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France vs India

On research quality in 2022–now, India ranks #4 in the world and France #7, of 192 countries. France stands higher in 6 of the 26 fields both publish in, India in 20.

France

World rank, 2022–now
#7
#5 all time
Works, 2022–now
553k
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.3%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
36%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Industrial relations, History and Philosophy of Science, Anthropology.

India

World rank, 2022–now
#4
#11 all time
Works, 2022–now
1.4M
fractional
Top-10% rate
13.0%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
40%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical Science, Complementary and alternative medicine.

Who leads in each field?

France stands higher in 6 of 26 fields, India in 20. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

France 620 India
  1. #7Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3
  2. #14Arts and Humanities#11
  3. #6Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5
  4. #10Business, Management and Accounting#5
  5. #9Chemical Engineering#3
  6. #8Chemistry#3
  7. #11Computer Science#3
  8. #10Decision Sciences#5
  9. #24Dentistry#5
  10. #5Earth and Planetary Sciences#6
  11. #9Economics, Econometrics and Finance#4
  12. #14Energy#3
  13. #13Engineering#3
  14. #8Environmental Science#3
  15. #16Health Professions#3
  16. #5Immunology and Microbiology#7
  17. #11Materials Science#3
  18. #8Mathematics#3
  19. #8Medicine#9
  20. #7Neuroscience#9
  21. #36Nursing#16
  22. #11Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#3
  23. #5Physics and Astronomy#10
  24. #13Psychology#10
  25. #14Social Sciences#8
  26. #6Veterinary#19

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?

200k400kIndia391k in 2025France127k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, France or India?

India publishes 2.5× as much research as France in 2022–now (1.4M against 553k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, France or India?

13.3% of France's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 13.0% for India.

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