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Denmark vs Malaysia

On research quality in 2022–now, Denmark ranks #28 in the world and Malaysia #30, of 192 countries. Denmark stands higher in 8 of the 26 fields both publish in, Malaysia in 18.

Denmark

World rank, 2022–now
#28
#18 all time
Works, 2022–now
99k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.5%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
40%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Architecture, Medical Terminology.

Malaysia

World rank, 2022–now
#30
#37 all time
Works, 2022–now
176k
fractional
Top-10% rate
15.8%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
56%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Accounting, Information Systems and Management, Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design.

Who leads in each field?

Denmark stands higher in 8 of 26 fields, Malaysia in 18. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Denmark 818 Malaysia
  1. #37Agricultural and Biological Sciences#34
  2. #31Arts and Humanities#32
  3. #19Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#41
  4. #36Business, Management and Accounting#11
  5. #29Chemical Engineering#19
  6. #43Chemistry#29
  7. #42Computer Science#14
  8. #32Decision Sciences#14
  9. #47Dentistry#23
  10. #21Earth and Planetary Sciences#37
  11. #35Economics, Econometrics and Finance#11
  12. #36Energy#15
  13. #31Engineering#20
  14. #32Environmental Science#21
  15. #34Health Professions#25
  16. #21Immunology and Microbiology#41
  17. #45Materials Science#23
  18. #48Mathematics#40
  19. #17Medicine#38
  20. #20Neuroscience#42
  21. #38Nursing#27
  22. #29Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#27
  23. #23Physics and Astronomy#49
  24. #28Psychology#24
  25. #26Social Sciences#17
  26. #18Veterinary—

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?

20k40k60kMalaysia45k in 2025Denmark22k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Denmark or Malaysia?

Malaysia publishes 1.8× as much research as Denmark in 2022–now (176k against 99k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Denmark or Malaysia?

21.5% of Denmark's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 15.8% for Malaysia.

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