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Finland vs South Africa

On research quality in 2022–now, South Africa ranks #34 in the world and Finland #38, of 192 countries. Finland stands higher in 10 of the 25 fields both publish in, South Africa 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.

South Africa

World rank, 2022–now
#34
#33 all time
Works, 2022–now
113k
fractional
Top-10% rate
21.5%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
49%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Archeology, Religious studies, Public Administration.

Who leads in each field?

Finland stands higher in 10 of 25 fields, South Africa in 15. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Finland 1015 South Africa
  1. #51Agricultural and Biological Sciences#16
  2. #27Arts and Humanities#9
  3. #38Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#39
  4. #24Business, Management and Accounting#21
  5. #40Chemical Engineering#36
  6. #49Chemistry#31
  7. #33Computer Science#44
  8. #34Decision Sciences#38
  9. #41Dentistry#39
  10. #25Earth and Planetary Sciences#29
  11. #52Economics, Econometrics and Finance#17
  12. #47Energy#34
  13. #34Engineering#38
  14. #36Environmental Science#25
  15. #41Health Professions#37
  16. #45Immunology and Microbiology#27
  17. #42Materials Science#38
  18. #62Mathematics#37
  19. #39Medicine#40
  20. #37Neuroscience#45
  21. #20Nursing#26
  22. —Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#34
  23. #32Physics and Astronomy#42
  24. #22Psychology#33
  25. #20Social Sciences#13

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?

20k40kSouth Africa31k in 2025Finland19k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, Finland or South Africa?

South Africa publishes 1.6× as much research as Finland in 2022–now (113k against 70k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Finland or South Africa?

24.1% of Finland's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 21.5% for South Africa.

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