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Egypt vs Sweden

On research quality in 2022–now, Sweden ranks #21 in the world and Egypt #23, of 192 countries. Egypt stands higher in 12 of the 26 fields both publish in, Sweden in 14.

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.

Sweden

World rank, 2022–now
#21
#14 all time
Works, 2022–now
121k
fractional
Top-10% rate
24.7%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
41%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Research and Theory, Software.

Who leads in each field?

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

Egypt 1214 Sweden
  1. #21Agricultural and Biological Sciences#38
  2. #50Arts and Humanities#22
  3. #27Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#18
  4. #40Business, Management and Accounting#27
  5. #27Chemical Engineering#31
  6. #13Chemistry#34
  7. #24Computer Science#26
  8. #45Decision Sciences#25
  9. #17Dentistry#33
  10. #31Earth and Planetary Sciences#16
  11. #61Economics, Econometrics and Finance#32
  12. #25Energy#45
  13. #19Engineering#26
  14. #26Environmental Science#22
  15. #19Health Professions#23
  16. #25Immunology and Microbiology#18
  17. #18Materials Science#26
  18. #17Mathematics#29
  19. #35Medicine#18
  20. #25Neuroscience#16
  21. #13Nursing#17
  22. #12Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#30
  23. #34Physics and Astronomy#19
  24. #49Psychology#16
  25. #57Social Sciences#16
  26. #20Veterinary#10

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?

20k40k60kEgypt40k in 2025Sweden31k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Egypt or Sweden?

Egypt publishes 1.4× as much research as Sweden in 2022–now (169k against 121k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Egypt or Sweden?

24.7% of Sweden's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 14.9% for Egypt.

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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