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Ecuador vs Trinidad and Tobago

On research quality in 2022-now, Ecuador ranks #55 in the world and Trinidad and Tobago #141, of 189 countries. Ecuador stands higher in 22 of the 22 fields both publish in, Trinidad and Tobago in 0.

Research profiles alike: 0.86very similar shapes of research, whatever their size. How it is measured

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Ecuador

World rank, 2022-now
#55
#54 all time
Works, 2022-now
65k
fractional
Top-10% rate
8.4%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
79%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Horticulture.

Trinidad and Tobago

World rank, 2022-now
#141
#185 all time
Works, 2022-now
2k
fractional
Top-10% rate
6.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
39%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Horticulture, General Arts and Humanities, Cultural Studies.

Who leads, measure by measure?

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

Ecuador 61 level2 Trinidad and Tobago
  1. #55Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#141
  2. 0.74×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.65×
  3. 65kOutputfractional works, 2022-now2k
  4. 8.4%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited6.2%
  5. 3.4Citations per workall time, per fractional work11.4
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 79%Open accessof its works free to read, all time39%
  8. 21%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time28%
  9. +59%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+2%

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?

Ecuador stands higher in 22 of 22 fields, Trinidad and Tobago in 0. Ecuador leads most in Social Sciences (#43 against #134). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Ecuador 220 Trinidad and Tobago
  1. #55Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #50Arts and Humanities-
  3. #64Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-
  4. #50Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #48Computer Science-
  6. #57Decision Sciences-
  7. #42Dentistry-
  8. #65Earth and Planetary Sciences-
  9. #36Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  10. #46Energy-
  11. #61Engineering#118
  12. #57Environmental Science-
  13. #38Health Professions-
  14. #52Immunology and Microbiology-
  15. #72Materials Science-
  16. #68Mathematics-
  17. #72Medicine#122
  18. #49Neuroscience-
  19. #54Nursing-
  20. #58Physics and Astronomy-
  21. #50Psychology-
  22. #43Social Sciences#134

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 Ecuador rankTrinidad and Tobago rank Ecuador top 10%Trinidad and Tobago top 10% Ecuador worksTrinidad and Tobago works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #55 - 7.5% - 4.2k -
Arts and Humanities #50 - 9.4% - 1k -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #64 - 5.8% - 1.1k -
Business, Management and Accounting #50 - 10.4% - 3.8k -
Computer Science #48 - 8.8% - 5.9k -
Decision Sciences #57 - 6.7% - 282 -
Dentistry #42 - 2.1% - 788 -
Earth and Planetary Sciences #65 - 5.4% - 395 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #36 - 10.5% - 4.8k -
Energy #46 - 10.0% - 598 -
Engineering #61 #118 5.6% 4.8% 3.6k 201
Environmental Science #57 - 8.0% - 3.4k -
Health Professions #38 - 6.8% - 4.4k -
Immunology and Microbiology #52 - 5.4% - 386 -
Materials Science #72 - 7.2% - 347 -
Mathematics #68 - 7.3% - 219 -
Medicine #72 #122 3.8% 6.0% 8.5k 405
Neuroscience #49 - 5.2% - 385 -
Nursing #54 - 3.3% - 269 -
Physics and Astronomy #58 - 5.4% - 200 -
Psychology #50 - 8.0% - 3.2k -
Social Sciences #43 #134 11.7% 5.8% 16k 401

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.

Ecuador

▲ 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. Education9,461▲ 7.3×130 topics
  2. Small and Medium Enterprises5,412▲ 40×9 topics
  3. Digital Marketing5,405▲ 18×6 topics
  4. Innovation5,392▲ 6.9×75 topics
  5. Social Responsibility4,765▲ 27×11 topics
  6. Innovation Ecosystems4,591▲ 60×4 topics
  7. Globalization4,481▲ 3.0×149 topics
  8. Urban Development4,473▲ 17×18 topics
  9. Economic Impact4,467▲ 11×13 topics
  10. Globalization Effects4,443▲ 85×3 topics
  11. Tourism Management4,357▲ 83×2 topics
  12. City Branding4,355▲ 93×1 topic
  13. Psychopharmacology Education4,355▲ 93×1 topic
  14. Sustainability4,240▲ 2.3×119 topics
  15. Competitiveness4,214▲ 70×6 topics
  16. E-Learning4,007▲ 5.5×23 topics
  17. Educational Technology3,767▲ 4.2×44 topics
  18. COVID-193,624▲ 3.7×34 topics
  19. Knowledge Management3,605▲ 8.6×38 topics
  20. Public Health3,496▲ 3.2×73 topics
  21. Pedagogy3,380▲ 8.9×25 topics
  22. Health Promotion3,330▲ 14×17 topics
  23. Teacher Training3,107▲ 6.7×27 topics
  24. Inclusive Education3,012▲ 11×18 topics
  25. Human Rights2,977▲ 3.9×71 topics
  26. Distance Learning2,885▲ 11×13 topics
  27. Social Impact2,550▲ 8.6×24 topics
  28. Nutrition2,545▲ 7.6×17 topics
  29. Organizational Culture2,456▲ 8.4×16 topics
  30. Digital Divide2,405▲ 12×8 topics
  31. Online Education2,394▲ 16×7 topics
  32. Digital Competence2,368▲ 36×4 topics
  33. ICT2,345▲ 23×5 topics
  34. Virtual Teaching2,320▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Technology2,249▲ 5.7×40 topics
  36. University Students2,039▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Research1,884▲ 20×11 topics
  38. Communication1,828▲ 7.7×23 topics
  39. Educational Interventions1,766▲ 25×3 topics
  40. Occupational Health1,725▲ 20×8 topics

