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On research quality in 2022-now, Thailand ranks #39 in the world and Egypt #70, of 189 countries. Egypt stands higher in 3 of the 26 fields both publish in, Thailand in 23.

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Egypt

World rank, 2022-now
#70
#67 all time
Works, 2022-now
169k
fractional
Top-10% rate
9.2%
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.

Thailand

World rank, 2022-now
#39
#41 all time
Works, 2022-now
94k
fractional
Top-10% rate
8.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
49%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Parasitology, Biochemistry, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Egypt leads on 5 of 9 measures: excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate, open access and international co-authorship. Thailand leads on 3 of 9 measures: research quality, citations per work and growth. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.

Egypt 51 level3 Thailand
  1. #70Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#39
  2. 0.87×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.81×
  3. 169kOutputfractional works, 2022-now94k
  4. 9.2%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited8.8%
  5. 12.0Citations per workall time, per fractional work13.7
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 56%Open accessof its works free to read, all time49%
  8. 23%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time22%
  9. +20%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+34%

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, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Egypt stands higher in 3 of 26 fields, Thailand in 23. Thailand leads most in Social Sciences (#47 against #126); Egypt leads most in Energy (#28 against #44). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Egypt 323 Thailand
  1. #64Agricultural and Biological Sciences#37
  2. #90Arts and Humanities#39
  3. #46Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#38
  4. #88Business, Management and Accounting#44
  5. #33Chemical Engineering#29
  6. #39Chemistry#36
  7. #50Computer Science#45
  8. #60Decision Sciences#38
  9. #45Dentistry#32
  10. #46Earth and Planetary Sciences#49
  11. #101Economics, Econometrics and Finance#52
  12. #28Energy#44
  13. #39Engineering#44
  14. #55Environmental Science#34
  15. #81Health Professions#45
  16. #51Immunology and Microbiology#32
  17. #44Materials Science#41
  18. #50Mathematics#44
  19. #77Medicine#34
  20. #56Neuroscience#44
  21. #55Nursing#39
  22. #29Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#23
  23. #51Physics and Astronomy#49
  24. #87Psychology#47
  25. #126Social Sciences#47
  26. #26Veterinary#21

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 Egypt rankThailand rank Egypt top 10%Thailand top 10% Egypt worksThailand works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #64 #37 10.3% 10.7% 16k 6.8k
Arts and Humanities #90 #39 7.2% 12.1% 2.9k 1.7k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #46 #38 8.7% 7.6% 11k 5.5k
Business, Management and Accounting #88 #44 11.3% 9.0% 2.7k 4k
Chemical Engineering #33 #29 10.2% 6.8% 522 392
Chemistry #39 #36 16.9% 7.6% 5.2k 1.4k
Computer Science #50 #45 13.1% 8.2% 8.1k 6.3k
Decision Sciences #60 #38 10.8% 7.9% 1.2k 1.3k
Dentistry #45 #32 8.1% 12.5% 3.2k 913
Earth and Planetary Sciences #46 #49 11.6% 9.3% 2k 750
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #101 #52 8.4% 8.9% 1.4k 1.7k
Energy #28 #44 14.3% 6.1% 2.2k 956
Engineering #39 #44 11.9% 8.0% 24k 13k
Environmental Science #55 #34 10.7% 7.9% 7.3k 4.9k
Health Professions #81 #45 8.0% 10.4% 3.5k 2k
Immunology and Microbiology #51 #32 8.4% 9.8% 2.5k 1.3k
Materials Science #44 #41 12.3% 6.9% 7.7k 4.1k
Mathematics #50 #44 16.6% 9.0% 1.8k 1.2k
Medicine #77 #34 5.4% 8.7% 49k 20k
Neuroscience #56 #44 7.2% 7.3% 2.1k 941
Nursing #55 #39 6.0% 7.9% 2k 817
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics #29 #23 13.0% 10.3% 1.7k 765
Physics and Astronomy #51 #49 11.5% 6.9% 2k 959
Psychology #87 #47 7.0% 7.6% 3.2k 2.7k
Social Sciences #126 #47 8.1% 10.6% 6.4k 9.2k
Veterinary #26 #21 10.6% 11.4% 386 262

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.

