Medieval43▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Financial Crisis41▲ 6.2×12 topics
  32. Holocene40▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Freshwater Biodiversity36▲ 9.9×2 topics
  34. Shipping35▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Banking Sector34▲ 43×3 topics
  36. Iceland34▲ 138×1 topic
  37. Socioeconomic Inequality34▲ 69×1 topic
  38. Oil and Gas33▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Maritime Transport33▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Northern Sea Route33▲ 21×1 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?

Cyprus has out-published Iceland every year since 2003, when it overtook it.

still counting2k4k6kCyprus4,770 in 2025Iceland1,335 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 counting0.050%0.10%Cyprus0.081% in 2025Iceland0.023% 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 counting10%20%Cyprus14.1% in 2025Iceland10.3% 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.

Cyprus 03 level2 Iceland
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 0In the top 1,0001
  5. #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#42

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, Cyprus or Iceland?

Cyprus publishes 3.2× as much research as Iceland in 2022-now (17k against 5.2k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Cyprus or Iceland?

13.6% of Cyprus's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 10.0% for Iceland.

Is Cyprus or Iceland growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +31% against 2018-21 for Cyprus, and +11% for Iceland.

Which has more open access research, Cyprus or Iceland?

51% of Cyprus's research is free to read, against 46% of Iceland's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Cyprus or Iceland?

Cyprus holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Iceland 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 1.

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%.

Cyprus

  1. 1University of Cyprus11.9% top 10% · 2.9k works
  2. 2University of Nicosia17.3% top 10% · 1.4k works
  3. 3Eastern Mediterranean University16.4% top 10% · 1.3k works
  4. 4Cyprus University of Technology14.3% top 10% · 1.2k works
  5. 5Cyprus International University18.4% top 10% · 1.1k works
  6. 6European University Cyprus16.6% top 10% · 835 works

Iceland

  1. 1University of Iceland10.7% top 10% · 2.7k works
  2. 2Reykjavík University13.8% top 10% · 690 works
  3. 3Directorate of Health4.1% top 10% · 610 works
  4. 4University of Akureyri7.6% top 10% · 236 works
  5. 5Matís (Iceland)3.4% top 10% · 84 works
  6. 6Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies8.9% top 10% · 70 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.

Cyprus

  1. 1 Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo #191 worldwide 23k citations · 354 works
  2. 2 Zahoor Ahmed #1,212 worldwide 14k citations · 154 works
  3. 3 Ali Övgün #2,778 worldwide 10k citations · 396 works
  4. 4 Osman M. Karatepe #3,538 worldwide 18k citations · 275 works
  5. 5 Michalinos Zembylas #7,077 worldwide 21k citations · 635 works

Iceland

  1. 1 Unnur Arna Thorsteinsdottir #13 worldwide 144k citations · 597 works
  2. 2 Kāri Stefánsson #43 worldwide 211k citations · 1,140 works
  3. 3 Augustine Kong #84 worldwide 97k citations · 293 works
  4. 4 Guðmar Þorleifsson #122 worldwide 120k citations · 579 works
  5. 5 Daniel Fannar Gudbjartsson #133 worldwide 88k citations · 524 works