Trinidad and Tobago

▲ 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. Epidemiology133▲ 1.51×117 topics
  2. Globalization124▲ 2.8×54 topics
  3. Climate Change107▲ 1.77×77 topics
  4. Sustainability90▲ 1.65×64 topics
  5. Identity84▲ 5.2×30 topics
  6. Machine Learning68◆ 0.93×63 topics
  7. Mental Health68▲ 2.1×36 topics
  8. Renewable Energy67▲ 2.1×35 topics
  9. Culture66▲ 5.7×14 topics
  10. Gender65▲ 5.4×19 topics
  11. Deep Learning64▼ 0.83×62 topics
  12. Public Health63▲ 1.94×50 topics
  13. Race61▲ 23×11 topics
  14. Postcolonialism59▲ 19×12 topics
  15. Nationalism58▲ 5.8×11 topics
  16. Politics55▲ 9.5×7 topics
  17. Environmental Impact53▲ 1.40×47 topics
  18. Caribbean52▲ 129×3 topics
  19. Risk Factors51▲ 2.1×32 topics
  20. Dancehall48▲ 294×1 topic
  21. COVID-1944▲ 1.54×24 topics
  22. Quality of Life39▲ 1.22×48 topics
  23. Pandemic35▲ 1.58×11 topics
  24. Vulnerability29▲ 5.7×6 topics
  25. Global Warming24▲ 2.5×11 topics
  26. Risk Perception24▲ 4.0×6 topics
  27. Student Engagement22▲ 2.5×14 topics
  28. Governance22▲ 3.1×11 topics
  29. Global Trade21▲ 4.8×8 topics
  30. Non-Communicable Diseases20▲ 3.3×3 topics
  31. Law Enforcement20▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Violence19▲ 5.8×7 topics
  33. Youth Violence18▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Energy Transition17▲ 5.2×3 topics
  35. Sea-Level Rise17▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. Health Inequities16▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Neighborhood Effects15▲ 6.6×3 topics
  38. Corporate Political Activity15▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Health In All Policies15▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Social Identity14▲ 6.8×6 topics

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?

Ecuador has out-published Trinidad and Tobago every year since 1997, when it overtook it.

still counting10k20k30kEcuador21k in 2025Trinidad and Tobago531 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 counting0.20%0.40%Ecuador0.36% in 2025Trinidad and Tobago0.0090% 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%Ecuador9.7% in 2025Trinidad and Tobago6.9% 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.

Ecuador 05 level0 Trinidad and Tobago
  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, Ecuador or Trinidad and Tobago?

Ecuador publishes 32.6× as much research as Trinidad and Tobago in 2022-now (65k against 2k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Ecuador or Trinidad and Tobago?

8.4% of Ecuador's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.2% for Trinidad and Tobago.

Is Ecuador or Trinidad and Tobago growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +59% against 2018-21 for Ecuador, and +2% for Trinidad and Tobago.

Which has more open access research, Ecuador or Trinidad and Tobago?

79% of Ecuador's research is free to read, against 39% of Trinidad and Tobago's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Ecuador or Trinidad and Tobago?

Ecuador holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Trinidad and Tobago 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%.

Ecuador

  1. 1Universidad Católica de Cuenca6.6% top 10% · 4.1k works
  2. 2Universidad Técnica de Manabí9.1% top 10% · 3k works
  3. 3Universidad Estatal de Milagro10.0% top 10% · 2.3k works
  4. 4University of Guayaquil7.6% top 10% · 3.4k works
  5. 5Universidad Tecnica de Machala9.9% top 10% · 1.8k works
  6. 6Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabi6.2% top 10% · 1.7k works

Trinidad and Tobago

  1. 1University of the West Indies6.3% top 10% · 1.4k works
  2. 2University of Trinidad and Tobago5.0% top 10% · 259 works
  3. 3University of the Southern Caribbean7.4% top 10% · 92 works
  4. 4Ministry of Health9.6% top 10% · 71 works
  5. 5San Fernando General Hospital4.4% top 10% · 78 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.

Ecuador

  1. 1 Augusto Paolo Bernal Párraga #3,437 worldwide 2.1k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Rafael Alvarado #8,280 worldwide 9.9k citations · 183 works
  3. 3 David Neill #17,836 worldwide 21k citations · 193 works
  4. 4 Renato Valencia #29,585 worldwide 16k citations · 186 works
  5. 5 César Iván Casanova-Villalba #45,087 worldwide 1.1k citations · 72 works

Trinidad and Tobago

  1. 1 Sarah Quesnel-Crooks #272,887 worldwide 2.3k citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Glennis Andall‐Brereton #313,226 worldwide 2.7k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Christine V. F. Carrington #464,499 worldwide 4.3k citations · 107 works
  4. 4 Indar W. Ramnarine #642,263 worldwide 5.2k citations · 138 works
  5. 5 Terence Seemungal #667,821 worldwide 8.3k citations · 125 works