Egypt

▲ 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. Epidemiology10k▲ 1.41×140 topics
  2. Inflammation7,132▲ 1.82×83 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress5,746▲ 1.89×63 topics
  4. Machine Learning5,279▼ 0.86×97 topics
  5. Deep Learning4,737▼ 0.74×84 topics
  6. Quality of Life4,412▲ 1.65×60 topics
  7. Cancer4,272▲ 1.72×59 topics
  8. Antioxidant4,237▲ 3.3×51 topics
  9. Environmental Impact4,065▲ 1.29×74 topics
  10. Climate Change3,926▼ 0.78×125 topics
  11. Nanoparticles3,816▲ 1.64×44 topics
  12. Nanomaterials3,688▲ 1.91×21 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications3,465▲ 1.59×36 topics
  14. Treatment3,254▲ 1.45×52 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease3,010▲ 1.43×39 topics
  16. Renewable Energy2,916◆ 1.09×61 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity2,817▲ 2.5×32 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome2,771▲ 1.85×24 topics
  19. Toxicity2,491▲ 3.1×20 topics
  20. Diagnosis2,379▲ 1.38×41 topics
  21. Nanocomposites2,364▲ 1.62×22 topics
  22. Antioxidants2,230▲ 2.7×17 topics
  23. Antimicrobial2,172▲ 4.2×14 topics
  24. Tissue Engineering2,123▲ 1.89×13 topics
  25. Clinical Trials2,115▲ 1.72×19 topics
  26. Diabetes2,108▲ 2.3×22 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance2,079▲ 2.5×10 topics
  28. Immune Response2,025▲ 1.93×23 topics
  29. Synthesis2,008▲ 2.9×37 topics
  30. Complications1,857▲ 2.0×17 topics
  31. Anti-inflammatory1,812▲ 3.5×29 topics
  32. Self-Efficacy1,717▲ 3.6×11 topics
  33. Gut Microbiota1,668▲ 2.6×7 topics
  34. Anticancer Agents1,605▲ 5.8×12 topics
  35. Medicinal Chemistry1,560▲ 3.1×13 topics
  36. Wound Healing1,529▲ 3.1×12 topics
  37. Bioactive Compounds1,505▲ 3.3×15 topics
  38. Green Synthesis1,336▲ 3.8×5 topics
  39. Antimicrobial Activity1,271▲ 4.2×9 topics
  40. Heterocyclic Compounds1,089▲ 7.0×6 topics

