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Egypt vs Russia

On research quality in 2022–now, Egypt ranks #23 in the world and Russia #24, of 192 countries. Egypt stands higher in 13 of the 26 fields both publish in, Russia in 13.

Egypt

World rank, 2022–now
#23
#39 all time
Works, 2022–now
169k
fractional
Top-10% rate
14.9%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
56%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Leadership and Management, Orthodontics, Oral Surgery.

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?

Egypt stands higher in 13 of 26 fields, Russia in 13. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Egypt 1313 Russia
  1. #21Agricultural and Biological Sciences#39
  2. #50Arts and Humanities#28
  3. #27Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#26
  4. #40Business, Management and Accounting#44
  5. #27Chemical Engineering#24
  6. #13Chemistry#22
  7. #24Computer Science#38
  8. #45Decision Sciences#43
  9. #17Dentistry#34
  10. #31Earth and Planetary Sciences#19
  11. #61Economics, Econometrics and Finance#16
  12. #25Energy#7
  13. #19Engineering#27
  14. #26Environmental Science#33
  15. #19Health Professions#49
  16. #25Immunology and Microbiology#32
  17. #18Materials Science#9
  18. #17Mathematics#13
  19. #35Medicine#25
  20. #25Neuroscience#29
  21. #13Nursing#55
  22. #12Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#32
  23. #34Physics and Astronomy#18
  24. #49Psychology#44
  25. #57Social Sciences#33
  26. #20Veterinary#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 2025Egypt40k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Egypt or Russia?

Russia publishes 3.2× as much research as Egypt in 2022–now (544k against 169k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Egypt or Russia?

14.9% of Egypt's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 6.2% for Russia.

Where does their research happen?

Egypt

  1. 1Cairo University15.5% top 10%
  2. 2Mansoura University16.7% top 10%
  3. 3Ain Shams University10.0% top 10%
  4. 4Alexandria University14.8% top 10%
  5. 5Al-Azhar University14.0% top 10%
  6. 6National Research Centre20.4% top 10%

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