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Denmark vs Russia

On research quality in 2022–now, Russia ranks #24 in the world and Denmark #28, of 192 countries. Denmark stands higher in 14 of the 26 fields both publish in, Russia in 12.

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.

Russia

World rank, 2022–now
#24
#16 all time
Works, 2022–now
544k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.2%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
41%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Fuel Technology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, General Materials Science.

Who leads in each field?

Denmark stands higher in 14 of 26 fields, Russia in 12. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Denmark 1412 Russia
  1. #37Agricultural and Biological Sciences#39
  2. #31Arts and Humanities#28
  3. #19Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#26
  4. #36Business, Management and Accounting#44
  5. #29Chemical Engineering#24
  6. #43Chemistry#22
  7. #42Computer Science#38
  8. #32Decision Sciences#43
  9. #47Dentistry#34
  10. #21Earth and Planetary Sciences#19
  11. #35Economics, Econometrics and Finance#16
  12. #36Energy#7
  13. #31Engineering#27
  14. #32Environmental Science#33
  15. #34Health Professions#49
  16. #21Immunology and Microbiology#32
  17. #45Materials Science#9
  18. #48Mathematics#13
  19. #17Medicine#25
  20. #20Neuroscience#29
  21. #38Nursing#55
  22. #29Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#32
  23. #23Physics and Astronomy#18
  24. #28Psychology#44
  25. #26Social Sciences#33
  26. #18Veterinary#25

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?

100k200kRussia112k in 2025Denmark22k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Denmark or Russia?

Russia publishes 5.5× as much research as Denmark in 2022–now (544k against 99k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Denmark or Russia?

21.5% of Denmark's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.2% for Russia.

Where does their research happen?

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