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France vs Spain

On research quality in 2022–now, France ranks #7 in the world and Spain #10, of 192 countries. France stands higher in 18 of the 26 fields both publish in, Spain in 8.

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.

Spain

World rank, 2022–now
#10
#13 all time
Works, 2022–now
435k
fractional
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its work among the world’s most cited
Open access
52%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Life-span and Life-course Studies, General Social Sciences, General Arts and Humanities.

Who leads in each field?

France stands higher in 18 of 26 fields, Spain in 8. Each bar is that side’s standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

France 188 Spain
  1. #7Agricultural and Biological Sciences#12
  2. #14Arts and Humanities#8
  3. #6Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#10
  4. #10Business, Management and Accounting#6
  5. #9Chemical Engineering#12
  6. #8Chemistry#7
  7. #11Computer Science#15
  8. #10Decision Sciences#12
  9. #24Dentistry#12
  10. #5Earth and Planetary Sciences#11
  11. #9Economics, Econometrics and Finance#12
  12. #14Energy#19
  13. #13Engineering#18
  14. #8Environmental Science#10
  15. #16Health Professions#10
  16. #5Immunology and Microbiology#10
  17. #11Materials Science#20
  18. #8Mathematics#12
  19. #8Medicine#10
  20. #7Neuroscience#11
  21. #36Nursing#9
  22. #11Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#13
  23. #5Physics and Astronomy#9
  24. #13Psychology#8
  25. #14Social Sciences#7
  26. #6Veterinary#11

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?

50k100k150kFrance127k in 2025Spain111k in 20251990200020102020

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

Which publishes more research, France or Spain?

France publishes 1.3× as much research as Spain in 2022–now (553k against 435k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, France or Spain?

18.1% of Spain's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 13.3% for France.

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