Thailand

▲ 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. Epidemiology5,771▲ 1.34×139 topics
  2. Deep Learning3,350◆ 0.90×85 topics
  3. Machine Learning3,342◆ 0.93×97 topics
  4. Sustainability2,916◆ 1.10×132 topics
  5. Inflammation2,649◆ 1.15×83 topics
  6. Environmental Impact2,480▲ 1.35×72 topics
  7. Climate Change2,247▼ 0.76×125 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications2,236▲ 1.75×36 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress2,210▲ 1.24×63 topics
  10. Antioxidant1,937▲ 2.6×51 topics
  11. Nanoparticles1,735▲ 1.27×44 topics
  12. Renewable Energy1,714◆ 1.10×59 topics
  13. Globalization1,659▼ 0.78×156 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease1,633▲ 1.32×39 topics
  15. Quality of Life1,613◆ 1.03×59 topics
  16. Nanocomposites1,602▲ 1.88×22 topics
  17. Artificial Intelligence1,586◆ 1.03×64 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity1,547▲ 2.3×32 topics
  19. Cancer1,532◆ 1.05×59 topics
  20. Educational Technology1,512▲ 1.18×46 topics
  21. Treatment1,505◆ 1.15×52 topics
  22. Neural Networks1,478◆ 0.89×42 topics
  23. Nanomaterials1,452▲ 1.28×21 topics
  24. COVID-191,411◆ 1.00×34 topics
  25. Tissue Engineering1,224▲ 1.87×13 topics
  26. Mechanical Properties1,219◆ 1.15×39 topics
  27. Diagnosis1,163◆ 1.15×41 topics
  28. Supply Chain Management1,150▲ 1.19×27 topics
  29. Antioxidants1,081▲ 2.3×17 topics
  30. Global Burden966▲ 1.64×12 topics
  31. Health Benefits946▲ 2.6×16 topics
  32. Anti-inflammatory932▲ 3.0×29 topics
  33. Pathogenesis929▲ 1.68×24 topics
  34. Gut Microbiota812▲ 2.2×7 topics
  35. Technology Integration789▲ 2.3×12 topics
  36. Flavonoids781▲ 2.8×12 topics
  37. Antimicrobial778▲ 2.5×14 topics
  38. Vaccine Development766▲ 2.8×11 topics
  39. Biomaterials706▲ 2.7×7 topics
  40. Biodegradable Polymers702▲ 3.8×4 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?

Egypt has out-published Thailand every year since 1980.

still counting20k40k60kEgypt40k in 2025Thailand28k 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 counting0.50%1.0%Egypt0.68% in 2025Thailand0.48% 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%Egypt10.7% in 2025Thailand9.2% 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.

Egypt 05 level0 Thailand
  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, Egypt or Thailand?

Egypt publishes 1.8× as much research as Thailand in 2022-now (169k against 94k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Egypt or Thailand?

9.2% of Egypt's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 8.8% for Thailand.

Is Egypt or Thailand growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +34% against 2018-21 for Thailand, and +20% for Egypt.

Which has more open access research, Egypt or Thailand?

56% of Egypt's research is free to read, against 49% of Thailand's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Egypt or Thailand?

Egypt holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Thailand 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%.

Egypt

  1. 1Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport12.5% top 10% · 1.5k works
  2. 2Higher Institute of Engineering13.7% top 10% · 1.4k works
  3. 3British University in Egypt10.1% top 10% · 1.4k works
  4. 4American University in Cairo10.6% top 10% · 1.5k works
  5. 5Kafrelsheikh University16.1% top 10% · 2.4k works
  6. 6Helwan University8.1% top 10% · 4.3k works

Thailand

  1. 1Chulalongkorn University9.7% top 10% · 9k works
  2. 2Mahidol University9.9% top 10% · 10k works
  3. 3Chiang Mai University10.3% top 10% · 6.5k works
  4. 4Ministry of Education17.7% top 10% · 535 works
  5. 5King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi9.9% top 10% · 2k works
  6. 6Khon Kaen University9.5% top 10% · 4.5k 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.

Egypt

  1. 1 Mohamed Abdel‐Basset #3,651 worldwide 17k citations · 391 works
  2. 2 Swellam Wafa Sharshir #4,091 worldwide 16k citations · 243 works
  3. 3 Foad Abd-Allah #8,448 worldwide 187k citations · 173 works
  4. 4 Ahmed I Hasaballah #8,671 worldwide 74k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Ibrahim Saad Agwa #10,278 worldwide 5.2k citations · 89 works

Thailand

  1. 1 Omid Mahian #6,124 worldwide 24k citations · 323 works
  2. 2 Nicholas Day #9,058 worldwide 83k citations · 4,663 works
  3. 3 Jin Cao #9,597 worldwide 8.7k citations · 140 works
  4. 4 W. Mitthumsiri #10,824 worldwide 39k citations · 252 works
  5. 5 Philip Hallinger #12,771 worldwide 31k citations · 388 works

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