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Finland vs Israel

On research quality in 2022–now, Israel ranks #36 in the world and Finland #38, of 192 countries. Finland stands higher in 12 of the 24 fields both publish in, Israel in 12.

Finland

World rank, 2022–now
#38
#30 all time
Works, 2022–now
70k
fractional
Top-10% rate
24.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
43%
of its works free to read

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

Israel

World rank, 2022–now
#36
#19 all time
Works, 2022–now
79k
fractional
Top-10% rate
19.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
30%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Archeology, Space and Planetary Science, Theoretical Computer Science.

Who leads in each field?

Finland stands higher in 12 of 24 fields, Israel in 12. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Finland 1212 Israel
  1. #51Agricultural and Biological Sciences#57
  2. #27Arts and Humanities#21
  3. #38Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#24
  4. #24Business, Management and Accounting#72
  5. #40Chemical Engineering—
  6. #49Chemistry#46
  7. #33Computer Science#32
  8. #34Decision Sciences#21
  9. #41Dentistry#37
  10. #25Earth and Planetary Sciences#35
  11. #52Economics, Econometrics and Finance#66
  12. #47Energy#64
  13. #34Engineering#51
  14. #36Environmental Science#53
  15. #41Health Professions#45
  16. #45Immunology and Microbiology#23
  17. #42Materials Science#47
  18. #62Mathematics#34
  19. #39Medicine#32
  20. #37Neuroscience#32
  21. #20Nursing#32
  22. #32Physics and Astronomy#21
  23. #22Psychology#20
  24. #20Social Sciences#31

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?

10k20k30kIsrael21k in 2025Finland19k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Finland or Israel?

Israel publishes 1.1× as much research as Finland in 2022–now (79k against 70k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Finland or Israel?

24.1% of Finland's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 19.0% for Israel.

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