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Finland vs Norway

On research quality in 2022–now, Norway ranks #35 in the world and Finland #38, of 192 countries. Finland stands higher in 9 of the 24 fields both publish in, Norway in 15.

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.

Norway

World rank, 2022–now: #35; #29 all time
Works, 2022–now: 81k; fractional
Top-10% rate: 23.8%; share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access: 47%; of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Research and Theory, Ocean Engineering.

Who leads in each field?

Finland stands higher in 9 of 24 fields, Norway in 15. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Finland 915 Norway

#51Agricultural and Biological Sciences#61
#27Arts and Humanities#20
#38Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#36
#24Business, Management and Accounting#38
#40Chemical Engineering#34
#49Chemistry#58
#33Computer Science#37
#34Decision Sciences#26
#41Dentistry#40
#25Earth and Planetary Sciences#14
#52Economics, Econometrics and Finance#38
#47Energy#35
#34Engineering#37
#36Environmental Science#29
#41Health Professions#32
#45Immunology and Microbiology#36
#42Materials Science#44
#62Mathematics#44
#39Medicine#31
#37Neuroscience#30
#20Nursing#21
#32Physics and Astronomy#35
#22Psychology#23
#20Social Sciences#18

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.